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TheNightOwl
22nd Aug 2006, 02:25
I've just been reading my copy of September's Australian Aviation, in particular about a report on tha latest RIAT.
In the report, there is a photo of a PR9, with accompanying text which says that the PR9 is "...the last airshow appearance of the by now retired RAf Canberra PR9".
I realise it is 23 years since I left the UK, and even longer since my tour with 13Sqn,. but I hadn't heard that the venerable machine was retired from duty altogether.
Can anyone enlighten me?
Best regards,
TheNightOwl.
henry crun
22nd Aug 2006, 04:11
http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=237076
Fox3snapshot
22nd Aug 2006, 04:12
Whilst their operational life with the RAF is certainly over the new civilian owners may have different ideas. 3 Went out to tender and Delta Jets will be taking care of them to an airworthy standard until it is determined if a civilian operator will continue to fly them (someone else may have an update on this???). 1 has gone as a gate guard.
There was a post previously, try here: http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=237076
A magnificant aeroplane, I really hope we see them skooching around for a few more years yet.... ;)
TheNightOwl
25th Aug 2006, 00:02
My thanks for your replies and links, they invoked very pleasant memories of my 3 years on 13, especially the detachments to Cyprus, Kenya (2), Mauritius, Bahrein, Singapore, Sierra Leone, to name a few.
Decidedly the end of an era, I only hope the decision is made to keep a couple of them airworthy.
Kind regards,
TheNightOwl.
peppermint_jam
28th Aug 2006, 20:15
A rather lonely XH169 parked on the spectacle at the back of Alpha Dispersal last week.
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f372/robstuff/can1Small.jpg (http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f372/robstuff/can1.jpg)
(http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f372/robstuff/can1.jpg)
A2QFI
28th Aug 2006, 21:53
My understanding is that 2 might be going to Thunder City and one might continue to operate (UK Based?) in a mapping, survey type of role
This link http://www.airsceneuk.org.uk/hangar/2006/canberraend/canberra.htm
says that the airframes flown in to Kemble were XH 131, 134 and 135 so where has XH169 come from?
f4aviation
28th Aug 2006, 22:35
XH169 is to be Marham's latest gate guard - she was at the recent Families' Day engineless.