Canberra B(I)8

The B(I)8 Canberra (the "I" stands for "Interdictor") lost the one-piece "glasshouse" bubble canopy so "loved" by aircrews and sported instead a fighter type canopy.  This was offset from the aircraft's centreline giving the B(I)8 a very distinctive profile shared by the photo-reconn variant, the PR-9, (and of course the DH-110).

The B(I)8 was introduced to fill the role of a night-intruder bomber/interdictor flying low-level missions in the European theater.   A Boulton Paul gunpack, containing four 20mm Hispano "Aden" guns, could be fitted snugly into the rear of the bomb-bay and special bomb doors with cut-outs for the gunpack were fitted.  The special bomb-bay doors allowed the B(I)8 to carry flares which were used to illuminate night targets.  The gunpack, as well as one 500 pound HE bomb (or two 250 pounds) on each underwing pylon, gave the B(I)8 Canberra a decided punch which was used effectively by the Indian Air Force during their UN support effort in the Congo in 1961.

This version for Flight Gear was originally released over 10 years ago and isn't up to the current modern standards but is still good to fly and has a nice external model with some interesting features (such as droppable bomb and trajectory markers)

There are some known issues:
Internal cockpit effect shaders seem incorrect, everything is black.
Canopy textures not right
Engine temp and oil pressure guages not calibrated.
Startup sound bug
canopy animation broken
no speed brake animations?

RELEASE NOTES:-

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