The Polar Flight of Aries IV

• Published in: Journal of Navigation
• Main Author: Bower, D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1955
• Subjects: Ocean Engineering; Oceanography; Bardufoss; Norway; Northern Norway
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0373463300015939; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0373463300015939

In October 1954, Aries IV , a Canberra aircraft from the Royal Air Force Flying College, made the first flight by a British jet over the North Geographical Pole. This paper describes the navigation aspects of that flight, together with a later series of training flights for which it was a preparatio...