The English Electric Canberra was designed with no defensive armament, relying instead on high speed, an operational ceiling of 48,000 feet, and great maneuverability to avoid opposing fighter aircraft. The fact that the Canberra is still in service today is testimony to the quality of the original design.
Contributes significantly to meeting reconnaissance task through the use of a wide range of vertical and oblique cameras.
Two Rolls-Royce Avon 206 turbojets of 11,250lb st
Span: 67ft l0in (20.66m)
Length: 66ft 5in (20.36m)
Max Speed: 547mph (876km/h)
Accommodation: Crew of 2 or 1 (?) As an interdictor, carries 4 x 20 mm Hispano cannon or 3 x 1000 lb. bombs internally plus 2 x 1000 lb. underwing
As a bomber, 8000 lb. bombs load internally and underwing.
Has a long 'pencil' fuselage with a distinctive single-seat cockpit offset to the port side. Deep-chord wings taper towards the tips. Engines mounted in the wings and projecting forward. Angular fin and rudder, with the dihedralled tailplane set on top of the fuselage cone.
The black&white picture on the left is of an Indian Air Force Canberra around 1965 (Piloted by Wg Cdr Peter Wilson).
Contributes significantly to meeting reconnaissance task through the use of a wide range of vertical and oblique cameras.
Two Rolls-Royce Avon 206 turbojets of 11,250lb st
Span: 67ft l0in (20.66m)
Length: 66ft 5in (20.36m)
Max Speed: 547mph (876km/h)
Accommodation: Crew of 2 or 1 (?) As an interdictor, carries 4 x 20 mm Hispano cannon or 3 x 1000 lb. bombs internally plus 2 x 1000 lb. underwing
As a bomber, 8000 lb. bombs load internally and underwing.
Has a long 'pencil' fuselage with a distinctive single-seat cockpit offset to the port side. Deep-chord wings taper towards the tips. Engines mounted in the wings and projecting forward. Angular fin and rudder, with the dihedralled tailplane set on top of the fuselage cone.
The black&white picture on the left is of an Indian Air Force Canberra around 1965 (Piloted by Wg Cdr Peter Wilson).
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