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B-57E Canberra

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The Martin B-57E Canberra is an American-built, twinjet tactical bomber and reconnaissance aircraft that entered service with the United States Air Force (USAF) in 1953. The B-57 was a license-built version of the British English Electric Canberra; the Glenn L. Martin Company later modified the design to produce several different variants. The Canberra was the first U.S. jet bomber to drop bombs during combat.[3] Its retirement in 1983 ended the era of the tactical bomber that had its beginning with the British World War I De Havilland DH-4 bomber. The three remaining flightworthy WB-57Fs are technically assigned to the NASA Johnson Space Center, next to Ellington Field in Houston, as high-altitude scientific research aircraft,[1] but are also used for testing and communications in the U.S. and Afghanistan.[4] From Wikipedia Ag-1 to drop all 50 dumb bombs ag-2 to drop all 25 dumb bombs ag-3 to drop cluster bomb ag-4 to fire all the infernos and ag-5 to drop infernos pod

General Characteristics

  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 66.0ft (20.1m)
  • Length 65.2ft (19.9m)
  • Height 17.0ft (5.2m)
  • Empty Weight 24,211lbs (10,982kg)
  • Loaded Weight 31,556lbs (14,313kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 2.136
  • Wing Loading 35.8lbs/ft2 (175.0kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 880.3ft2 (81.8m2)
  • Drag Points 6547

Parts

  • Number of Parts 136
  • Control Surfaces 5
  • Performance Cost 771