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Reheated...

Posted: 17 Dec 2006, 21:33
by TSR2
I've been browsing through my "100 years of Farnborough" book and notice dthat at the show in '49 there was a reheated vampire :shock: and then in '52 a reheated Canberra! :shock: :shock:

I haven't managed to track down any photos of these, just wondering if any of you chaps could point me in the right direction.

Posted: 17 Dec 2006, 23:32
by ianhind
All I can find for 1952 Canberra is:

http://www.bywat.co.uk/types01.html

Posted: 17 Dec 2006, 23:42
by TSR2
Hi Ian,

Thats a nice site! The Reheated one was WD943 on a B.2. Sadly no pics, but I'd be curious to have seen a reheated canberra! :worried:

Posted: 17 Dec 2006, 23:44
by Robin
WK163 had a scorpion rocket motor attached in 57. It was doing some tests for the Lightning engine. 70, 310 ft :wink:

Re: Reheated...

Posted: 18 Dec 2006, 00:06
by Kevin Farnell
Ben Watson wrote: and then in '52 a reheated Canberra!
:shock: :shock: :shock: The Canberra could outclimb just about anything as it was. Adding reheat would have been awesome :shock: :shock: :shock:

Regards

Kevin

Posted: 18 Dec 2006, 00:24
by Garry Russell
Sounds like once they discovered they could squirt fuel into the exhaust and light it they wanted to try it on everything :shock:

Channel Airways used to do something similar with the DC 4.......but I don't think they meant to :think: :roll:

:lol:

Garry

Posted: 18 Dec 2006, 11:10
by ianhind
Now I know what I'm looking for, I've found a disappointing photo of WD943 in "English Electric Canberra" by R Beamont and A Reed, Ian Allan 1984 ISBN 0711013438.

I'll scan and post later but it's a take off view with little indication of the reheat fitment except for the "reheat petals".

Ian

Posted: 18 Dec 2006, 12:40
by TSR2
Cheers Ian.... Looking forward to the pic! :smile:

Posted: 18 Dec 2006, 22:27
by ianhind
Like I said, disappointing:

Image

Bigger version for download here:

http://www.btinternet.com/~calypsomedia ... /wd943.bmp

Posted: 19 Dec 2006, 01:53
by TSR2
Better than a kick in the proverbials Ian.... Thanks for digging this out. She must have been some mover! :smile: