Canberra On Ch5 Friday
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A team of British engineers is given the job of transporting a Canberra jet bomber over 400km from Coventry in the Midlands to Newquay, Cornwall. Too large to be relocated in one piece, it must be dismantled for the road trip, which means disconnecting its fuselage, wings and tail, and building a support cradle for each component. Despite the journey being fraught with problems, the team hopes that one day the plane might even take to the skies again.
8pm.
A team of British engineers is given the job of transporting a Canberra jet bomber over 400km from Coventry in the Midlands to Newquay, Cornwall. Too large to be relocated in one piece, it must be dismantled for the road trip, which means disconnecting its fuselage, wings and tail, and building a support cradle for each component. Despite the journey being fraught with problems, the team hopes that one day the plane might even take to the skies again.
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This was on another thread. I actually watched it and Aaron you are right, all in a days work for an MU. Some of the dismantling techniques they used would not have impressed RAF riggers!
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Agreed Aaaron, it made me shudder to watch them! It might have been sensible for them to find a few ex 71 riggers to advise. After all, ASTF taught me, a lecky, the meaning of "Grolly" which has stood me in good stead over the years!!
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Taking the wings off, they removed each of the wing bolts completely as they went along. Any Eng worth their salt knows to loosen all the bolts in a structure before removing any of them as the already loosen bolts will then take the weight, allowing all bolts to be loosened. Not impressed. (ex 60 MU Lightnings at Leconfield)
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Obviously a pilot doesn't know that Canberra is in Australia!
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