Rare Canberra Jet Bomber Dismantled And Hauled Across The Country | Huge Moves | Spark

A team of British engineers attempts to move a historic Canberra jet bomber over 400km from Coventry to Newquay in Cornwall for a private collector. The vintage aircraft needs to be restored before it can fly again and so must travel by truck halfway across England. Too large to be moved in one piece, this film follows the team attempt to dismantle the Canberra into many pieces for its treacherous road trip.
The job proves to be a huge challenge, as the aircraft must remain airworthy after it has been re-assembled. To fit the bomber onto a convoy of trucks, the team must disconnect the fuselage, wings and tail. They must build a support cradle for each component so they don’t knock or roll about on route while also being able to squeeze through narrow roads and low obstacles on the way. The journey is fraught with problems from rainstorms to traffic-jammed roads. Following a painstaking reconstruction process in Newquay, will this classic aircraft survive the journey to fly again?
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Super-size missions, risky routes, and the biggest cargo on the planet-imagine hauling a submarine over dry land, transporting a fleet of mega-yachts across the Atlantic, or relocating 20 ancient Egyptian temples...and now meet the heavy hauliers who tackle incredible odds to get the job done.
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[@colinpenfold2971]

As an ex-Canberra and airline engineer, I felt these lads had tools from B&Q rather than, dare I say, Snap-On or similar!!

[@popuptoaster]

Snap On stuff isn't that wonderful, it's mainly popular because the van will come to your workshop and you can buy it on a payment plan, i'm not saying it's bad but there is better stuff for the same money depending which country you live in.

[@colinpenfold2971]

@@popuptoaster Agreed: other brands are available.

[@catabaticanabatic3800]

@@popuptoaster Yep. Vastly over-rated. Most decent brands offer replacement guarantees nowadays. I've been in metalwork trades for 40 plus years and still don't see the mythical magic of Snap-On. The van attends work sites and entices unwary apprentices onboard enslaving them in debt with their shiny displays. I personally, would bar them from the premises. The vans, that is not apprentices.

[@ronaldlangley259]

Simple stuff, like having the correct screwdrivers, help. I'm with you.

[@LegioXXVV]

I have never seen such a bunch of absolute armatures. No thought, no finesse, no brain engaged. How they didn't destroy that aircraft is beyond me. I wouldn't hire these lads to assemble boxes in an Amazon warehouse.

[@chazgordon6409]

This is truly painful to watch. I spent 3 years on the RAF team that does this every day. That manual they show in the beginning is called an AP. there are several volumes, one of which will contain precise screw by screw bolt by bolt instructions to dismantle the entire aircraft (for major servicing). There are also full drawings for the proper lifting slings and road transport jigs. That wing was so badly slung, it's a surprise no-one was hurt. Normally there is a flat removal sling, and then a different one for the lift to the transport frame. Also, for the removal of screws, there is a tool called a "Grolley Bar" that can be made by any engineering works, any experienced historic aircraft engineer will already have one in the toolbox. All of the necessary documentation and manuals for dismantling and re-assembly is held in the archives of the RAF museum at both Cosford and Hendon, and they'd be more than happy to share copies of the relevant pages, none of which would still be classified. They will also be necessary to have and follow for the Airworthiness certificate. There are loads of us still around out there who know how to do this stuff properly, I'm surprised no-one hired one as a transport advisor.

[@chrisjohnson4165]

It's like Laurel and Hardy isn't it?

[@misha1980]

I volunteered at an aircraft museum and helped disassemble two vintage fighters for transport. I was 15 and I bet I took a thousand screws out, these guys just have no idea what they're doing. You clean out the slot, you smack an impact screwdriver into it to break it loose and you take it out by hand.

[@glennalexon1530]

I'm stunned that one of the 'mechanics' is surprised that the wingroot can hold the weight of the wing and engine; in flight, the wings support the weight of the entire aircraft including fuel, crew, and weapons. I'm not sure these guys have worked with planes before.

