At Coventry there are 2 Canberras just sitting there ….now i belive these aircraft once did have a permit to fly in private hands and for some reason ….mainly money i should think are now grounded:(, i love the Lightning just the same as the rest of you but come on if a Canberra cant be kept in the air we stand no chance of keeping a Lightning up there!!!
The Canberras at Coventry are not “just sitting there” WK163 is waiting for the delivery of a spare engine which has proved very difficult to aquire, when we are certain of a delivery date we can start to service the aircraft which is pointless unless we can get the engine. The two years of external storage have resulted in corrosion which will have to be addressed and with only a small part time team this in itself will take time and a not inconsiderable amount of money. Perhaps instead of bleating about the a temporary grounding you could cough up the £250,000 which Mike Collett has spent on this airframe alone over the last few years, flying old jets is not cheap or easy, we do it because we want to and can.
I think you have taken my post as a personal swipe at the team at Coventry …this is not so….. what i was trying to get accross to people is that we have 2 great aircraft already here and if people pledge money to the Canberras rather than try and get other aircraft in from other countries.
Why is it pointless to start servicing the aircraft until you get an engine…surly some systems can be run? Would you be able to give us an update on WK163?………
sorry to cause any offence Matt
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