Canberra to VAC

[wls3]

The Valiant Air Command in Titusville Florida has acquired the abandon Canberra
that was sitting at the Melbourne FL airport.

This Canberra is reported to have been operated by the Royal Navy, Royal Air
Force, U. S. Air Force and several U. S. research corporations
(now insolvent).

Legal ownership was finally secured in November.
Disassembly and transportation to the museum is next.

Bill

[cooper9411]

Who is handling the disassembly and transport?

[JDK]

Thanks Bill! With the serial number, the British service can be tracked - can't read it off the image from here.

I'm guessing WJ574 from this website showing an active nose number 844, where the scheme, inc. the Target Tug (TT) stripes are obvious.
http://www.airshowspast.com/yeovilton-days.html

Regards,

[Pogmusic]

A flyer or sitter?

[JDK]

More here: http://www.bywat.co.uk/wj574.html

[Matt Sharkey]

A sitter, it has not flown in 6-8 years

[peter]

That is great news, always thought she looked a bit sad...

[Pogmusic]

Too bad that it'll be static. I remember when I was a wee lad watching the B-57G flying around Eglin AFB during its evaluation.

[JDK]

Very few Canberras likely to fly again, and very, very few flying. Are there any airworthy in the UK currently?

[Fouga23]

Very few Canberras likely to fly again, and very, very few flying. Are there any airworthy in the UK currently?

Not currently

[Wildchild]

Any news on how the move is going? or how it went?

[wls3]

I was at the museum yesterday and it's sitting in several sections.
I'll try to get pictures next time there and any news about it.

There were some nice photos of the move on here a couple weeks ago.

http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=44618

[Wildchild]

Cool! Do you know if there was another one in bare aluminium at the airport, accross from the Huey's?