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In February 1951, a Canberra set another world record when it became the first jet aircraft to make a nonstop transatlantic flight. Throughout most of the 1950s, the Canberra could fly at a higher altitude than any other aircraft in the world, and in 1957, a Canberra established a world altitude record of 70,310 feet (21,430 m).
Unofficial altitude record for an aircraft with self-powered takeoff. 1963: December 6 120,800 ft 36,800 m Major Robert W. Smith: Lockheed NF-104A: turbojet & rocket: Unofficial altitude record for an aircraft with self-powered takeoff. 1973: July 25 118,898 ft 36,240 m Aleksandr Fedotov: Mikoyan-Gurevich Ye-266 MiG-25: turbojet
He turned east and finally reached a record altitude of 65,876 ft (nearly 12.5 miles high) over Bristol. He flew his Canberra up to this record height knowing he would possibly pass out due to the altitude, but would regain consciousness to safely land his Canberra. In 1955 he test flew the Bristol Britannia turbo-prop airliner. Despite some ...
Canberra is often affected by foehn winds, especially in winter and spring, evident by its anomalously warm maxima relative to altitude. The highest recorded maximum temperature was 44.0 °C (111.2 °F) on 4 January 2020. [151] Winter 2011 was Canberra's warmest winter on record, approximately 2 °C (4 °F) above the average temperature. [152]
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The following is a list of the world's major cities (either capitals, more than one million inhabitants or an elevation of over 1,000 m [3,300 ft]) by elevation.In addition, the country, continental region, latitude and longitude are shown for all cities listed.
These auxiliary engines were air-started and only for use at altitude in flight. At altitudes above 40,000 feet (12,000 m), the J60s generated about 3,300 pounds-force (15 kN) of thrust each and increased the maximum altitude of the RB-57F by 2,000–3,000 feet (610–910 m). [4] [5]
Altitude (m) Altitude (ft) Tibet Autonomous Region: Lhasa: 3,656 11,995 Somaliland [Note 2] Hargeisa: 1,334 4,377 South Ossetia [Note 2] Tskhinvali: 860 2,820 Kosovo [Note 2] Pristina: 603 1,977 Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic [Note 2] Tifariti and Laayoune: 490 (and 68) 1,610 (and 223) Northern Cyprus [Note 2] North Nicosia: 130 428 ...