Control Panel Air Mileage Unit MK4 - Canberra

Canberra Aircraft panel. Dated 19 Oct 1962
The Canberra Aircraft held all these world records:

21 January 1951 – first nonstop unrefuelled transatlantic crossing by a jet
26 August 1952 – the prototype B.5 made the first double transatlantic crossing by a jet, with a total time of 10 hr, 3 min
4 May 1953 – Canberra B.2 WD952, fitted with Rolls-Royce Olympus engines set a world altitude record, flying at 63,668 ft (19,406 m)
9 October 1953 – winner of the 1953 London-Christchurch Air Race, it covered 12,270 miles (19,750 km) in 23 hr, 51min; its average speed was 515 miles per hour (829 km/h). As at today, this record still stands.
29 August 1955 – altitude record, 65,889 ft (20,083 m)
28 August 1957 – altitude record, 70,310 ft (21,430 m): Canberra B.2 (WK163) with a Napier Double Scorpion rocket motor.

A relic from a fantastic Aircraft. This item is being sold as a Historic artifact only.
has been deemed un-serviceable.

Code: 53088