Dave Swindell Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 Announced Yesterday, Solway Aviation Museum are planning to restore the last remaining Blackburn Beverley https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-68160095 https://www.facebook.com/solwayaviationmuseum/posts/pfbid025NzY3ZZqbfx4xrgteVf6bnZP9DcsyfVEH261X3khPsWagyob23TPe2hGt49ePbCsl?__tn__=*F 5 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 Someone either has or needs deep pockets. Best of luck with that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonners Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 About time. It's been sitting in Fort Paull for ages, partially dismantled and looking very sorry for itself. The logistics of removing it from its current site, never mind the subsequent transportation, will be challenging but at least it might now have a chance of survival. Kudos to those good folks at the Solway Aviation Museum. Jon 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Poultney Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 The funding is really rolling in! Yesterday they'd raised just shy of £8000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Swindell Posted February 5 Author Share Posted February 5 28 minutes ago, Adam Poultney said: The funding is really rolling in! Yesterday they'd raised just shy of £8000 Yes, not bad for 4 days, lets hope they can keep the impetus going. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britman Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 I could be a great Chinook exercise. Unfortunately HSE would get in the way. Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Poultney Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 6 hours ago, Dave Swindell said: Yes, not bad for 4 days, lets hope they can keep the impetus going. They just broke 10k. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cngaero Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 This is great news, this airframe certainly deserves saving. I hope their plans succeed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Swindell Posted February 6 Author Share Posted February 6 Total now up to £12169.13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Poultney Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 That's over a fifth funded in a few days. Needs a big donor I think but it's got a realistic shot of success! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Poultney Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Just shy of £15000 now. Almost a quarter of the way there! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Swindell Posted February 12 Author Share Posted February 12 Now over £19,000, nearly a third of the way! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Poultney Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 12 minutes ago, Dave Swindell said: Now over £19,000, nearly a third of the way! The momentum isn't disappearing! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Poultney Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Not far from the £21000 mark now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin-42 Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 On 2/1/2024 at 5:06 AM, bentwaters81tfw said: Someone either has or needs deep pockets. Best of luck with that. Or a bunch of little pockets. I just sent them part of my kit fund. Never underestimate crowdfunding for a good cause. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Pete Robin Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 I am happy that SOMEONE is saving her from scrappage. I can't help feeling that it's a real shame that someone closer to her real home at Brough couldn't have stepped in and done the deal a whole lot earlier. She's the last of her breed, not only several members of my family worked on them at the factory, but hundreds more around here. Wouldn't it have been nice to have seen her as the gate guardian outside the factory? Just a thought. Regards Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Poultney Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 They're almost at 25k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Poultney Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 On 18/02/2024 at 19:08, Pete Robin said: I am happy that SOMEONE is saving her from scrappage. I can't help feeling that it's a real shame that someone closer to her real home at Brough couldn't have stepped in and done the deal a whole lot earlier. She's the last of her breed, not only several members of my family worked on them at the factory, but hundreds more around here. Wouldn't it have been nice to have seen her as the gate guardian outside the factory? Just a thought. Regards Pete I think a move to a proper museum with the resources to look after her is the best outcome. As a gate guardian I suspect it would just prolong the slow demise to corrosion. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonners Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 On 2/18/2024 at 7:08 PM, Pete Robin said: I can't help feeling that it's a real shame that someone closer to her real home at Brough couldn't have stepped in and done the deal a whole lot earlier. IIRC, the sale of the Beverley when the excellent and much missed Army Transport Musrum closed was by sealed bid auction. I think two bidders intended to keep the aircraft at the Yorkshire Air Museum at Elvington, which is reasonably close by, but neither won the bid so it ended up at Fort Paull - which, while it had potential, was definitely not the world's best-kept museum and is in a location that is hardly conducive to the preservation of historic airframes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Swindell Posted February 27 Author Share Posted February 27 Over Halfway there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Poultney Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 That's a big jump today! Fantastic! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B (Sc) Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 Interesting project. Will the preserved machine be stored under cover or will she be exposed to the elements? I hope under cover of some sort, to aid long term survival. It would be terrific if a working Centaurus could one day be installed, though I suppose that is high;y unlikely. A project well worth supporting. Long ago, reading one of Nevill Shute's books about a chap who starts a freight airline in the Middle East, 'Round the Bend', I thought one of the machines in that was based loosely on the Universal Freighter or Beverley. Does anyone else think so? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Poultney Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 1 minute ago, John B (Sc) said: Interesting project. Will the preserved machine be stored under cover or will she be exposed to the elements? I hope under cover of some sort, to aid long term survival. They'd need to raise a lot more than 60k for a hangar. The museum already has a Vulcan which they have been looking after well, and recently proved their ability to restore pretty far gone aircraft with their Gannet. I wouldn't be overly concerned about it being outside under their care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B (Sc) Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 12 hours ago, Adam Poultney said: They'd need to raise a lot more than 60k for a hangar. The museum already has a Vulcan which they have been looking after well, and recently proved their ability to restore pretty far gone aircraft with their Gannet. I wouldn't be overly concerned about it being outside under their care. Thanks Adam. That's what I thought, though it is why I said 'under cover', rather than a hangar. A 'hangar' seems to excite planners to add all sorts of extra details, whereas a simple 'shelter' could perhaps work. Not for £60k however ! She's a large beast to keep in good condition, as is a Vulcan - though there seem to be plenty of those around, so I'd hope it doesn't take too much attention from Beverely restoration work. I must find out more about their Gannet; a fine, tough and complex aeroplane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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