Aeroventure to celebrate 60 years of the Canberra

To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the first flight of the English Electric Canberra Bomber, Doncaster based Aeroventure museum is holding a special Canberra weekend on the 16th and 17th May.

The first flight was piloted by Roly Beamont, celebrated WWII Typhoon pilot who was also test pilot on the English Electric Lightning and the TSR2.

The Canberra is well represented at the museum with no less than five Canberra cockpits of different marks, four of which are being specially restored for the weekend.

Many different types of Canberra were manufactured and the final PR9 version has only recently been retired from RAF active service.

The aircraft presented so far are:-

Canberra B2 Cockpit, WD935
Canberra T4 Cockpit, XH584
Canberra T17 Cockpit, WJ565
Canberra T19 Cockpit, WJ975
Canberra PR7 Cockpit, WT534

The Canberra cockpits will be open throughout the weekend allowing visitors to try out the different crew positions.

The weekend will also display the Avon jet engines used in the Canberra, it's ejector seats and we will also have a presentation of the aircraft's development through the different marks.

We would especially like to welcome anyone who served on Canberra's and anyone involved in their design and manufacture to the weekend

The weekend is the brainchild of museum stalwart Bill Fern.

If you would like to help out at the weekend, or bring along any further exhibits please email jim@aeroventure.org.uk or visit www.aeroventure.org.uk for more information.

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