sasroodkapje
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A84 GAF Canberra Electric Canberra Bomber
Picture : wikipedia.org
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The Canberra was one of the first successful jet bombers produced by England. Some Canberras are still in service, mainly in training and electronic warfare roles. Production began in 1949 and continued until 1961; in the U.S. Martin built the aircraft as the B-57. The Canberra is an impeccably streamlined aircraft, with a straight mid-wing section inboard of the engines and tapered wings outboard. At the time of its introduction it was safe from interception by fighters and was used to overfly the Soviet Union on photographic missions. It's prime function was as a nuclear bomber and photo-reconnaissance aircraft. It was to be used as a second strike bomber and to determine those areas untouched by the first wave of atomic warheads so that the second wave could finish off the opposition. Fortunately, it was never used as a bomber or reconnaissance aircraft in the nuclear roles. British production was 974.
Source : http://www.constable.ca/canberra.htm
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Picture : fas.org
Origin: UK
Type: bomber and visual attack aircraft
Max Speed: 525 kt / 605 mph
Max Range: 1,778 km / 1,105 miles
Dimensions: span 19.51 m / 64 ft 0 in length 19.96 m / 65 ft 6 in height 4.75 m / 15 ft 7 in
Weight: empty 10,099 kg / 22,265 lb
max. take-off 24,040 kg / 53,000 lb
Powerplant: two 3402-kg (7,500-lb) dry thrust Rolls-Royce Avon Mk 109 turbojets
Armament: normal bomb load six 454-kg (1 ,000-lb) bombs internally, plus two more such bombs, or AS.30 air-to-surface missiles, rocket-launcher pods or other stores on two underwing pylons
Source : combataircraft.com
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A84 GAF Canberra
English Electric Canberra Bomber
Canberra wikipedia
RAF waddington
Royal Air Force History
Canberra world wide
Background
Canberra B(I)8 Gallery - 1
List of all the B(I)8 Canberras produced in the UK
Martin EB-57B Canberra
A tribute to the Canberra
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Canberra`s here,, some alreay found, some not.
If anyone find a Canberra on GE, please post it here so I can update the collection.
Other Canberra`s found by GEC members.
 by : Hill
by : jtabaco
by : drunksquaddie
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YouTube video`s of the Canberra bomber. Press YouTube logo to start.
 Canberra PR9 5.35 minutes.
Jets - Canberras in RAF in service 2,23 minutes.
Jets: Canberra 1.51minutes. (no sound)
Canberra landing 0.15 minutes.
English Electric Canberra fast taxy 3.35 minutes.
Edited by sasroodkapje (02/13/08 04:15 AM)
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jacko1
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Post deleted by jacko1
Edited by LuciaM (12/07/06 12:36 AM)
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sasroodkapje
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Thanks jacko1, but it is already in the file. 
greetings
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TOMBAL
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Three more in the UK.
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TOMBAL
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Quote:
Three more in the UK.
And here are two more.
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sasroodkapje
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Thanks TOMBAL, nice find.
Here a pic of the Samlesbury Canberra.
picture : web page
No pics of the Bassingbourne plane..
greetings 
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Take care,,, before you are Amused To Death
Keep on searching, keep on posting, and most important,, Have fun .
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sasroodkapje
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New find Canberra`s
Also I removed some of my placemarks in the main file.
This becouse of the duplicates in the GEC Layers.
I replaced them with the placemarks of the first find from the GE members.
there names and link to the original post is in the placemark.
If there are some mistakes, or I missed somthing, please let me know.
have fun and greetings
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wdnshu
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If I'm not mistaken, the RB-57D Canberra was the inspiration for the U2
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sasroodkapje
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Hallo wdnshu
If you see the picture I guess your right.
but what type plane is it..is this a U-2 early type, ?
here another pic.
From this web page
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wdnshu
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Here's another one - Martin RB-57D Canberra
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