Historic Canberra Wk163 Jet Bomber To Be Restored To Flight

[mikey4444]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36352330

I thought this was might be of interest to some on here !

[tonyav]

The Canberra had a long service, mikey. 55 years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Electric_Canberra

[Hypognosis]

@mikey4444

Good news but I wonder how many hours I'd have to travel, to see it flying? Does St. Athan do a show?

Also, I was puzzled by this:-
"English Electric Canberra WK163 was the first aircraft in history to complete a transatlantic flight without refuelling, "

Erm, Charles Lindbergh didn't stop to refuel. USAAF bombers might have required onboard ferry tanks to get here but I think it was a non-stop route. Maybe it originally read "first jet aircraft to…" but it got edited.

// and once held the world altitude record.//

Presumably the U2 took that away? That dates it.

[THEMOTLEY1]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Electric_Canberra#Flight_records_set_by_Canberras

[shoota]

Good.