[@chrisplunkett2814]

Surely it's the main spar that takes all that weight? Edit....Having watched the video,does it not have a main spar?

[@richardmessenger9474]

@@chrisplunkett2814 saw a programme on open university years ago where they dropped forged new aluminium box spar for the Canberra out of a huge round aluminium bar...it was an unusual shape ..they gave great detailed information in how they did it without causing cracking and fatigue during the process...👍👍👍

[@chrisplunkett2814]

@@richardmessenger9474 Thanks.

[@popuptoaster]

Not only the static weight but the G loadings too, four or five times the weight pulling out of a dive maybe? i dunno how many G a Canberra can pull but they were said to handle as well as a fighter of the day.

[@johncorps2763]

Certainly NEVER worked with a Canberra, she was designed to be easy to maintain and repair, I wouldn't let these guys work on my push bike.

[@edwinworks5563]

Sorry after 30+ years as an aircraft mechanic this was too painful to watch. These guys need a good sheet metal mechanic to show them how to do this. And a mechanic with good tools.

[@FloorItDuh]

Agreed, they said these guys were specialist's right?

[@kennethslade8468]

I share your feelings . Many years ago I worked on Canberra aircraft as an airframe mechanic . Watching these guys made me laugh at their bungling ways. The thing that finally finished it for me was when the narrator referred to the fuel as petrol. Such a goofy error.

[@TheCraigievee]

Agreed! Gash as f**k!

[@mmmmmmmwww]

I'm not a mechanic but I can tell these guys need some better tools....

[@kennethslade8468]

@@mmmmmmmwww And better technical training.

[@triman500]

My Dad , a RR engineer used to look after the Venezuelan Airforce fleet of Camberra's. Vampires and Venoms back in the 1950's/60's. I remember as a boy sitting in the cockpit of one of them. I think the Canberra's may have ended up coming back to the UK years ago. That was in the days we were friends with the Venezuelans.

[@ElTelBaby]

@ 10:22 ... The muppet is using the WRONG screwdriver bit for the job in hand...

[@andicog]

Might have helped if they'd cleaned the crap out of the screw heads as well as the correct size bit, a little fine grinding paste on the bit can also help, hate these over dramatised programs, "will it blow up on the way?" ffs.

[@martinkennard1669]

They should have invested in a $17 NAPA torque impact screwdriver to loosen those screws. Love Spark Videos. 👍

[@martinkennard1669]

I was talking hand held and hammer reverse impact screw driver. Most aircraft museums use volunteer workers with outside similar skills. I have to commend them.

[@andysoll5702]

I like the claw hammer they were using, carpenters , i thought they were engineers

[@dehoedisc7247]

Nonsense. The Impact required , delivered by a hammer blow, would likely damage and dimple the aluminum sheet metal. Bad Idea, clown.

[@davetaylor812]

One of the few British planes the USA bought. I worked at ST Athan where we did complete refurbs of Canberras for re-sale, wings off, tail of fuselage split into three all worn parts replaced all cabling replaced. Then airborne again.

[@K1W1fly]

"We're doing things that havent been done, ever" - what a lot of bollox... All around the world are various Canberras in odd places, all of which have had to be moved by road. These guys are making a huge drama out of the job! - Just looking at the tools they are using (No aircraft engineer would ever use an adjustable spanner!) they are a bunch of amateurs.

[@Heathh49008]

We would call them "Hacks" on this side of the pond.

[@joey243win]

Get fined in the RAAF for having a shifter back in the day

[@timorvet1]

Thats seems to be the premise of these programs, such as the one about transporting a Spitfire from the UK to the US by sea in a container without damaging the airframe. During the war aircraft were shipped all over the world in this fashion and still are today, so what makes this particular move any different?

[@flyingjohn2284]

In my day the chief engineer would have thrown those tools out of the hanger disgraceful on any aircraft…

[@JoeRocket-sf6qs]

The fellas taking this jet apart are amateurs,their technique,tools and process tells the tale.

