Martin B-57 Canberra Documentary (Part 1)

The Martin B-57 Canberra was a twin jet engine, light bomber and reconnaissance aircraft (photographic, electronics, and meteorological) which entered service in the 1950s. Originally based on the British English Electric Canberra, the US-built B-57 had evolved into several unique variants.

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[macbrack04]

Yank crap info!!! English Electric designed it, built it and the RAF flew it for many years.....get it right for a change!!!!!

[zmatt]

@macbrack04 What is incorrect? The video says that it was a British design used by the united states...

[pramboy09]

@wrght9185 must have been a great plane considering the americans licenced built it from the british

[stephenwinkler]

A jet bomber with straight wings. The engines encased inside the wings. Although, not as strange as the Martin XB-51, it seems to me to be an obsolete design for its day. However, that does not mean, that it did not serve its purpose.

[muzlinkage]

Named after the Australian Capital City. Flew with the RAAF for 30 years

[spencnaz]

@macbrack04 shut up troll.

[harataikiphilosopher]

@EquipaPatriot ugly? it is essentially a jet engined development of THE prettiest aircraft ever. id est the De Havilland Mosquito...

[fernfeyes]

@ 1:03, I see why they're painted black. I fueled up a few of these which were assigned to the Montana ANG. I remember that we used to s-l-o-w-l-y pour gobs of oil into them after each flight..it's the nature of the beast. The startup was the neatest. I remember an old crew chief used to clean the contacts on the start cart door with a wet fingertip..and then he would close the pod. They used to carry boxes of the start carts in the belly..can you imagine what would happen if one caught fire?

[BruceK10032]

@macbrack04: I don't understand your problem. The B-57 started out as a license-built English Electric Canberra, but eventually evolved into various versions that were quite different from the original English design. So what bothers you about that?

[EquipaPatriot]

What an ugly airplane!

[nateextreme0969]

this looks like a updated allied version of the junkers ground attack aircraft concept that inspired the A-10 research it

[richintalent]

Abso-bloomin-loutely love the black color scheme!!!!

[SSCFPA]

The last war for the Canberra, though in the recon role only, was probably missions over Afghanistan by RAF PR.9 versions in 2001/2.

Unless some other 'undisclosed' missions were flown later, the RAF PR.9's did some of those over the years, in 1982 RAF PR.9's operated from Chile over Argentina in secret. So in a way, both sides used it in that conflict.