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Landing gear of the Trident

Nose of trident

tail of trident

Great shots Craig

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Yup. I believe several variants of the Canberra had the offset canopy. That's the PR.9. The DH Sea Vixen had a very similar seating arrangement.

There might be more examples of this unusual idea but my brain's come out on strike.

That's an excellent shot. BTW

Wow, more neat British iron. what was the deal with the offset 'pit, anyway? Visibility? And I think that 2nd one is the first operational British jet fighter... can't remember the name...?

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I was never quite sure myself. I think it's mainly a matter of room. The navigator's position is in the nose of the PR.9 & it all looks a bit cramped. I haven't seen inside one but apparently only the pilot's position is fitted with an ejector seat although this might be different on the ones still in service. I don't know why they didn't use a tandem seating arrangement with a longer canopy like the current RAF types. Charlie will know more about it than me. Other marks of Canberra have a much wider conventional canopy with side by side seating.

The DH Sea Vixen was very similar but I believe the navigator sat beside & below the pilot within the main fuselage.

PS. I'm just wondering if this might have something to do with better visibilty of the radar screens within the enclosed fuselage rather than under the transparent canopy. The PR.9 first entered service back in 1960 when electronic equipment was much more primitive than it is now.