RAAF Canberra Low Flying... Did This Happen?
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RAAF Canberra Low Flying... Did This Happen?
Aeronautics Magazine Sept (Not April 1st) 1956 - I`ve seen this picture published elsewhere... Is this a genuine photograph?
Seen here at the end of a very accurate V D F ` let-down ' is an Australian-built Canberra bomber of 82 Bomber Wing, R A A F. Taken whilst the Wing were on exercise at the Townville base, this pilot cut taxying time to the maintenance bay to a minimum. Although the pilots do this kind of thing every day, the mechanic seen here still feels prudence is the better part of valour. He had been newly posted
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Yes, of course it is true. Daily occurrance in the RAAF. Canberras were recently replaced with our new Stealth bombers:
And would you believe - the RAAF can't find three aircraft already!!
And would you believe - the RAAF can't find three aircraft already!!
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The caption suggests a spoof "Seen here at the end of a very accurate V D F ` let-down" - I seem to remember a good VDF letdown was one where you ended up in the right county.
Whilst I never really thought it was a genuine picture... it is notable that it appeared in more than one mainstream publication in the news sections without subsequent comment.. hence the posting
Whilst I never really thought it was a genuine picture... it is notable that it appeared in more than one mainstream publication in the news sections without subsequent comment.. hence the posting
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In 1950 Swede Ralston flew through a dirigible hangar at the Tillamook Naval Air Station in a N.A. AT-6A aircraft (650 HP Pratt-Whitney engine) at an altitude of 50 feet and a speed of 250 miles per hour(?!). While flying through the hangar, Ralston and his aircraft executed a 180 degree roll and emerged upside down.
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You could loop an aircraft in that hangar..
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Originally Posted by jabberwok
Tillamook doesn't count. You could loop an aircraft in that hangar..
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Jabberwok,
Not this one, she couldn't.
PPRuNe thread on it (of course).
As for the original question - I reckon it's the sort of thing that Milt would know.
Not this one, she couldn't.
PPRuNe thread on it (of course).
As for the original question - I reckon it's the sort of thing that Milt would know.
