The last of 19 pieces of the world’s last surviving Beverley Blackburn have gone over the wall at Fort Paull ahead of their 180-mile trip to a new home.
Big Bev will be reassembled and restored to her former glory over the next two years by volunteers at Carlisle Airport before finally going on show again. Attempts by businessman Martyn Wiseman to move the XB259 aircraft from the former military museum, which closed in 2020, stalled and the plane was in danger of being scrapped when Dougie Kerr and his team got involved.
We had a wagon take the back end away, the tailplanes and the propellors and they are coming back this morning and they're going to take the cockpit. 'We've had lots of help - Lawsons Haulage are doing it at a reduced rate for us from Cockermouth; also Venco has helped with the telehandler, Spears Transport gave us a wagon for free and Paul Sanderson from Plantmove Hull has helped with the forklifts for free.
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