Talk:B-57 Canberra

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maru (talk) contribs 02:56, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Regarding the 'first foreign aircraft since the Airco DH4', quote: the USAAF used Supermarine Spitfires, Bristol Beaufighters and de Havilland Mosquitos during WWII. What was the source of this quote?

[edit] End of NASA WB-57?

Front view of a Martin RB-57A Canberra.
Lackland AFB, San Antonio, Texas (March 2007).

The stunning video and photography gained by the high altitude flying WB-57s during shuttle launches may soon be a thing of the past, as NASA evaluated whether to cancel the use of the two aircraft.

See:

http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/content/?cid=4993

Royzee 11:40, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

Well they've sent one of NASA's birds to Afghanistan to do geological surveys, so... - Aerobird ^{Target locked - Fox One!}

Actually, I was at JSC about three weeks ago, and talking with the WB-57F program manager. Mr. Littlejohn says that NASA IS re-evaluating WAVE, but the WB-57F program is as active as ever in the science community. No thoughts of cancellation are pending, and a landing gear upgrade is in progress. Barrytilton 23:30, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

I had prepared the stub of a page on the WB-57F, intending to cover both the history of this unique model (different engines, fuel, flight profile, payload, mission, lifespan, etc.) but the page was re-merged as a line in this Canberra page. Given the fact that this model has now proven to be one of the most enduring in research, I would like to re-argue for an actual contribution on this platform as a separate topic. Many of the pilots from F Troop are still around (my father happens to be one), and many of us have operated the platform since it migrated to NASA. I believe the story of this platform deserves to be told. Barrytilton 23:51, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, that was me who re-merged it. I assumed you were a "fanboy" adding something on his favorite plane, and that the article would never be expanded beyond that point. My apologies; I should have asked first.

I'll be happy to help you set something up to follow the Aircraft Project's Page content guidelines. We will need a better name than just WB-57F to follow the project's naming conventions. I would suggest Martin WB-57F, or WB-57F Canberra, or whatever the official name used by NASA for the type was ("Canberra" or otherwise).

As long as you have verifiable, published sources, write away! - BillCJ 00:27, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Very questionable statement

I removed the following from the article:

"Remarkably, this was the first foreign aircraft purchased by the USAF since the British Airco DH.4 of World War I."

I'm not at all sure this is correct, and even if it was the first purchased using cash since the DH.4, the USAF acquired a number of aircraft under "reverse lend-lease" in WW2 - Spitfires, Mosquitos and Beaufighters (at least). - Aerobird ^{Target locked - Fox One!} 03:26, 25 January 2007 (UTC)