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RAF Spadeadam Tornado Aircraft Donated to Carlisle Museum
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Read more: RAF Spadeadam Tornado Aircraft Donated to Carlisle MuseumSource : Paul McTaggart (News & Star) AN RAF Tornado GR1 has been donated to a Carlisle museum, adding to an already extensive collection. The Tornado was gifted to the Solway Aviation Museum by RAF Spadeadam, enhancing the site’s historic collection, which includes the massive Avro Vulcan XJ823 and the recently acquired and last surviving,…
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Museum Receives Highest Aviation Heritage Honour for Saving RAF Plane
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Read more: Museum Receives Highest Aviation Heritage Honour for Saving RAF PlaneSource : Paul McTaggart (News & Star) A CARLISLE museum has been presented with the ‘highest’ accolade among the aviation heritage community for their work in rescuing and restoring the last remaining Blackburn Beverley XB259. The Solway Aviation Museum was awarded the AHUK Robert Pleming Memorial Award at a ceremony held at the Yorkshire Air…
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How the Last Surviving Blackburn Beverley Is Being Put Back Together
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Read more: How the Last Surviving Blackburn Beverley Is Being Put Back TogetherSource : Video Report by Katie Templeton Knight (ITV News) ITV News report from the 25th September 2024 on the volunteers at the Solway Aviation Museum at Carlisle airport who are hard at work restoring the last surviving Blackburn Beverley transport aircraft, ready for public display next year.
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Volunteers Hoping to Restore the Last Surviving Blackburn Beverley
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Read more: Volunteers Hoping to Restore the Last Surviving Blackburn BeverleySource : BBC News BBC News report from the 31st August 2024 on the volunteers at the Solway Aviation Museum at Carlisle airport who are hoping to restore the last surviving Blackburn Beverley transport aircraft.
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Main Body of RAF Blackburn Beverley Arrives in Cumbria
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Read more: Main Body of RAF Blackburn Beverley Arrives in CumbriaSource : Paul McTaggart (News & Star) THE MAIN fuselage of a historic RAF plane has now arrived at its new home in Cumbria. The relocation of the last remaining Blackburn Beverley RAF aircraft, known as ‘Big Bev’, involved a “complex process” of lifting and suspending the fuselage to refit the nose wheel and place…
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