From: Ad 

Don Hills wrote:
> In article ,
> "Phil Payne"  wrote:
>> No - from one of two US versions of the Canberra still operated by NASA.
>> Ours were mothballed earlier this year.
>
> They were mothballed for a while, but not in RAF service.
>
> Planespotter hat on:
>
> They returned from deployment in Afghanistan just five weeks before being
> demobbed in July. The RAF gave them a fitting sendoff, with flypasts and
> displays all over the country. Sqn Ldr Terry Cairns flew the last official
> display flight. He was 61, and was retiring along with the aircraft - it was
> his last service flight. All three of them (XH131, XH134 and XH135) were
> sold to civilian owners and stored at Kemble for a few months while the CAA
> paperwork was processed and civilian avionics fitted. XH134 is now G-OMHD.
> XH169, which was retired some time ago, will become the gatekeeper at RAF
> Marham, the home airfield of 39 (1 PRU) Squadron, which was disbanded when
> its aircraft were demobbed.
>
> 55 years in active RAF service for the type, and 47/48 years for the three
> aircraft described above.
>
> Planespotter hat off.
>

i.e. yet another 50'es design.

Adam

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