At the former military museum at Fort Paull, near Hull, a group of volunteers, mainly ex RAF and Army, are beavering away to dismantle the world’s last Beverley Blackburn, ahead of a permanent move north.
The team from the Solway Aviation Museum have big plans for the colossal plane – their “Angel of the North” – which they say should be visible from a 10-mile radius at her new home at Carlisle Airport. They stepped in after Beverley XB259 looked in danger of being scrapped, after being partially dismantled three years ago and they’ve had huge public support from an appeal – raising £70,888 so far.
We’ll have it in our little airport for everybody to see – it will be the Angel of the North for Carlisle. 'What we are going to do is position it so it will be visible from a 10-mile radius. It will attract us a lot of visitors. I think in two years it will be immaculate.” The museum’s chair Dougie Kerr said there had been amazing gestures of generosity, including a private individual in Kent donating £20,000 to pay for the purchase of the plane.
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