For Sale, 3 slighlty used Canberra's

Speaking of RAF canberras, i noticed on gjd’s website that they have a shawbury canberra t4 nose up for sale that looks freshly ‘sawn’. Anyone have any info?

J man

gjd’s website? What is the address please?

I suspect that the capital cost of the airframe and spares is a mere fraction of the ongoing annual costs.
tc

The tip of the iceberg as you rightly suspect.

Chris

It would be superb if a UK group or individual were able to keep the PR9 flying.

But what is the likely cost of such a venture and the opportunity to get any returns for what is likely to be a substantial investment in time, effort, cash and emotion?

I suspect that the capital cost of the airframe and spares is a mere fraction of the ongoing annual costs.

Such a shame. Lets hope someone on the Forum gets a big Euromillions win and can keep her flying.

tc

ApC104- its hoped that they will be sold as flyers, not least because its less work to transfer ownership without spares recovery…!! as for 169 – may turn up on the main gate……………..! jase

WT480 scrapped

Speaking of RAF canberras, i noticed on gjd’s website that they have a shawbury canberra t4 nose up for sale that looks freshly ‘sawn’. Anyone have any info?

J man

Let’s be honest fellas… the PR9 has been a workhorse, and due to it’s nature, has not spent much time in the UK in recent years. We’re hardly used to seeing them flying around the skies of the UK!

I suspect we’ll see at lot more of them once they are de-mobbed if they are kept flying… unless some one like Thundercity in S.A. or our American cousins take them on holiday.

My concern would be over how much is left once they take the cameras etc out!

🙂

What will happen to it?

Chris,

Apart from the three flyers, there is/was one further PR.9 at Marham, XH169 has been the Sqn christmas tree since the end of last year IIRC.

Tim

Hello,

Any other Canberras coming up for disposal? Any spares-aircraft such as last year? Anything left at RAF Marham or elsewhere? It is sad to see this beautiful aircraft retire.

Chris

Apart from me being out of a job!!!!! the airshows at Waddo , RIAT and the Open Day at Marham, a lot of Canberra spares packing for the greedy B*7&^rds at DSA no doubt.

It did bring a tear to my eye when I saw the old girl go roaring across Kelvedon in formation with the Reds on Saturday, looked absolutely cosmic on TV over Buck House when they put on the red, white and blue smoke, the crowd obviously thought the same, but most were probably thinking, ‘whats that funny looking plane at the back doing there’.
Any news of whats happening in Marham next month.

It’s a very sad moment, me thinks.

I know time moves on but here we are saying goodbye to a Great British (and 1st Generation) jet Bomber. Don’t post saying it’s not a bomber, different wing etc, because this is it. The End!

I’m sure there will be many to see the back of the PR.9’s, including some Marham locals, some techies that struggle to keep em going, and there’s got to be at least one “Nav” who has had enough of being stuck in the nose!

I’m sure I’m not alone on this one, but I can’t help thinking that we will witness the end of a legend. A jet built to carry on where the Mosquito left off. Just think of the intelligence that this a/c in various guises has provided us with. The images of airfields oft found somewhere on an RAF unit from 10,000 feet was usually done with a “Cranberry”.

The day “Bee” took it up for the first time and demonstrated it with verve to the workers, and through to the day the RAF decided to paint its T.4 to commemorate this event (imagine the expense to the modern day RAF that is going through a process of “lean” to optimise efficiency (dare call it penny pinching at your expense!)), and onto modern times where her numbers have dwindled to just three airframes, she is a winner. A true multi role aeroplane. Oh and that’s aeroplane, as in flown by a human being, not a computer.

She was so good, she was exported to many countries, including the vastness that is the USA. They used her in ‘Nam and even though they fitted a tandem canopy and on some variants a daft wing, she was still a beauty.

I know we’ll still see her in civvy guise thanks to the heroic efforts of groups within the UK (you know who you are!), but when the last Canberra leaves Marham for the last time, another fine chapter that demonstrated Britains engineering prowess will die.

Goodbye Military Canberra, we will miss you!

non-period Swordfish items…

I think they are Chipmunk type ASI’s!

Perhaps they replaced them with the correct type.

Bruce

A number of Swordfish items as well