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Groundworks Near Completion Ahead of RAF Blackburn Beverley Arrival
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Read more: Groundworks Near Completion Ahead of RAF Blackburn Beverley ArrivalSource : Paul McTaggart (News & Star) THE stage is almost set for relocating the last RAF Blackburn Beverley XB259 to a museum in Carlisle. The massive 162ft wingspan aircraft will soon be placed on the grounds of Solway Aviation Museum, following an extensive preparation and fundraising process. Dougie Kerr, chairman of the museum, said:…
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First Bits of Blackburn Beverley Move to New Home
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Read more: First Bits of Blackburn Beverley Move to New HomeSource : BBC Radio Humberside The first sections of a former RAF transporter aircraft are leaving East Yorkshire. The Blackburn Beverley had been on display at Fort Paull for many years, but after being sold to an air museum in Cumbria it’s now being dismantled.
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Historic RAF Aircraft Blackburn Beverley Begins Journey to Cumbria
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Read more: Historic RAF Aircraft Blackburn Beverley Begins Journey to CumbriaSource : Paul McTaggart (News & Star) PARTS of the Blackburn Beverley XB259, the last remaining RAF aircraft of its kind, will be landing in Cumbria this weekend. It is being transported piece by piece to the Solway Aviation Museum near Carlisle’s Airport, following successful fundraising efforts that have so far amassed over £70,000. The…
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Plans for World’s Last Remaining Blackburn Beverley Are Flying High After Fundraising Target Hit
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Read more: Plans for World’s Last Remaining Blackburn Beverley Are Flying High After Fundraising Target HitSource : Alexandra Wood (Yorkshire Post) A museum in Cumbria has hit its fundraising target as a wave of well-wishers have come forward to help move an historic transport plane from Hull to a new permanent home. Solway Aviation Museum has raised £60,000 and cash and offers of help continue to come in to move…
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Solway Aviation Museum Hopes to Save Blackburn Beverley XB259
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Read more: Solway Aviation Museum Hopes to Save Blackburn Beverley XB259Source : 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…
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