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Published: 2012-01-12 13:09:43 +0000 UTC; Views: 1585; Favourites: 32; Downloads: 0
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Description This Royal Air Force Canberra B(I)6 - WT308 at RNAS Predannack. She is lying aquardly on one wing, demonstrating a downed aircraft with collapsed undercarriage as one of the test subjects for the fire training section.
Take a look at bywat.co.uk to get a background on this and many more English Electric Canberra aircraft.
The last flying model in the RAF, the PR9, Was a fantastic photo reconnaissance air frame. This declassified image shows the clock face of big ben, clearly readable having been photographed at 47 thousand feet over the Isle of White!
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Comments: 26

Tigles1Artistry [2012-11-22 20:57:39 +0000 UTC]

YOU HAVE BEEN FEATURED HERE [link]
I HOPE YOU LIKE IT....

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in-my-viewfinder In reply to Tigles1Artistry [2014-03-29 16:32:19 +0000 UTC]

I have only just spotted this message so thank you for the feature!

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Tigles1Artistry In reply to in-my-viewfinder [2014-03-29 18:15:07 +0000 UTC]

Very welcome...

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taliby97 [2012-02-26 10:42:06 +0000 UTC]

Fantastic

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in-my-viewfinder In reply to taliby97 [2012-02-26 10:49:21 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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taliby97 In reply to in-my-viewfinder [2012-02-26 11:07:39 +0000 UTC]

NP

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andanar [2012-02-01 00:24:40 +0000 UTC]

A sad metaphor for the current state of both the Royal Air Force and the UK's ability to design and build aircraft.

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in-my-viewfinder In reply to andanar [2012-02-01 13:18:00 +0000 UTC]

It is indeed. I look forward to the need for a more positive one

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bloodwolf23 [2012-01-14 19:56:56 +0000 UTC]

Wow.... poor Canberra! Do you mind if I use this as a reference for an artwork?

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in-my-viewfinder In reply to bloodwolf23 [2012-01-15 08:29:33 +0000 UTC]

Yer sure. Just do the usual, link and credit the original and I will Link you back to share the love

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bloodwolf23 In reply to in-my-viewfinder [2012-01-15 16:13:37 +0000 UTC]

All right! Thank you! ^^

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gazzatrek [2012-01-13 21:29:26 +0000 UTC]

'dreadfully sad image..'such a shame..

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in-my-viewfinder In reply to gazzatrek [2012-01-14 10:27:29 +0000 UTC]

It is. It doesn't take allot to do some minor maintenance. The top photograph from 2004 here shows here looking allot healthier with the bare metal on the tail.All they needed to do was slap some paint on there to prevent that corrosion

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EAMR262 [2012-01-13 21:10:00 +0000 UTC]

That's... that's just sad, specially knowing that it will be scrapped sooner or later...

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in-my-viewfinder In reply to EAMR262 [2012-01-14 10:28:34 +0000 UTC]

It is looking a bit past savable.

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EAMR262 In reply to in-my-viewfinder [2012-01-14 22:43:32 +0000 UTC]

That makes it even more sad!

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SwiftFlyer [2012-01-13 05:02:36 +0000 UTC]

I remember doing end of runway checks on the US vesion (B57). The engines at idle would just howl right through you.

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in-my-viewfinder In reply to SwiftFlyer [2012-01-13 14:22:03 +0000 UTC]

They were anything but quiet those RR Avon engines!

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SwiftFlyer In reply to in-my-viewfinder [2012-01-15 17:29:00 +0000 UTC]

Our US models had Wright J65 engines. They still did howl though!

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in-my-viewfinder In reply to SwiftFlyer [2012-01-16 09:50:50 +0000 UTC]

I bet they did!
The J65 is the same as a Sapphire engine as fitted to the Hawker Hunter and those really do mack a racket!

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SwiftFlyer In reply to in-my-viewfinder [2012-01-23 14:07:11 +0000 UTC]

Yep!

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helopilotoh58 [2012-01-12 13:12:56 +0000 UTC]

Only two built and both are treated in such a manner? Pretty sad for these aircraft.

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in-my-viewfinder In reply to helopilotoh58 [2012-01-12 14:08:06 +0000 UTC]

according to bywat they did build 22 B(I)6's according to bywat of which this was the second. Not sure on what survivors there are but I would be willing to guess that.
Sadly you can't really see what made this Interdiction model different from the standard B6 as the cannon blister is not fitted to the bomb bay and no obvious signs of pylons remain on the wings

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helopilotoh58 In reply to in-my-viewfinder [2012-01-13 03:22:55 +0000 UTC]

I must have read it wrong then. It's an interesting airframe to say the least. Sort of looks like the old Boeing B-47. Namely the cockpit location.

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in-my-viewfinder In reply to helopilotoh58 [2012-01-13 14:13:00 +0000 UTC]

The B-57 and Canberra are one and the same thing. The Canberra was made under licence by Boeing as the B-57. I would hazard a guess that the B-47 probably shares allot with the Canberra as a first generation jet bomber.

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helopilotoh58 In reply to in-my-viewfinder [2012-01-13 17:48:32 +0000 UTC]

They probably do share alot of similarities.

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