Blackburn Buccaneer in GE/GM SV

The Blackburn Buccaneer was a British-made twin-engine fighter aircraft of the Cold War era. The name Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer was also common after Blackburn Aircraft had been taken over by Hawker Siddeley. Top Speed 1074 km/h
The first flight was on April 30, 1958, from July 1962 the first Buccaneer entered service. Series production ran from 1961 to 1977, 206 units were built.

In military use, the Buccaneer was in the Royal Air Force (until 1994), the Royal Navy (until 1978) and the South African Air Force (1965 to 1991).

Some more information in the placemarks.

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Blackburn Buccaneer in SV.kmz (3.11 KB)

Willi - here is another one for you! 44.237648° lat -76.466905° long. If you Google CF-100 / Kingston Ontario you will get her interesting history. Cheers, Larry

Aug 29, 2023 22:07:31 GMT larryc1 said:

Willi - here is another one for you! 44.237648° lat -76.466905° long. If you Google CF-100 / Kingston Ontario you will get her interesting history. Cheers, Larry

Thanks for the find. However, it is not a Buccaneer but an Avro Canada CF-100 “Canuck”. Your find will be integrated into an upcoming collection of CF-100s.
Best willi1