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BBC - Future - Why Nasa still flies an old British bomber design
The Canberra bomber was designed way back in the 1940s. So why is Nasa still using three of them today? BBC Future investigates.
The Canberra bomber was designed way back in the 1940s. So why is Nasa still using three of them today? BBC Future investigates.
Why Nasa still flies an old British bomber design
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SSG Diane R. good read/share all the way: I like this passage:
That Canberras are still flying is a tribute to the aircraft’s design, which is all the more impressive given that the Canberra is from the very first generation of jet aircraft – a time when aircraft designers were struggling to deal with the enormous issues that came from travelling at such high speeds. And it’s even more exceptional because the Canberras are doing a job that was undreamed of when the aircraft first entered service.
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SMSgt Minister Gerald A. "Doc" Thomas Maj Marty Hogan SGT (Join to see) SGT Philip Roncari SPC Margaret Higgins SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth SP5 Michael Rathbun CW5 Jack CardwellCOL Mikel J. Burroughs CPL Dave Hoover SFC Shirley Whitfield LTC Stephen F. SSG William Jones MSgt Ken "Airsoldier" Collins-Hardy Capt Dwayne Conyers SGT Michael Thorin MAJ Ken Landgren 1SG Carl McAndrews
That Canberras are still flying is a tribute to the aircraft’s design, which is all the more impressive given that the Canberra is from the very first generation of jet aircraft – a time when aircraft designers were struggling to deal with the enormous issues that came from travelling at such high speeds. And it’s even more exceptional because the Canberras are doing a job that was undreamed of when the aircraft first entered service.
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SMSgt Minister Gerald A. "Doc" Thomas Maj Marty Hogan SGT (Join to see) SGT Philip Roncari SPC Margaret Higgins SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth SP5 Michael Rathbun CW5 Jack CardwellCOL Mikel J. Burroughs CPL Dave Hoover SFC Shirley Whitfield LTC Stephen F. SSG William Jones MSgt Ken "Airsoldier" Collins-Hardy Capt Dwayne Conyers SGT Michael Thorin MAJ Ken Landgren 1SG Carl McAndrews
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Now if only the P-51 had made it past the Korean War and maybe even become a turboprop trainer.
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SSG Diane R.
Makes me think of the North American / Ryan Aviation Avion.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Navion
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Navion
The Ryan (originally North American) Navion is a United States single-engine, unpressurized, retractable gear, four-seat aircraft originally designed and built by North American Aviation in the 1940s. It was later built by Ryan Aeronautical Company and the Tubular Steel Corporation (TUSCO). The Navion was envisioned as an aircraft that would perfectly match the expected postwar boom in civilian aviation, since it was designed along the general...
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The Air Force was close to bringing back the beast, but alas it never happened. The PA-48 Enforcer made by Cavalier would have been amazing.http://nationalinterest.org/feature/revealed-how-the-us-air-force-almost-brought-back-the-p-51-17525
Revealed: How the U.S. Air Force Almost Brought Back the P-51 Mustang
The legendary WWII warbird got a Vietnam-era reboot.
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