Canberra Returns to the Sky ✈️🙌🎉 English Electric Canberra TT.18 (VH-ZSQ, WJ-680), one of 11 aircraft in The Royal Australian Air Force’s (RAAF) 100 Squadron Temora Historic Flight collection, returns to flight. Monday 28 June 2021 saw the Canberra return to the sky after being grounded for nearly 11 years. The Canberra was last flown on 5 June 2010. It was due for scheduled NDT (Non-Destructive Testing), which then lead to a much larger restoration. The restoration process included converting

6.6K views · 26 reactions | The English Electric Canberra was the RAF’s first jet powered bomber. It was built 90 miles away from the Solway Aviation Museum, down at Samlesbury Aerodrome by Preston. #aviation #aircraft #airplane #aviationlovers #fyp | AvPay.aero | Facebook

The English Electric Canberra was the jet bomber that rewrote the rules of modern air power. Entering service in 1951, it was the Royal Air Force’s very first jet-powered bomber, a bold leap forward from the prop-driven Lancasters and Halifaxes of World War II. #ww2 #Aviation #aircraft #military | Jets 'n' Props

The English Electric Canberra is a British jet-powered medium bomber and reconnaissance aircraft that played a significant role in the post Second World War era. Built at Samlesbury Airfield in Lancashire, the prototype Canberra made is maiden flight in May 1949, the same year that the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic were founded on each side of the Iron Curtain. Powered by the Rolls Royce Avon and Rolls Royce Olympus turbojet engines, the Canberra set several worl