By: AdlerTag - 4th March 2012 at 15:29
The subsequent three years of display flying were dogged by airshow operators who offered so little appearance money that she needed constant financing – just like XH558 does now. One organiser even argued for a fee lower than the cost of just insurance – even then she could burn £1000 of fuel in a 7.5min display – thank goodness I’m not buying her fuel now!
Just a quick note to say thanks for operating her while you did, I always wondered how she kept going with such high operating costs and so on. Her stripey-bellied displays are fondly remembered.
By: RomeoMike - 4th March 2012 at 14:36
Bought as scrap
The only TT.18 that I can think of that was retained as airworthy in the UK after service and attended some displays was WJ680/G-BURM, that is the one now flying in Australia and based with the Temora Aviation Museum (here, http://www.aviationmuseum.com.au/aircraft_colection/canberra/index.html), it departed the UK in 2002 ISTR.
Edit, the text in the link mentions Duxford show attendance in 1994.
CT was sold by Defence Sales having been spares recovered and without engines. It took Canberra guru John Gannon two & a half years to get her on the civil register, having written the first ever A-820 for the maintenance & operation of an ex-military aircraft.
The subsequent three years of display flying were dogged by airshow operators who offered so little appearance money that she needed constant financing – just like XH558 does now. One organiser even argued for a fee lower than the cost of just insurance – even then she could burn £1000 of fuel in a 7.5min display – thank goodness I’m not buying her fuel now!
By: Pure Lightning - 8th December 2011 at 17:21
does anyone know the lastest on her …is she still flying?
By: Oxcart - 8th December 2011 at 16:19
That’s the one! Thanks, Pagen!
Doesn’t time fly?
By: pagen01 - 8th December 2011 at 15:41
The only TT.18 that I can think of that was retained as airworthy in the UK after service and attended some displays was WJ680/G-BURM, that is the one now flying in Australia and based with the Temora Aviation Museum (here, http://www.aviationmuseum.com.au/aircraft_colection/canberra/index.html), it departed the UK in 2002 ISTR.
Edit, the text in the link mentions Duxford show attendance in 1994.
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December 8, 2011 at 3:20 pm