English Electric Canberra by Halpenny, Bruce -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents INTRODUCTION ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS GLOSSARY CHAPTER ONE - English Electric Canberra CHAPTER TWO - Rolls-Royce Avon

Further development of the R.A.7 A new Avon Jet Propulsion Rolls-Royce Avon General description of the Avon How the engine works Compression Combustion Expansion and exhaust Fuel flow The fuel system The main fuel pumps The barometric pressure control The acceleration control unit The overspeed governors The isolating valve The Duple burner The oil system The starter system Use of fuel pump isolation switch Engine performance Avons, aircraft and records World speed records * World class records Point to point records First polar inter-continental jet flight Atlantic jet crossing

CHAPTER THREE - Canberra Marks and Production

Canberra B. Mk1 Canberra B. Mk2 Canberra P.R. Mk3 Canberra T. Mk4 Canberra B. Mk5 Canberra B. Mk6 Canberra B(I). Mk6 Canberra PR. Mk7 Canberra B(I). Mk8 Wings Fuselage Tail unit Landing gear Power-plant Accommodation Armament Canberra PR. Mk9 Red Top Canberra Conversion – SC.9

CHAPTER FOUR - Conversion Variants

Canberra U. Mk10 Canberra T. Mk11 Canberra B(I). Mk12 Canberra T. Mk13 Canberra U. Mk14 Canberra B. Mk15 Canberra B. Mk16 Canberra T. Mk17 Canberra TT. Mk18 Canberra T. Mk19 Canberra B. Mk20 Canberra T. Mk21 Canberra T. Mk22 American Canberras – USAF designation B-57 Canberra PR. Mk57 Canberra B(I). Mk58

CHAPTER FIVE - Overseas Orders and Production

United States of America – B-57 Australia – Canberra B. Mk20; T. Mk21 Venezuela – Canberra B(I).82, B. Mk82, PR. Mk83, T. Mk84, B(I).88 France – Canberra B. Mk6 Ecuador – Canberra B. Mk6 Peru – Canberra B(I). Mk56, B(I). Mk68, B. Mk72, T. Mk74, B(I). Mk78 India – Canberra PR. Mk57; B(I). Mk58; T. Mk4; B(I). Mk66; PR. Mk67 New Zealand – Canberra B(I).12, T. Mk13 Rhodesia Zimbabwe – Canberra B. Mk2 and T. Mk4 Sweden – Canberra B. Mk2 South Africa – Canberra B(I). Mk12; T. Mk4 West Germany – Canberra B. Mk2 Ethiopia – Canberra B. Mk52 Argentina – Canberra B. Mk62; T. Mk64

CHAPTER SIX - Canberra Squadrons CHAPTER SEVEN - Miscellaneous Canberra Units

No. 7 SQUADRON No. 13 SQUADRON No. 17 SQUADRON No. 31 SQUADRON No. 39 SQUADRON No. 51 SQUADRON No. 58 SQUADRON No. 69 SQUADRON No. 80 SQUADRON No. 81 SQUADRON No. 82 SQUADRON No. 85 SQUADRON No. 97 SQUADRON No. 98 SQUADRON No. 192 SQUADRON No. 245 SQUADRON No. 360 SQUADRON No. 527 SQUADRON No. 540 SQUADRON No. 542 SQUADRON No. 1 PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE UNIT No. 231 OPERATIONAL CONVERSION UNIT

CHAPTER EIGHT - Experimental Canberras CHAPTER NINE - Camouflage and Markings

Canberra B(I).6 and B(I).8 Intruders Photo-Reconnaissance Aircraft Trainers Other Aircraft Overseas Air Forces

CHAPTER TEN - Armament

Armament Monitoring and Control (AMAC) Low Approach Bombing System (LABS)

CHAPTER ELEVEN - Bombing-up of Canberra Aircraft CANBERRA - COLOUR PROFILES Index

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