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Volunteers Hoping to Restore the Last Surviving Blackburn Beverley
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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Blackburn Beverley Fuselage Lifted From Fort Paull
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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Hull’s Blackburn Beverley Finally on the Move
Read more: Hull’s Blackburn Beverley Finally on the MoveSource : BBC Radio Humberside It’s the end of an era for a legendary aircraft from East Yorkshire. The Blackburn Beverley is making its way – in pieces – to Cumbria. It is the very last one in the world.
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First Bits of Blackburn Beverley Move to New Home
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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WWII Glider Found in a Cumbrian Field Is to Be Restored
Read more: WWII Glider Found in a Cumbrian Field Is to Be RestoredSource : BBC Look North A World War II glider that lay undiscovered in a field in Cumbria is now being restored at the Regimental Museum in Carlisle Castle. It is thought the Waco glider was used to carry Border Regiment troops into Sicily and was then crated up and shipped back to Britain.
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