Tag: history
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Solway Aviation Museum Hopes to Save Blackburn Beverley XB259
Read more: Solway Aviation Museum Hopes to Save Blackburn Beverley XB259Source : Paul McTaggart (News & Star) A CUMBRIAN museum has launched a fundraising appeal to help rescue and preserve one of the last surviving RAF transport aircraft of its kind. The Solway Aviation Museum, near Carlisle, hopes to raise £60,000 to add the Blackburn Beverley XB259 to its fleet. If successful, the plans will…
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School Visit: Norman Street Primary School
Read more: School Visit: Norman Street Primary SchoolNorman Street Primary School from Carlisle came to visit us and Carlisle Airport on the 30th June 2015. They had a great time at both the Airport and Museum.
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School Visit: Lindale CE Primary School
Read more: School Visit: Lindale CE Primary SchoolLindale CE Primary School from Grange-over-Sands came to visit the museum on Friday the 5th of June 2015. They all had a great time and sent in some photos and letters of thanks back to the museum. Here is a small selection:
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Cumbrian War Hero Honoured With Lancaster Bomber Flypast
Read more: Cumbrian War Hero Honoured With Lancaster Bomber FlypastSource : Meg Jorsh (News & Star) A Cumbrian World War Two hero was honoured with a personal flypast by a Lancaster bomber to celebrate his 89th birthday. Harry Dobinson, of Monks Close, Penrith, survived 30 missions as a rear gunner on the planes – a job where 56 out of every 100 airmen were killed.…
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Frank Relives His Time as Vulcan Bomber Pilot
Read more: Frank Relives His Time as Vulcan Bomber PilotSource : Sarah Newstead (News & Star) Former Flight Lieutenant Frank Hilton was reunited with the aircraft he last flew 37 years ago during the Cold War. He said: “The smell of every aircraft is particular to itself. As soon as I stepped in, a whole flood of memories came back.” Mr Hilton flew the…
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