- English Electric Canberra: a Press Record of its Christening and Transatlantic Flight January and February 1951.
Book
CID:
- 149934
Class:
- CH Oversized
Corporate Author:
- English Electric - Publicity Department (Press Section)
Publisher:
- English Electric
Publication Date:
- 1951
Subjects:
- Aircraft - Landplanes
Abstract:
- A compilation of reproductions of numerous contemporary newspaper cuttings recording the christening on January 19 1951 of the world's first jet bomber 'Canberra' by the Prime Minister of Australia R. G. Menzies (which was originally planned to be built in Australia) and its subsequent record 4 hours 40 minutes flight across the Atlantic ocean.
Notes:
- (PHY) Illustrated
Collation:
- 77pp.
Loan Period (CAT):
- S
Historical Created Date:
- 22 Feb 2019
Publication Date Information:
- 1951
Record Type:
- Book