A better type of Canberra cockpit

Hi all we have the front seat out for cleaning it and the cockpit getting ready for paint strip and designing a trailer for it .May display the front seat at Avalon airshow long side the hunter nose.

Cheers dave

I’m going to be ‘picky’ here. If you’re going with nose art, don’t spoil the project with that. Get a real artist to do it for you.

Hi Dave,

Any updates of the resto?

Wow almost complete interior as well! Nice nose art choice!

Hi all today was d day to move the Canberra cockpit with some low level flying behind a crane truck , it has bein relocated to a friends factory where restoration and building a trailer for it will commence.

Also i have included a pic of the intended nose art , which was on a B57B Canberra as flown by the 8th attack Sqd USAF in Vietnam .

cheers dave

I’ll echo Ian’s comments there – that’s a nice piece of kit and will make a great resto project without too much work.

That canopy must be enormous, knowing how big the Canberra fuselage is. At least all the glazing appears to be intact and reasonably undamaged. Great cockpit too, complete with its seat and column. A rare thing in my (UK) experience.

Good luck with it. Post a few pics of the work and the finished result.

Anon.

It looks so much cleaner and more organised inside than it’s British parent. You’ve not got too much to do either, compared to an empty shell. Thanks for the pics.

Lovely – good luck with the resto…

To my eyes, the centre canopy makes it look a little like a 2 seat Seahawk!

Thanks Dan you are a life saver give me a call when you are down my way next and i will give you the Devon screens that are here.

Am intending to repaint the Canberra as a USAF B model as used in Vietnam.

cheers dave

here you go, a little out of focus sorry
I took this a couple of months ago

Hi Oxcart yes i have seen the pics there is also a pic of it in the book Desert Boneyard before it was beheaded , as for internal fit the front office is 90% complete just missing a few guages the back has its seat but all the electronic countermeasure equipment has being removed , here is an internal pic of one of the side consoles tried to upload a pic of the panel it fails to upload.

cheers dave

You probably know this already, but there are some shots of it flying on Google!

Oh well done Mr P’, you’ll make Paul jealous…!!!

That’s lovely! Is there much left inside? The centreline canopy makes it look so different.

Always been interested in the US made versions myself. It shows how unsung the Canberra is in the role it performed all over the world.

I always thought the RB 57 F version was an amazing example of how adaptable it could be, the huge engines and wings on it are impressive.

look forward to more detail on this one

Fantastic Dave, now that is nice and different. As Fouga says any chance of some cockpit piccies?

Rob

Awesome! I love the American version. Any more pics you can share? How’s the cockpit?