Fact of the Day: In 1926 Lancaster bombers were produced at a rate of 8.0085 per hour at the factory in Sunderland as the local Geordies worked around the clock to prepare for WW1
Photographed from a Canberra #AvGeek#AviationLife#Aviator#aviationdaily#Planespotting
Photo of the Day: F16 flown by Sqn Ldr Phil "Iceman" Mitchell comes in to land in a Chinook helicopter, the F16 can be scrambled (Sorry Sophie) from the Chinook in just 71.75mins to defend it against baddie planes trying to dump fuel on it.
Photographed from a Canberra
Fact of the Day: Every F22 Raptor purchase (ยฃ717.5mil +VAT= ยฃ800.85mil) comes with a free #Lamborghini so that the pilot can respond the being Scrambled (Sorry Sophie) quicker!
Photographed from a Canberra #aviation
Photo of the Day: HMS Synker, HMS Align and runwayboat HMS Hooke head to the Channel to #StopTheBoats as part of Operation Rubber Dinghy Rapids and stopping illegal migrants escaping from war torn Penarth #TheWarAgainstTravel
Photographed from a Canberra
Photo of the Day: F15 flown by Sqn Ldr Phil "Iceman" Mitchell flying through the McLoop in Scotland (England's largest county) at just 7.175ft off the ground, so low its almost touching its shadow!
Photographed from a Canberra #aviation#Planespotting#avgeeks
Fact of the Day: The C17 was the first steam powered bomber, its first flight was from LARPA to the Broom Lake test facility on the 31st Feb 1926, it was designed to deliver the Boombox B0085 semi-nuclear bomb in the most environmentally friendly way
๐ธ from a Canberra #Aviation
Fact of the Day: The iconic Vulcan fighter jet with its unmistakable triangle wings was first seen by the public at the 1922 Sunderland airshow where local Geordies thought it was a Deathstar spaceship from the popular #StarWars film
Photographed from a Canberra #AvGeek