ENGLISH ELECTRIC CANBERRA B.6(MOD.)

AVIATION ARCHIVE - RAF TRAINERS

A trainer is a training aircraft used to develop piloting, navigational or weapon-aiming skills in flight crew.  Early jet aerobatic teams tended to use combat types such as the Hawker Hunter, English Electric Lightning and North American F-100 Super Sabre.

Note:      -  A&AEE BOSCOMBE DOWN, WILTSHIRE, 1984
Scale:    1:72
Wingspan:    12"

Item Number:    AA34706                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Price:    $89.95

Historical Note:    Canberra WT309 was built as a B(1)6 variant by the English Electric Co. at Preston, Lancs., and first flew in April 1955.  The aircraft was used by the RAF Handling Squadron and arrived at Farnborough on July 11, 1957.  The official transfer from the RAF to the RAE (Royal Aircraft Establishment) was on February 28, 1958, and was allocated to the Armament Flight, which later became the Weapons Flight in 1963.  It was painted in an overall white-and-orange dayglo scheme until it was repainted in the smart "raspberry ripple" scheme, as depicted on the model, in the early 1980s.