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CGAA34705 English Electric Canberra B2/6, WK163(G-BVEC), Air Atlantique Historic Flight, Coventry, 2004 Corgi Classics / Aircraft Availability: Discontinued Size: 1:144 Scale (305mm Long) Age: 14 years and up Release: November 2005 Type: Static Model Manufacturer's Code: AA34705 Product Code: CGAA34705

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Delivered to the RAF in 1955, this B.2 went almost immediately to Armstrong Siddeley at Bitteswell for installation of Sapphire Sa 7s and then on to Napier's works at Luton Airport. At Napier's, the Double Scorpion was fitted into the rear of the bomb-bay. This rocket motor was being developed as a power-booster for the English Electric Co's P.1 (the prototype Lightning). In August 1957, WK163 captured the World Altitude Record of 70,310 ft. WK163 was the first Radar Research Flying Unit Canberra to be handed over to the Royal Aircraft Establishment Bedford in 1976. Canberra B2/6 WK163 was bought at auction in 1994 by Classic Aviation Projects, the brainchild of aviation enthusiasts Peter and Frances Gill, whose sole aim was to preserve an aircraft type that was rapidly disappearing from the skies. This aircraft is preserved by "Classic Aircraft Projects" (Coventry Airport). CAP maintain it in good flying condition and have hangarage for their historic Canberra at Bagington (Coventry Airport) courtesy of Air Atlantique. As a privately-owned aircraft, it is registered G-BVWC, but is allowed to fly under permit in military markings.

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