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hen[26] - Canberra

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 10:32:55 +0000

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The EE Canberra was designed as a jet-powered medium bomber, and proved very versatile in a wide range of roles from their introduction in 1951. From the tactical nuclear role to reconnaissance and communications. Served in RAF and was a popular export.
Three of the later Martin B-57 variants remain in service, performing meteorological and re-entry tracking work for NASA.

WE139 was the winner of a UK to New Zealand Air Race in 1953
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Electric_Canberra

cos[26] - Messerschmitt Me 262

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 20:28:59 +0000

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Developed during WW2, flying as a jet fighter / fighter-bomber 1944-45
[also flown by the Czechoslovak Air Force until 1951.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Me_262

yam[25] - Hunter and Meteor

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 19:57:22 +0000

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left : Hawker Hunter FGA.78
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawker_Hunter

right : Gloster Meteor
Developed right at the end of WW2 - first flew during 1943, In service 1944 to the 1980s, the last RAF planes were used as target tugs.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloster_Meteor

yam[25] - Vampire {2 of 2}

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 19:55:54 +0000

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yam[25] - Vampire {1 of 2}

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 19:55:56 +0000

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de Havilland Vampire
Single jet engine, twin tail booms.
In service 1946 to 1990 - quite a number survive, with some still airworthy.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Vampire

sam - DH Vampire

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Sat, 06 Aug 2022 17:13:22 +0000

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Not too easy too see, but there's a De Havilland "Vampire" in there.

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The Vampire was the second jet fighter to enter service with the RAF and the first jet to cross the Atlantic. Development began in 1941, and tehy were in front line service from 1946 to 1953 and remained as a trainer up to the mid-1960s.
This one was built as a trainer, serving with various units and retired in 1968. it was bought back by Hawker Siddeley [it was in a TV play "The Aerodrome"] and arrived at SAM in 1990, having been swopped for a Lancaster's gun turret.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Vampire

sam - EE Canberra [1 of 2]

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Sat, 06 Aug 2022 17:14:08 +0000

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English Electric Canberra [T4 - WE188]

Design started in 1946, and the first jet-powered medium bomber entered service with the RAF in 1950. In 1957 a Canberra set a world altitude record of 70,310ft.

The SAM example first flew in 1952, and served as a target tug for the RAF before being returned to British Aerospace.

Cockpit access required a certain amount of flexibility ...

BBH - Orpheus

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 16:24:18 +0000

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The somewhat sad remains of the Bristol-Siddeley "Orpheus" jet engine from Bluebird K7, having spent nearly 35 years underwater. The casing has acted as a sacrificial anode, and the loss of material by corrosion has protected the rest of the vessel. On display in the Bluebird Annex of the Ruskin Museum, Coniston.