Source : Paul McTaggart (News & Star) A CUMBRIAN museum has launched a fundraising appeal to help rescue and preserve one of the last surviving RAF transport aircraft of its kind. The Solway Aviation Museum, near Carlisle, hopes to raise £60,000 to add the Blackburn Beverley XB259 to its fleet. If successful, the plans will…

Source : Kevin Shoesmith (BBC News) The world’s last surviving military aircraft of its type could be moved to a museum in Cumbria. For years, the Blackburn Beverley – an RAF transporter – was exhibited at Fort Paull, an attraction near Hull that closed in 2020. Solway Aviation Museum has launched a £60,000 fundraising campaign…