[@JohnSmith-pd1fz]

++Joe Rocket1979++ You don't say?

[@kenhardwick568]

No real aircraft engineer would use a claw hammer and a screwdriver that’s to small for the job.

[@Crimsonedge1]

And yet there they are doing the job and there you are being an armchair enthusiast. Either upload a video on your channel of you doing the job better or sit down man. Also, real "engineers" get the job done with whatever is to hand. Feel free to go look up the hacked air-filter that saved the Apollo crew.

[@allangibson2408]

@@Crimsonedge1 Real engineers use the right tool for the job. Amateurs don’t know what the right tool is. The “Poor tradesmen blame their tools” comment came from an English Countess who had help putting on her underwear... the original French was a poor tradesman can’t find the right tool...

[@allangibson2408]

@American Patriot They are not alone - the Smithsonian discovered that the Me-262 they had had in storage for forty years had 3/4 full fuel tanks… (and the wings were separated).

[@JohnSmith-pd1fz]

++@American Patriot++ Much like your highly esteemed Wright Brothers methinks? You know, those two bicycle "engineers" who are credited with inventing powered flight all on their own.

[@andrewmacdonald4833]

My thoughts exactly..I winced when I watched them mess up the screws on the access panels...how many did they damage?

[@cirrusvfr]

14:18 The Hangar is flooded with Petrol ...........what utter tosh ! it would be Avtur ( Jet A1 , Kerosine ) you can drop a lit match into a pool of Avtur and nothing happens except the match gets extinguished

[@karlstreed3698]

It's a lot of fun moving large aircraft by roads. Years ago I had to move a C-130A from Griffiths AFB to a test site near Stockbridge NY, about 30 miles. We took the outer wings and the vertical stabilizer off and planned to tow it on its wheels. We had planned six hours and it took just over 12 hours to move it. Of course it took two more days to replace signs, light posts, and remove tree branches, brush and trees we had to cut. The only problems we really had was having to lift power and phone lines up to clear the plane and we hit a spot where the edge of the wing would not clear a row of trees because the plane was too heavy for the shoulder of the road. We were trying to figure out were to get steel plates to beef up the road when the owner came by and said he never did like those trees and told us to cut them down! We sure drew crowds because you don't see C-130s going down two lane country roads very often. That C-130 became part of the USAF Upside Down Airforce and became multiple versions of E, H, and J models for antenna pattern measurements. The site is now closed and I don't know what happened to that aircraft along with the B-52 that was at Stockbridge. That C-130 saved my program over a million dollars in flight test costs over the cost to move and install it. Many other programs used it over the years it was active.

[@shanet.hanson8250]

At 9:20 + "Oh they have to drain the highly flammable jet fuel" - well jet fuel kerosene, in the liquid form is not particularly flammable at all. The appropriate concentration of kerosene vapour in a particular volume of air, is flammable. BUT hydrocarbon fuels go off, or they polymerise in the presense of oxygen, and become "sour" and non flammable - especially over 40 or 50 years of storage.

[@paulk556]

This aircraft was still flying in RAF service in 2006 and after that from Coventry airport, so the fuel is not as old as you may think.

[@colinsmith7537]

At 14:16 the fuel has miraculously turned into petrol. Fred Karno's army at it's best. So very pleased that I worked with trained engineers at Wildenrath & Watton.

[@philnbspook6446]

Everyone in the British heritage aviation sector know of Parr and Retro aviation. God knows what the rest of the world will think of British a/c engineers when they see this crew at work. Having said that they are not engineers.

[@Hokay01]

I love how the illustrations on how to transport the aircraft are so over dramatic! Slippery trucks and explosions!

[@aidanmcginty8780]

L

[@carmengrace2413]

Whole series is like that, never actually happens.

[@thephantom2man]

Theres a hilarious bit in the hovercraft one where the crane drops it and a guy full on screams

[@Warekiwi]

Couldn't bear to watch! Seriously over dramatised... Jet fuel isn't petrol!! Kerosene is only explosive at high temperatures. Excruciating to watch as a retired aircraft engineer and airline pilot !

