In Australia the Government Aircraft Factories (GAF) built the Canberra under licence and was known as the Mk.20, and the first GAF-build aircraft flew on the 29th of May, 1953. Here we feature a few interviews from those who navigated the Canberra in Vietnam and parts of a film about pilots converting to the type in 1960.
Contents
00:00 Intro
00:42 Background
02:17 US B-57
02:47 Government Aircraft Factory Mk.20
03:52 Conversion to Canberras film
04:31 Jet Training
06:08 Avon Engine
06:54 Martin-Baker Ejection Seat
07:50 Altitude Training
08:59 Bombing Training
13:51 No. 2 Squadron RAAF
14:20 Bob Howe as a navigator
16:04 Lance Halvorson as a navigator
17:40 Bombing in Vietnam
18:00 Bob Howe on Bombing in Vietnam
26:50 Lance Halvorson on dangers in the Canberra
30:25 Canberras after Vietnam
Lance and Bob on the Canberra:
https://youtu.be/CDVNErEyuV8
https://youtu.be/QDGZ__h_NMA
https://youtu.be/IL1a_mK3Cas
https://youtu.be/mE0SEwiLMdU
https://youtu.be/Vr9IeUq9W94
https://youtu.be/rwQ-NiT1bX4
https://youtu.be/fFj6rpYE9L8
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WTF were Australians doing fighting in Malaya & Vietnam?
Outstanding .
There are some still flying in NASA
Oh cmon Australians were only doing their patriotic duty.
With updated engines and avionics and other electronic systems this aircraft could still be in service today like the B-52's. Low level, high speed strike bomber, electronic warfare and GROWLER tasks and surveillance.
this thing sounded crazy flying past at Avalon
14:26 The apprentice painter must have applied that flag.
Thanks for your service
My Uncle flew Canberra bombers in Vietnam war, his is Jack Boast
The Canberra's always worked the imagination, with their remarkable abilities, once highlighted when Wing Commander Beaumont flew a demonstration unit over to Washington DC. He was flying at 50,000 feet over the region, when he called the tower seeking landing clearance. The tower could hear him but asked that he call back once he was nearer the airport. He told them he was in a holding pattern directly overhead, and the tower inquired where, he said that he was on a northern leg at 50,000 feet, which was out of reach of the local radar, so they asked him to come down to 15,00- feet or so. The Americans were staggered that this bomber could fly comfortably at 50,000 feet and fly directly over the Atlantic Ocean no stop, without refuelling, I Imagine the bird was sold already, on that note. I used to see one at the Melbourne airshow as the first static display, and what a fine and handsome thing she was. Far smaller and shorter than most American fighter jets of the time, yet capable of carrying 3 tons of bombs, internally.
My late father-in-law flew a Canberra in the RAF. Flt Doug Irwin. He flew the one of the first batch of planes to Aussie and I think was involved in training the first RAAF crews. He subsequently flew a lot of photo recon missions over Warsaw Pact countries and naval maneuvers in some specially equipped variants.
It's a nice looking aircraft with a proper name.
I was at Amberley at the time of the retirement. The bang from the "cartridge starters" was pretty loud and made you jump, until you got used to it.