Beverley moving to Carlisle

[Archer]

The Solway Aviation Museum has taken on the job of transporting the Blackburn Beverley from Fort Paull to Carlisle airport and looking after it:
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/pe ... re-4497996

[tango15]

This is good news and all power to their collective elbows, but what happens when Carlisle 'Lake District' airport closes? Let's hope we are not faced with another Bruntingthorpe.

[ricardian]

Glad to hear that this last remaining example is to be preserved. I travelled on them twice - once in April 1963 from Bahrain to Sharjah and once in April 1964 from Sharjah to Bahrain. Who could forget clambering up the wooden bars, clutching a heavy holdall, and hauling onself onto the "upper deck" and the reverse process on arrival at your destination. I was given a tour of the cockpit and marvelled at the luxurious armchair seating for the pilot & co-pilot!

[Archer]

This is good news and all power to their collective elbows, but what happens when Carlisle 'Lake District' airport closes? Let's hope we are not faced with another Bruntingthorpe.

I don't know who owns Carlisle Airport but the fact that it is an operating airport is a good thing. Bruntingthorpe was and is fully privately owned and had (most of it) switched to a non-aeronautical use many years prior. Solway Aviation Museum is an established museum with a good track record. Getting another large airframe, and a unique one, could draw more visitors too.

[G-CPTN]

Eddie Stobart?

Since May 2009, the airport has been owned by Esken (formerly known as Stobart Group) on a 150-year lease.

[tango15]

https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/2405 ... socialflow

In comparing Carlisle with Bruntingthorpe, I had in mind the fact that the former operational areas were used for the storage of vehicles. One of the suitors for CAX is reportedly a Mr Tom Piatak, who recently bought Carlisle United FC, and is rumoured to be a suitor for the airfield. Mr Piatak runs a company called Magellan Logistics, based in Jacksonville...

[G-CPTN]

https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/pe ... ey-4556672

[Archer]

They reached the £60k goal and are currently at £62k and the amount is still going up. Looks like the big move is on!

[Archer]

The first major bits have been lifted across the fort's wall and the pesky wing bolts have finally relented. See here and later:
https://x.com/SolwayAviation/status/1811390381851840931

[Karearea]

The first major bits have been lifted across the fort's wall and the pesky wing bolts have finally relented. See here and later:
https://x.com/SolwayAviation/status/1811390381851840931

Done with consummate skill

[Archer]

... and a big angle grinder!

[ricardian]

This was posted to an RAF-related Facebook page:

Earlier this year the Solway Avation Museum rescued the last Blackburn Beverley and are in the process of painting and reassembling it. They have found a marking on the right hand side of the fuselage, beneath the cockpit (pictured below). Does anyone know what it represents? TIA

[Archer]

I don't think the image works... if you're hotlinking to Facebook, I guess you need to be logged in to FB to see it.