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6,500 pounds of thrust and 7 years: The engine failure that spawned the Canberra’s design

Designer W.E.W. Petter wanted a clean fuselage for the Canberra, forcing him to abandon a center-mounted jet engine and instead use the promising but highly experimental Rolls-Royce AJ.65 axial flow ...
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50,000 feet in the air: The bomber’s 6-minute flight that defied aviation insurance

On Friday, May 13th, 1949, the first prototype Canberra (VN 799) made a flawless 30-minute maiden flight, followed by the ...