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The English Electric Canberra is a British first-generation, jet-powered medium bomber. It was developed by English Electric during the mid- to late 1940s in response to a 1944 Air Ministry requirement for a successor to the wartime de Havilland Mosquito fast bomber. Among the performance requirements for the type was an outstanding high ...
The 1940 Canberra air disaster was an aircraft crash that occurred near Canberra, the capital of Australia, on 13 August 1940, during World War II. All ten people on board were killed: six passengers, including three members of the Australian Cabinet and the Chief of the General Staff ; and four crew. [ 1 ]
The flight received its first aircraft, the Canberra bomber A84-307, on 15 June 1953. [1] This aircraft had been built in Britain as the RAAF's first Canberra, and was flown to Australia by Wing Commander Cuming in July 1951. The journey had been completed in 21 hours and 41 minutes, setting an unofficial record for the route. [5]
19 August 1968 - XH646 Handley Page Victor K.1, 214 Squadron, mid-air collision with Canberra B(I).6 WT325 near Holt, Norfolk. Four killed in Victor, three killed in Canberra. 1969. 15 April 1969 - A7-020, Macchi CA30-20 6394, during low-level training mission, crashed in paddock beside Springberg Lane, Perry Bridge Vic AU; two died. [41]
The Martin B-57 Canberra is an American-built, twin-engined tactical bomber and reconnaissance aircraft that entered service with the United States Air Force (USAF) in 1953. . The B-57 is a license-built version of the British English Electric Canberra, manufactured by the Glenn L. Martin Compa
A YouTube star crashed his $200,000 McLaren sports car while livestreaming — and a clip of the incident has gone viral. During a livestream on the platform Kick on the morning of Saturday, Oct ...
Sukhoi test pilot Vyacheslav Averynov initiated ejection with navigator Vladimir Shendrikh departing the aircraft first. The Zvezda K-36D-3.5 ejection seats worked perfectly and both crew descended on to a taxiway unhurt. The Su-30 impacted some distance from the crew. [6] The incident was captured on video. [7]
Oliver will be killed in a crash during a performance at Toronto, Canada, on 2 September 1966. [240] 26 February U.S. Air Force Boeing B-47E Stratojet, 52-0171, collides with Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker, 63-8882, during midair refuelling 410 mi. SSE of Ernest Harmon AFB, Newfoundland, both aircraft lost. [180] 19 March