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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 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]
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
All 46 aboard were killed. The crash was later found to be caused by an accumulation of ground walnut shells that had been used to clean the machinery. [111] [112] [113] 16 May – Shelby County Air Show (Alabaster, Alabama) Pilot Don Smith was killed when his Piper J-3 Cub failed to pull out of a spin. [114]
On 7 November 1980 WH667 a Canberra B2 of No. 100 Squadron RAF rolled and hit the ground after an engine failure on takeoff from RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus, one killed. [ 48 ] On 12 November 1980 XV413 a Phantom FGR2 of No. 29 Squadron RAF crashed into the sea 70 miles east of Grimsby, reason not known, two killed.
First person to die while piloting a powered airplane and the second person to be killed in an airplane crash Wright Model A: Port-Aviation (Juvisy), France Crashed from 20 feet Raymonde de Laroche: France 1919 First woman to earn a pilot's license experimental Caudron: Le Crotoy, France Leif Holger Larsen: Norway 2015 Diplomat Mil Mi-17
A fiery January crash of a B-1 bomber in South Dakota was caused by multiple crew failures, terrible winter weather and a last-minute brush with wind shear that resulted in all four members ...
First of only two prototypes of the Fairchild XNQ-1 Navy trainer contender, BuNo 75725, written off in a crash. [1] 5 January A Boeing B-50A Superfortress, 46-021, [2] c/n 15741 [3] of the 3200th Proof Test Group out of Eglin AFB, crash lands in the Choctawhatchee Bay, northwest Florida, killing two of the 11 crew. Nine escape from the downed ...