Aircraft - Aviation - Balloons - Helicopters
Dec. 16 Canberra jet sets off on London to Australia record attempt Piloted by flight Lieut. L.M. Whittington (29) and navigated by flight Lieut. J.A. Brown (28) the Supply Ministry Canberra Jet Bomber left London Airport this morning on an attempt to create 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 mph. and flies eight miles high. The present record of 45 hours 35 minutes was set up in 1946 by an R.A.F. Lancaster. Keystone Photo Shows: Flight Lieut. L.M. Whittington in the cockpit of the machine at the take-off from London Airport today
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13196418
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46948737
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(c) Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com/Mary Evans
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