an idea

PM’d with an idea my fellow Canberraphile 😀

I stand corrected for a second time..Port it is (it’s been a log day – that’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it!)

Pic of Port wingtip (ie the left wing looking forwards from within the cockpit or from behind)

The principle of what I was saying is there, was getting my ports and stbds ass-backards as we say ’round here..should know better by now!

So..port nav light cover (ie on the right wing looking at the nose of the aircraft from the front) from a B2 descendant Canberra..seemingly of Argentinian origin and depending on whether you believe the date or the serial written on it, from either B-108 or B-110, both shot down in the Malvinas in 1982..

so far so good

Ahhh..I fell into a trap!

The PR9 was the only variant NOT to have a stepped nav light..damn and to think I worked on the things in the RAF not so long back!

PR9 nav light covers have two smooth faced axis so that nicely rules this out as PR9 and rules it in as B.2 variant..

So this could indeed be from an Argentinian B.62 now..

Still working on which side though

Another one Just for the riggers!!

Paddy R

Riggers forever!!

Cheers Paddy! 😀

So the Canberra story goes on and on.

Hello TT18Timbo I also worked on WH 779 when it was delivered brand new to 542sqdn at Wyton in 1954,together with WH780,WH791,WH795,WH798,WH799&WH801.

Hi Paddy…amazing isn’t it, how one aircraft can bring people together! So you worked on ‘779 in service on ’54 whilst I was on the aircraft in 1999/2000 (albeit no longer in frontline service but still providing a valuable resource to our other 39 Sqn aircraft!)..that’s amazing when you see the dates written down – 46 years difference! 😮 What trade were you then Paddy? I was riggering..nuts, bolt’s and birmingham screwdrivers 😀 (big ‘ammers to those not in the know)

Definiately time to dig out the photo’s I’d say!

Looks like the VINTEN (I think..it’s been a while!) chaff and flare pods being exercised..never got to see that happen whilst on Station..don’s suppose the locals would’ve been to impressed. :rolleyes:

WJ680 official first flight as G-BURM
RAF Wyton 1994 ish ?

Scorpion 63 I believe may have been the pilot ??

1…In Hangar before flight
2…that Canberra feeling 😀
3…starting stbd engine
4…Taxying out
5…For Timbo 😀
6…Taxying in
7…Parked

Awww thanks matey! I feel all special

Phwooar..look at the stripes on her! 😀

I actually did a little bit of work on her when she was stored briefly at Marham in the same hangar as Darren’s PR7 (WH779) cockpit (before it was tickled with the chopping wand). At one point, we had to move the aircraft – upon asking for someone to do brakes, all the other 39 Sqn lineys scratched their heads and said “can’t do brakes as we can’t find the battery master switch”, the difference between T4/PR9 to the TT.18 being quite huge! Having spent years playing with an Ex Fradu TT.18 in my spare time, I jumped at the chance, leapt in the cockpit, round the back of the MEP where the switch is and with a grin the size of Mumbai on my face, took up position in the pilots seat and was quite possibly the last serving RAF liney to be brake man on WJ680..happy days!

T4’s didn’t have ejection seats for the pilots, which I understand made them rather ‘roomier’ inside, but these E15’s had 4 on board!
David Taylor.

Can’t say for the earlier days, but all our T4’s on 39 were equipped with ejector seats in both pilot instructor and students positions, making then anything but roomy! The pilot seat was a three position swinging affair allowing access to both the rear cockpit and the students seat up front. It was my job as a liney to swing the seat into the “flight” position with the instructor strapped into it! No mean feat after the latches on the bottom of the seat had been subjected to 45 years of wear..poor old instructor quite often spent 5 minutes swinging back and forth before finally latching in 😀