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As a small time pilot (3.000 hours on motorgliders, Cubs and Austers) I´m happy to have experienced the glory days of aviation and now its demise. All that´s left is an otiose conglomeration of cumputerised stove pipes. The V-bombers were the culmination and I´m proud they were British
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06-30-2015 05:16 AM
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The Canberra in Vince's thread, 11, doesn't look like any Canberra that I would recognise as such! Mind you, my only experience of them is seeing pictures and maybe building an Airfix model of one as a lad.
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The Canberra in Vince's thread, 11, doesn't look like any Canberra that I would recognise as such! Mind you, my only experience of them is seeing pictures and maybe building an Airfix model of one as a lad.
It looks like NASA are making extra use of the Canberra's really high service ceiling.
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Peter,
Agreed, but it has clearly undergone major refinement for high altitude work and also developed a dual cockpit. The wings look like they have come off a TRI spy plane, wonder if they too need dolly wheels that drop off on take off?
'Tonight my men and I have been through hell and back again, but the look on your faces when we let you out of the hall - we'd do it all again tomorrow.' Major Chris Keeble's words to Goose Green villagers on 29th May 1982 - 2 PARA
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Further to Villiers thread 21; AUSTERS. There were a couple of these old Austers in Malaya attached to the small RA Battery in Malacca(?). Generally all air movement was by single and twin Pioneers and Beavers I saw one of the Austers set alight and used for fire-fighting practice by 38 Army Fire Service and a couple of old open back Bedford QL and closed cab RL fire engines. What a shame............ Doused in petrol and set alight while we all watched. Mind you it burned well. They used the occasional old Land Rovers, Triumph and BSA motor bike too. The Austers were VERY quiet for some unexplained reason
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The Canberra in Vince's thread, 11, doesn't look like any Canberra that I would recognise as such! Mind you, my only experience of them is seeing pictures and maybe building an Airfix model of one as a lad.
Peter, The ones the RAF had were the English Electric Canberras. It was also built in the US by Martin under license from English Electric. The ones NASA has are based at the Johnson Space Center, about 10 miles from our house. They are WB-57F models, the end of the series and considerably modified from the original B57. The engines are 16,000 lbf high by-pass turbofans built by Pratt & Whitney (no cartridge starter). It's quite powerful compared to 6,700 lbf Rolls-Royce Avon engine on the old EE Canberras.
Originally Posted by
villiers
As a small time pilot (3.000 hours on motorgliders, Cubs and Austers) I´m happy to have experienced the glory days of aviation and now its demise. All that´s left is an otiose conglomeration of cumputerised stove pipes. The V-bombers were the culmination and I´m proud they were
British.
Yes, those were the days. But it's nice to have a bomber like the B-2.
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