[@cestriankiwi]

I've been an aircraft engineer for over 40 years and have built and/or refurbished aircraft large and small and this was without a doubt the most painful and amateur disassembly of an aircraft I have ever seen. Had I been in charge those guys would have been shown the door and told not to come back. I can't even begin to list the errors but I spent the whole time wincing and muttering under my breath. Any damn fool can pull an aircraft apart, but pulling it apart without damage and so it can be reassembled easily requires skills not shown here.

[@user-fm6ny3uo2b]

The claw hammer, wow.

[@davy1458]

Arguably one of the worlds best bombers....we yanks even had a few of them....a plane ahead of its time

[@smar7598]

*cough cough* avro arrow is better *cough cough*

[@ethanspaziani1070]

I watched 51 seconds of this and I saw how they were being so brutal with the plane and not very gentle in just the small clips that I saw it pains my heart to see people do that to such a vintage plane you have to have proper tools proper expertise and proper equipment I have no aircraft engineer experience hell I'm barely qualified to say that I am a mechanic in any way but it just breaks my heart to see people try to do stuff when they clearly do not know what the hell they are doing they probably just ruined this airframe

[@stratac30]

The distance between Coventry and Newquay is 248 miles NOT over 400km, we use Imperial measure in the UK for road distances.

[@thomasburke7995]

Think on this. ..727 took only 4 bottle pins to attach the wing box center section unit to the fuselage. To insert them it was required to cool the pins liquid nitrogen ..a simple ring lock held the pins in place

[@alfvanderkwaak5751]

I am sure these gentlemen are doing their best but after over 30 years in aviation, i have some questions about the methods, tools and practices......

[@fastone942]

NASA just put a WB57F back in service with new wings upgraded avionics glass cockpit upgraded to a 00 ejection seat upgraded the engines upgraded the brakes and tires complete 100% rebuild of all wiring hydraulics everything Cool part plane has been sitting in the boneyard for over 40 years Nasa is now flying three of them says a lot about the plane design

[@stevetheduck1425]

The rumours of the US's Martin aircraft company being shut down because they built a foreign design are of course, nonsense. ;-)

[@125brat]

The Canberra was the ORIGINAL Multi-Role Combat Aircraft, aka Tornado😁

[@awuma]

@@125brat Actually, it was the successor to a Multi-Role Combat Aircraft, the De Havilland Mosquito, though not really a fighter. Its speed, altitude, range and payload were its attributes, though it was soon exceeded in the speed department by the likes of the F4 Phantom II. Its successor, the TSR2, sadly was cancelled.

[@colinsmith7537]

@@125brat MRCA Must Refurbish Canberra Again

[@bassmith448bassist5]

Let me get this straight. You're going to drain all the fuel from a MEDIUM BOMBER. And all you brought is a 5 gallon bucket??? WTF were you thinking!!!!!!!????????

[@philnbspook6446]

This man, Parr went to derig a Lightning at Doncaster museum with adjustables and pliers. In the end the museum volunteers did it for him . Talks the talk.

[@millycarrington]

28 Years as a RAF aircraft engineer and I was cringing watching that, absolutely shocking! Trainees from Cosford or Halfords could do a better job at disassembling it! The procedures for all those jobs will be described in the APs so there shouldn't be any real surprises, and yes there will have been many occasions where wings were removed for maintenance or transportation in the past.

[@Heathh49008]

Looks like unskilled apes doing damage to a historic aircraft when proper instructions are readily available in the manuals. This does no credit to the staff or the aircraft.

[@glennalexon1530]

Imagine the look on the lorry driver's face when he realizes there's still a bunch of loose fuel sloshing around in the cargo he's about to take out on the road.

[@brucemcgeehan8255]

Audio disaster interesting project

[@brucemcgeehan8255]

Trucks small chess for Australia

[@bobklincke4671]

The statement that they are doing something not done outside the factory is incredibly incorrect. As an aircraft technician in the RAAF and a member of 2sqn we removed the wings from our entire fleet for centre section and wing attachments crack inspection and restoration. From memory early to mid 1980s.

