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Re: Canberra A84-229 at Redding Ca.

Sun Nov 20, 2022 10:59 am

Canberra does look good... Nice to see one of NASA's WB-57s orbiting the area west of KSC when they launched Artemis last week.

Re: Canberra A84-229 at Redding Ca.

Mon Nov 21, 2022 9:14 pm

dhfan wrote:Certainly Canberras have flown on the UK civil register, and not that long ago.

Following the knee-jerk reaction to the Shoreham crash, I don't know what the CAA position would be now.


IIRC, even before Shoreham, the CAA was preventing some warbirds from flying in the UK...the Lightning and Shackleton come to mind...and perhaps others (Gannet?).
I think it had to do with being non-certified or not being supported by their builders...so basically a paperwork exercise.

Re: Canberra A84-229 at Redding Ca.

Tue Nov 22, 2022 9:45 am

There is a group called Canberra USA that is restoring a B-57 to flight status. The most recent post on facebook was them doing gear retractions. IT will be a really cool effort and I wish them the best!

Tom P.

Re: Canberra A84-229 at Redding Ca.

Tue Nov 22, 2022 10:50 am

are there the ones that use to be in Boise?

Re: Canberra A84-229 at Redding Ca.

Tue Nov 22, 2022 5:41 pm

wendovertom wrote:There is a group called Canberra USA that is restoring a B-57 to flight status.

The only Canberra USA I can find is restoring B.6 XH567 - do you have a link to the B-57 group?

Re: Canberra A84-229 at Redding Ca.

Wed Nov 23, 2022 9:49 am

Zac Yates wrote:
wendovertom wrote:There is a group called Canberra USA that is restoring a B-57 to flight status.

The only Canberra USA I can find is restoring B.6 XH567 - do you have a link to the B-57 group?


Nope - that's the one - I realize now though that its a English bird and not a Glenn Martin Co. plane. They sure are cousins though. . .

Tom P.
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