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RAF Blackburn Beverley XB259 Makes Final Journey From Hull to Carlisle
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Read more: RAF Blackburn Beverley XB259 Makes Final Journey From Hull to CarlisleSource : Paul McTaggart (News & Star) THE final pieces of a historic RAF plane are currently being transported to a Carlisle museum. Stationed at Hull’s Fort Paull, The Blackburn Beverley XB259 parts have been hoisted over the fort’s wall by crane and are now en route to their new home at the Solway Aviation…
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Huge RAF Plane Lifted From Fort by Crane
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Read more: Huge RAF Plane Lifted From Fort by CraneSource : Jonny Manning (BBC News) Sections of a huge RAF transport aeroplane have been lifted from a fort by crane ahead of its journey to a museum. The last surviving Blackburn Beverley is being dismantled at Fort Paull, near Hull, so it can be moved to Solway Aviation Museum in Carlisle. “Big Bev” is…
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Blackburn Beverley Fuselage Lifted From Fort Paull
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Read more: Blackburn Beverley Fuselage Lifted From Fort PaullSource : BBC Radio Humberside A crane lifts the final pieces of the Blackburn Beverley out of Fort Paull to make its journey to the Solway Museum in Cumbria. Dougie Kerr is the man behind the move of the iconic plane, which is the last surviving example of what was once the RAF’s largest transport…
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Blackburn Beverley RAF Plane Dismantled at Fort Paull Ahead of Move to Carlisle
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Read more: Blackburn Beverley RAF Plane Dismantled at Fort Paull Ahead of Move to CarlisleSource : Video Report by Jonathan Brown (ITV News) The last surviving example of what was once the RAF’s largest transport plane is being dismantled as part of a campaign to restore it to its former glory. The 36-tonne Blackburn Beverley is being carefully taken apart at Fort Paull, in Hull, before it moves to…
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RAF Blackburn Beverley XB259 Parts Relocated to Cumbria
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Read more: RAF Blackburn Beverley XB259 Parts Relocated to CumbriaSource : Paul McTaggart (News & Star) Truckloads of the last surviving largest RAF transport plane have now arrived at a museum in Carlisle. The parts, belonging to the Blackburn Beverley XB259, have been coming from Hull’s Fort Paull to Carlisle’s Solway Aviation Museum following an impressive fundraising campaign that raised over £70,000. The plane…
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