[@craigmyton]

One of the last aircraft that I worked on before I left the RAF.. 4.5 years on 39SQN Some very fond memories.

[@carolempluckrose4188]

Were you at Wyton then?

[@craigmyton]

@@carolempluckrose4188 No, RAF Marham. 2001-2005

[@craigmyton]

@@carolempluckrose4188 My father was stationed at Wyton

[@benharrison5432]

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[@alexgreat7421]

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[@liliasophia8717]

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[@nickpowell843]

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[@MakeItWithCalvin]

I love how the chase driver is nicknamed Bungles, I feel that there is more behind that nickname than he wants to admit.

[@billybobwombat2231]

There is a Canberra bomber sitting on the side of the Cunningham highway west of Ipswich Queensland Australia, it slowly falling apart, its been there for about 35 years that I know of.

[@JBofBrisbane]

A84-238. Seen it many times.

[@andrewmacdonald4833]

@@JBofBrisbane and the damage increases every year. There used to be two of them.

[@glennalexon1530]

No, dent's don't ruin the chances of a plane ever flying again. Incompetence will probably ruin this particular plane.

[@K1W1fly]

Yes, those wing bolts are totally unusable now...

[@farmerbob4554]

Planes of Fame Aircraft museum at the Chino airport in Southern California is a must see for aircraft enthusiasts. It’s a working facility where mostly 1940’s planes are restored, flown and displayed.

[@jameslvsjo]

Jeez, this one will be lucky to ever fly again after these guys got their hands on it. I seriously doubt any of them are actual aircraft technicians.

[@MrBakedDaily]

These fool's know nothing about the simplest things like taking screw out,how the hell was they in charge of moving it?

[@harriergr7728]

RIP Classic Airforce,. Support the Cornwall Aviation Heritage Centre.

[@gazs4731]

Well worth the move and it's part of our great British heritage

[@modelheaven5471]

Bit concerning watching this aircraft being dismantled in this fashion.

[@almac2598]

Only a bit?

[@chrisjohnson4165]

Did you see the one where they bought an old boat? Stan tried to cut through the mast from inside, then Ollie punched him in the eye.

[@FloorItDuh]

Man this hurts to watch as an A&P myself.

[@mango8918]

If it was this crude and rough taking it apart, how tough is it going to be to restore and reassemble it?

[@robertbaker1914]

Fantastic job well-done congratulations!!!!!

[@TankBuilders]

I've reluctantly given a dislike because an aircraft of such note does not deserve to be treated in such a crude and amateur way. Apart from the misuse of and inappropriate selection of tools, the failure to drain fluids, take basic fire precautions or to tag and record components as they are dismantled, speaks volumes. Phil Shaw must be wincing to see this. Good that Mike Collett is securing the aircraft's future but it doesn't make comfortable viewing to anyone with an aviation background. Good to see WE569, which we operated from Bassingbourn, former home of the Canberra,

[@darrellsmith4204]

The most impressive thing? There is no restoration in a video where they are supposed to be restoring something..

[@the_steamtrain1642]

Looking at the website of the museum it also isn’t flying

[@sillyoldbastard3280]

They will need a genius to put this girl back together. They would have done better bringing in the circus troupe to pull her down.

[@fw1421]

Have these fellows never heard of a screw knocker? Even the most stubborn,rusted screw can be coaxed out with a screw knocker. That and drilling it out! I wish them good luck getting her airworthy again. It takes lots of time and a hell of a lot of money for a project like this. It won’t be easy..👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@mackgriffin7397]

i may be a complete amateur at taking apart a plane but at least im not these guys

[@TheBudman52]

god this takes me back to maintaining the A6E, and watching steve? taking out the straight slot screws on top of the wing brings back nightmares !!!!

