Tuesday, November 7, 2017

A U.S. Air Force Martin B-57A Canberra, in flight over Chesapeake Bay Bridge, Maryland (USA), in 1953.


5 comments:

  1. They saw combat missions over Vietnam and Laos.

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  2. Chuck Yeager flew 127 missions over Vietnam in Canberras.

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  3. Appears to be a solid aircraft. I've read a little about its Vietnam service. Armed with 8-.50 cal. MGs & 7,000+ bomb load I bet it made a great ground support vehicle.

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  4. I love the lines of the thing. Hate to see the business side of one, but for a pure aesthetics I like it a lot.

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  5. Yeah, it's a beautiful bird. Also used extensively for EW and high altitude Surveillance/recon

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