Who Likes Aircraft ?

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Those English Electric Canberra bombers were quite advanced for their time. First flown in 1949, they held a lot of records in their day. In 1951 they were the first jet to fly non-stop across the Atlantic. They were also good for altitude, managing 70,310 feet in 1957, another world record. The US liked them enough to build their own (Martin B-57), three of which are used to this day by NASA for high altitude experiments, not bad for a design from the 1940s.

 

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Harbour Air manages 300 flights each day, all local short hops. They have 45 airplanes.

 

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“Halestorm” (he was credited with 1 victory and 1 damaged MiG)

 

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I wonder how many old ME-262 pilots were still around when the Starfighter entered service with the Luftwaffe in July 1960, fifteen years after the war ended.

 

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kawanishi N1K1 Shiden-Kai 20mm with gun pod

 

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close up of 40mm cannon -armed Nakajima Ki-44 11b Shoki 1945