English Electric Canberra T19, WH904 / SH1647 , Newark Air Museum
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Registration: WH904
Construction Number: SH1647
Model English Electric Canberra T19
Operator: Newark Air Museum
Airport: Winthorpe, UK - England
Photographer: Clark Priestley
Date Taken: 06/2012
Date Submitted: 13/07/2012
Originally built as a B2, this aircraft is a Suez war veteran, later converted to a T11 with the addition of the A1 nose radar. The later upgrade to T19 saw the radar equipment removed and replaced with concrete ballast. Since the weight of the nose end of the airframe of a B2 is probably similar to a T19 without radar, it can only be assumed that the ballast was needed at the front end on T19 conversion because some was added at the tail end as part of the T11 conversion to balance the increased nose weight from the radar and this tail ballast couldn't be removed.
Picture ID:1355870