[@jimred100]

Hope these weren't getting paid. ! With breaker bars , easy outs , screw doctor, cleaning the fastener heads first etc, also wing stands if no wing jacks available to at least partially stress jack it would have made the wing attachment bolts a lot easier. Crane should have been centred and wing wouldn't swing like that . Bengals, god bless em.

[@gitfoad8032]

Beautiful 'plane these; remember vividly seeing one fly over school in mid-80's. Fab. Ace. Bees-knees.

[@matthewjones5450]

impact driver jesus who are these guys

[@bazra19]

NOT PETROL, Basicly parafine.

[@ElTelBaby]

@ 14:50 Thats better a Impact Driver... Now thats the right tool for the job...

[@Hoves2]

"The Hangar is flooded with Petrol" says the Commentator - not in a Canberra mate - its Avtur (kerosine)!! as an ex RAF Engine Fitter, I've bathed in the stuff!!

[@almac2598]

And its not nearly as flammable as the narrator (who is well short of facts) would have us believe.

[@125brat]

Yep, same here, many times I've been soaked in it and OM-15 too. There's a lady I know who wears Avtur as perfume🤣🤣 These "Documentaries" are all made by the "Arty Farty Luvvies" who don't have a clue about the technical aspects and don't let the facts get in the way of a "Good drama"😡

[@oleran4569]

This is like one of those reality tv shows.

[@robertchinnock8017]

How cool.. i live here in Australia and there is a air museum called hars meseum and im pretty sure they have a Canberra bomber that was part of the raaf.

[@gordonlumbert9861]

I wonder if the B-57 (American) version of this aircraft that used to sit in front of the Battle Creek Mi Air National Guard Base still exists...

[@gcrauwels941]

I believe NASA operates three WB-57 High Altitude Research airframes based in Houston Texas still.

[@porcelainthunder2213]

These guys dont seem to have a clue what they are doing. Maybe its just the overdramatic production, but there was a lot of carelessness.

[@andrepienaar6459]

Where was the tailplane loaded? I only see the fuselage and two wings.

[@tilethio]

Is that a standard procedure or practice to leave the aircraft with such huge amount of kerosin for all those years?

[@LizardCustom]

The phrase ' I've seen things under stones with more aptitude '

[@davidclarke7656]

Chuckle brothers at work! "to you to me to you to me" Did they not realise to production team realised how incompetent it all looked and where editing it that way!

[@chrisplunkett2814]

Don't forget the cans of paint that have to be placed conveniently on the floor where they can cause maximum damage when trodden in.

[@carolempluckrose4188]

Nothing mechanical from me. Based in East Anglia we had a Canberra T4 on base. My boss was taking a new guy up on an orientation flight and did I fancy the 3rd seat? Yes please! A quick intro to the mysteries of an ejector seat later, I strapped in. It was the flight of my life. So, wonderful memories of a very special lady. Living in Plymouth, I hope to visit this particular special lady one day soon.

[@almac2598]

Its a good thing it was never going to fly again, they wrecked it.

[@chrisjohnson4165]

This is like Laurel and Hardy. Use the L&H music, rather than the doom 'n gloom. Nice stilsons BTW. Tools by Aldi.

[@jimeastham2506]

That chap narrating is doing my head in! So many technical errors and what an annoying voice. As a former RAF Rigger this was painful to watch.

[@WilliamSmith-fo9fc]

Good info, STUPID DRAMA. Made it look like amateur hour!

[@blackbandit1290]

I notice that they had some of the manuals, pity they couldn't get the ones that show how to do these tricky jobs. Unfortunately, the first things that are "thrown" away after an aircraft is retired from service are all the maintenance support equipment ie. lifting frames, jacks, dollies, connecting pieces and specialist tools. They would have made the job heaps easier and I guess, a heap less dramatic.

[@theharbinger2573]

When they say only 3 left flying, do they mean just British built or are they including Martin built B-57s - because NASA has two flying B-57s that they use for high altitude research and tracking of test flights and spacecraft rentry (these are the reconnaissance versions with the really big wing)

[@JamesBond-xq3tw]

Hats off to Mike ,it's saved ,shame it's not in Jersey .

