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Aviation History
1950
1950 - 1340.PDF
FLIGHT Canberra personalities : " E.E." and " R.-R." representatives at Antwerp. L to r. : J. R. Taylor (fitter) ; A. Sheffield, O.B.E. (general works manager, Preston) ; A.Cdre. S. Graham, M.C., G.M. (aircraft liaison officer) ;J.Sarginson (design liaison representative) ; W/C. R. P. Beamont, D.S.O., D.F.C. (chief test pilot) ; R. Hothersall (flight shed superintendent) ; F. W. Page, B.A., A.F.R.Ae.S., (chief engineer. Aircraft Division) ; F. Holman (inspector) ; C. W, Daven- port (Rolls-Royce representative) ; J. Potter (foreman), PRESENTATION EN VOL . . . (Above) Making a Splash : The Canberra inscribes huge arcs with its wing-tip precipitation trails, as W/C. Beamont pulls it round in tight circles. (Right) The Canberra's auxiliary tanks were not necessary and were carried only as a safeguard against the need to fly to Antwerp in VFR conditions; their removal is seen in progress. (Below) The tip-tanked Canberra arrives at Antwerp-Deurne for demonstration.
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