Aircraft - Aviation - Balloons - Helicopters
Jan. 01, 1953 - Canberra Jet off on attempt to break London to Australia record. One day flight hope. Piloted by Flight Lieut. L.M. Whittington (29) and navigated by Flight Lieut J.A. Brown (28) the Supply Ministry's Canberra Jet Bomber left London airport this morning on an attempt to create a new London to Darwin (Australia) record. The machine, a photographic reconnaissance plane, known as P.R. Mark III is capable of speeds well in excess of 600 m.p.h. and flight eight miles high. The present record of 45 hours 35. minutes was set up by an R.A.F. Lancaster in 1946. Photo shows The Canberra Jet Bomber is taken out on to the tarmac for the start of her flight today. It is expected that it will cover the journey in something like 24 hours
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