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How much commonality do these have with the standard Canberra/B-57? Apart from the lengthened wings.
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modification - actually more of a complete rebuild - of 21 aircraft
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General Dynamics salvaged not much more than the fuselage centre and aft sections, the horizontal tail and the landing gear. Everything else - plus the cockpits of the RB/A aircraft - was new construction.
I've seen sources that said 125,000 feet years ago. I did read one account from an RB-57 pilot wherein he said that they'd see those values and chuckle because some of them were way overblown. ISTR him saying they gave U-2 pilots grief because, though they couldn't climb as high as the U-2s, the books said they could.Ok, does somebody have the operational and maximum ceiling of that beast ? I've seen numbers ranging from 60 000 ft to 80 000 ft (!) - including: 62 000 ft, 68000 ft, 74 000 ft.
How high could it go, with the J-60-P9 ?
I've seen sources that said 125,000 feet years ago. I did read one account from an RB-57 pilot wherein he said that they'd see those values and chuckle because some of them were way overblown. ISTR him saying they gave U-2 pilots grief because, though they couldn't climb as high as the U-2s, the books said they could.Ok, does somebody have the operational and maximum ceiling of that beast ? I've seen numbers ranging from 60 000 ft to 80 000 ft (!) - including: 62 000 ft, 68000 ft, 74 000 ft.
How high could it go, with the J-60-P9 ?![]()