This Day in Aviation History
April 30th, 1958
First flight of the Blackburn Buccaneer.
 
The Blackburn Buccaneer originated in the early 1950s as a design for a carrier-borne attack aircraft able to carry a nuclear bomb below radar coverage. It was a British low-level subsonic strike aircraft that served with the Royal Navy (RN) and later the Royal Air Force (RAF), retiring from service in 1994. Designed and initially produced by Blackburn Aircraft at Brough, it was later known as the Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer when Blackburn became a part of the Hawker Siddeley group….
 
Source:
Wikipedia, Blackburn Buccaneer: http://gstv.us/1VF2PVQ
 
YouTube, Blackburn Buccaneer – Full Story: http://gstv.us/1VF2PFp
 
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