3 Canberra's up for grabs

Hello All,

The same issue of Flight International has an interesting shot of the Typhoon performing at Fairford…… 😮 😮

Nice shot DB. 🙂

Tim

edisposals have got a few Sea Harriers FRSA2s. No need to spares strip those, and Everett Aero relived them of a Jaguar airframe he’s now peddling. I might be tempted with a Sea Harrier – Im holding out for xx199 the Hawk I flew whilst at Brawdy.

Hello All,

I have heard that the PR.9s may have had a slight reprieve, possibly to go and map a certain country near Pakistan.

It may only be for a few months, however.

Tim

Don’t panic! It is (was) a Mk 3.

Phew! Those old ‘coke bottles’ were rusting on the production line!

Back to Canberra’s. If the RAF is finnishing with them in March next year is there any chance that they might keep one just for the display season and be able to find one that has enough hours / fatigue index left to show the crowds exactly what it can do? I’ve seen one display and it’s very, very impressive. I guess I already know the answer, but we can all dream cant we…

Anyone know how much longer the RAF will be operating them from there?
Moggy

After March next year any you see flying will be a bonus and on borrowed time.

I think I read somewhere (FP ?) that it’s not long, a year or two. It’s a shame but I suppose they can’t really go on for ever.

It all boils down to whether anyone has the motivation to do it I expect.

I’m lucky in that anytime I want to see a Canberra flying a quick pedal down the lanes to Marham does the business.

Anyone know how much longer the RAF will be operating them from there?

Moggy

Are the Canberras really terminal cases or is there any hope for them?

The Cans, I would say, are not beyond enthusiastic (and dedicated) recovery, after all throw enough money at one of them and you could make it happen. And don’t forget that a couple of good sources of “bits” will be available from next year.

But to someone who can pull a few pieces of twisted aluminium from a lake somewhere and from them re-construct a whole airframe, these cranberries should present little problems. 😉

😮 Not a Mk1 I hope!

Don’t panic! It is (was) a Mk 3.

Are the Canberras really terminal cases or is there any hope for them?

Oh, I love those PR.9s with their fighter cockpit. Pity it won´t fit inside the barn … Here´s XH168 in better times:

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/568792/L/

http://www.rafmarham.co.uk/organisation/39squadron/39skenya2.htm

Fine cars Moggy, fine cars…… 😀 😀 😀

No other car looks as good from every angle.

I learnt to drive on a Mk1 Cortina 1200

I then owned a Mk1 GT

Another Mk1 GT

And finally a Mk1 1650 Cosworth 😀 😀 😀 😀

Moggy

1997, that’s nothing. 🙂

I’m about to throw away a Cortina GT that’s been in the front garden since 1988.

😮 Not a Mk1 I hope! If it was and I had space I would be round like a shot! If it is and there’s anything worth saving on it I can dig out the number for a chap in Norwich who would probably take it of your hands.

Les,

The poor old PR 7 at Wyton has been in the same position since Pontious was still learning to fly! They had better get their skates on otherwise there will be nothing left of the old girl……..

Jon

If anybody can make anything of those Cans, espcially the 9, they’re welcome to them. The telling phrase is “heavily spares recovered” and whoever said they’d make good restoration projects must have been thinking of the RAF as restorers. 😎 However, it may be worth the hassle to go after the 9’s frame or even cockpit section just because there’s not a lot of them around in regular public access.

But someone will go for one, or more, of them. Hopefully the 9 will get a few years of TLC by some enterprising (and rich) enthusiast and end up on display somewhere more accessible and looked after than the one at Cosford.

WT519 (PR.7 on Wyton fire dump) belongs to an extant organisation as does, it’s reported, the T.17 cockpit in the revettments there.

I haven’t seen the Canberras but if they’re anything like the Cortina, it would take dedication or serious stupidity to take them on.

I thought the rear edge of one of the front wings didn’t look right last week – I touched it and the whole wing fell off.

Could be advertised as suitable for restoration I suppose but “economical with the truth” isn’t even close. 🙂

dhfan

The Cortina is is worse shape than the Canberra’s then??

Tim

With a few sharp kicks, it will probably go in carrier bags.

If that fails, Plan B involves a 9″ angle grinder.

Does it work? Now that im 17 i’m on the look out for a car, absolutely any as long as it works

1997, that’s nothing. 🙂

I’m about to throw away a Cortina GT that’s been in the front garden since 1988.