Canberra 60th Anniversary May 13th 2009

Aeroventure Canberra 60th

Thats a mighty fine display of Canberra cockpits,

Well done to Aeroventure for putting on such a great show in the Canberras 60th Anniversary year,

Anyone know how long the display is on for ?

Very nice PL, how many Canberra cockpits are out there I wonder?!
I thought I had replied this thread earler, so happy belated 60th and well done to WT333 and crew who marked the occasion.

Keeping the Canberra dream alive Matt, nice work!

Great line-up, great looking paint finishes (did they have some help from the RAF on that do you know?)

Three big cheers to Aeroventure for doing such a fine job!

Hi all, well just got back from my holiday to Newcastle and luckly i got to pop in at Aeroventure at Doncaster and what a nice line up to be greated by …….6 Canberra nose sections all in a row……it was heaven:cool:
Here are a few pics from the day, i would also like to thank Bill Fern for showing me around .. great chap;)

What a line up 😎

Here is WJ975 Canberra T19 which has just recieved a fresh coat of paint

All the best Matt

It was nice to see an interesting arrangement of steps and ladders around the B(I)8 mod at Newark today – people might get an interesting view into the top of WV787’s canopy during the coming weeks! 😉

Today’s visitors also seemed to be interested in the temporary displays, which will help raise the profile of the type during this anniversary year.

The PR.7 [in its spurious markings] was also receiving a wash and brush up today from some guys from the 31 Squadron Association who repainted it the other year.

Canberra 60th weekend

I hope Aeroventures Canberra 60th weekend has attracted a few visitors so far, and full marks to them and Newark Air Museum for putting on a display to mark this anniversary of a truely great British jet.

The 60th Anniversary was also celebated at Kemble this weekend as a small working party started to revive Canberra PR9 XH135,power was applied and all systems came to life,further work could see her ground running soon.

I believe Coventrys Canberras could also be due for attention soon,so maybe,just maybe we will have some more active Canberras for the 61st anniversary.;)

Couldn’t agree more – what a wonderful day and the perfect way to celebrate this milestone in aviation in our own little but perfectly formed way.

I for one am so proud to have been a part of todays celebration, and count myself ridiculously lucky to be in a position to be a part of keeping a grand old aircraft alive in tribute to this great design.

I’ll be grinning for weeks..despite that dodgy photo of me caressing a triple breech firing cap! 😮

60th Anniversary, Thanks

A big thanks to all our Canberra friends who came to Bruntingthorpe today to take part in our 60th Anniversary engine run,
It was a great way for the team to mark this event and we enjoyed making lots of jet noise and the tea and Canberra banter afterwards,
As i was a bit busy today i did not take any pictures but many thanks to Damien and Matt for taking and posting some pictures of the day.
It was a great day:D

Well what a great day WT333 was spot on as always, a big thankyou to the whole 333 team you made me feel very welcome and you all deserve a big pat on the back for what you did today…..a great celebration for a great aircraft

Below is a pic of Timbo removing one of the 60th anniversary starter cartridges

Here is the WT333 team who made this possible today ….well done chaps you should be very proud of yourselfs

and a few of us cheered her on today too from the Canberra Crazy gang

Once again a big thankyou to all involved , all the best Matt

whats happened to ‘163?

Nothing has happened apart from an engine disintegrating on take off and not being able to find a suitable replacement. We are working on it periodically doing preventative maintenance and if and when we get an engine she will be back in the air. The team are working this coming weekend removing the seats and batteries for servicing and carrying out further work so that when the time comes we will be better placed to get back in the air quickly.
The engine we require is an AVON Mk 109 with ALL the paperwork and a record of correct storage.

re;

whats happened to ‘163?

Happy 60th to the Canberra.

Nice to see that the Canberra team at Brunty is celebrating the anniversary.

Hope you have a good run today fella 😀

Nice set of markings – good luck with the run this morning; fingers crossed that the weather holds! 🙂

Newark just has a temporary display until after Cockpitfest.

A few of Bee’s thoughts about the Canberra can be found in this article http://www.airsceneuk.org.uk/oldstuff/2005/bee/bee.htm

Happy 60th to the great old lady and one of the greatest aircraft of all time:D