Electric Canberra TT.18
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B. David Cathell / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
RTKRTAFile size:
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7360 x 4907 px | 62.3 x 41.5 cm | 24.5 x 16.4 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
6 June 2013Location:
Mesa, AZMore information:
Next is an English Electric Canberra TT.18 first-generation jet-powered light bomber. The Canberra could fly at a higher altitude than any other bomber through the 1950s and set a world altitude record of 70, 310 ft (21, 430 m) in 1957. Due to its ability to evade the early jet interceptors, and its significant performance advancement over contemporary piston-engined bombers, the Canberra was a popular export product and served with many nations. I find it interesting that the first British jet bomber had the engines embedded in the wings much like the de Havilland DH 106 Comet, which was the first production commercial jetliner. A bit of research showed that the earliest American jet bombers had a similar configuration. I tend to think of the pre-stealth jet bombers as having the engines mounted below the wings — which I assume would be easier to service or replace than the in-wing design. But I was a software engineer so what do I know of aircraft design (other than building a model B-52 Stratofortress when I was a kid)?