English Electric Canberra B2 WD952
English Electric Canberra B2, WD952, was powered by two Bristol Siddeley Olympus turbojets. This aircraft set a world altitude record of 65, 890ft on 29 August 1955. The aircraft is at London Airport after an earlier successful height record
Picture No
10839698
Media ID
48040725
Size
4000px x 2421px
(920KB)
Credit
© The Royal Aeronautical Society (National Aerospace Library) / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph from The Royal Aeronautical Society Archive
Date
1955
