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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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Volunteers Assist Military Aircraft
Read more: Volunteers Assist Military AircraftOn Saturday, 12th April, the museum received a call asking if the museum’s cherry picker and crew could help a stranded Merlin helicopter at the airport. The tail rotor gearbox sensor of the Merlin helicopter was transmitting errors and given a gusty day, the technical crew were finding it a difficult task to reach in…
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WWII Glider Found in a Cumbrian Field Is to Be Restored
Read more: WWII Glider Found in a Cumbrian Field Is to Be Restored© 2012 BBC Look North A World War II glider that lay undiscovered in a field in Cumbria is now being restored at the Regimental Museum in Carlisle Castle. It is thought the Waco glider was used to carry Border Regiment troops into Sicily and was then crated up and shipped back to Britain.
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