Come with me as we look inside the very cozy cockpit of the English Electric Canberra 🇬🇧 #aviationreels #canberra #yorkshireairmuseum | Turn 'n' Burn

The English Electric Canberra was the jet bomber that rewrote the rules of modern air power. Entering service in 1951, it was the Royal Air Force’s very first jet-powered bomber, a bold leap forward from the prop-driven Lancasters and Halifaxes of World War II. #ww2 #Aviation #aircraft #military | Jets 'n' Props

The English Electric Canberra is a British jet-powered medium bomber and reconnaissance aircraft that played a significant role in the post Second World War era. Built at Samlesbury Airfield in Lancashire, the prototype Canberra made is maiden flight in May 1949, the same year that the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic were founded on each side of the Iron Curtain. Powered by the Rolls Royce Avon and Rolls Royce Olympus turbojet engines, the Canberra set several worl