[@johnbowen2963]

YER I THINK YOU MAY BE ABLE TO BE A FLOOR CLEANER.

[@alcoyne3333333333333]

I feel sorry for them guy's .. I am sure the TV producers got them to act so stupid . !

[@philnbspook6446]

No acting there matey

[@chrisjohnson4165]

Next episode: Dismantling a Saturn V Rocket using only an adjustable spanner and a chisel. It's GOT to be done by tomorrow!!

[@TheCraigievee]

I wouldn’t let these guys loose on a push bike! 🤦‍♂️

[@stevetheduck1425]

Have sat in two different Canberra cockpits while training at Cosford, this one with the solid nose held on by latches, isn't it a very late PR / ECM mark?

[@tonyrahman4853]

Its a T4 conversion trainer. I worked on this very aircraft WJ874 for years (and even got a trip with Dave Piper) and its a crying shame to see her treated like this. There are literally hundreds of ex Canberra fitters out there who would probably have stripped her for free.

[@michaelwills7884]

My god plug damn fuel lines and get some rookie millwrights to rig the damn wings and fuselage

[@metromoppet]

Anytime you witness a man using a claw hammer on an aircraft you're in the wrong space

[@Crimsonedge1]

13:23 I can tell you now, my bumhole is puckering watching the metal landing gear door scraping across the metal reinforcing cage around the plastic tote as that fuel leaks everywhere. I mean the fuel has probably lost some of its oomph in all the time its been stood and both the aircraft and likely the cage around the tote are made from aluminium but still, even the possibility of a stray spark... My sphincter is tighter than a snare drum right now.

[@JohnSmith-pd1fz]

I wonder how many, if any, of those making such negative, ridiculing comments have any actual experience in anything themselves? No doubt every single one of them will claim to be ex - NASA specialists with 100 years experience each. At least the job got done with whatever tools were to hand and in this instance any tools are better than anything the yanks might have made, for the simple reason they were there and ready to hand. So what a claw hammer was used? It is the weight of the head in relation to the length of the shaft which is important. And so on.

[@peterpowell4821]

Was a Canberra technician in the RAF - painful to watch these clowns with their Claw-hammers. Wouldn't let them work on a farm tractor. BTW - jet fuel is not highly inflammable "petrol" but very low grade kerosene.

[@waynep343]

the USAF regeneration crews just restored a canberra bomber that had extended wings called a WB57 to flying status for NASA.. it had been stored for 50 years in the desert.. when you see video of current space launches from florida.. chances are its from one of the 3 WB-57s.

[@michaelshore2300]

When I was at RAF Kirkham on course the Armaments school was there. There was a story that one of the Chief Tech instructors wanted a Canberra as a demonstration aircraft he could nt get one so he ordered parts and made one .

[@SvenTviking]

Prior to it closing, the old Woolwich Arsenal had a Canberra gate guardian. When the site was bought for redevelopment, the old historic buildings to be converted to expensive apartments, a mate of mine was one of the last MOD people working on site. One day he saw a JCB lining up to attack the plane with it’s back hoe and asked the driver what he was doing. Apparently he had orders from the developer’s site manager to smash the bomber up for scrap, which he sadly did and the wreckage was carted off. A week later, two RAF officers turned up at the site office with a couple of big trucks and asked where the RAF’s Canberra bomber was, that they were due to collect! Turned out the airframe was still owned by the RAF and had several thousand useful hours left on it, and was worth several £million. This made quite a dent in the developer’s profits from the Arsenal redevelopment.

[@colinsmith7537]

Thanks I wondered what happened to that aircraft I believe the starter cartridges were made in the arsenal, and that being the reason for the display there.

[@rasputinputin8103]

I was actually 3m from this actual Canberra this afternoon. Magic.

[@TheLuckyjoenga]

As an American who watches a lot of British Television one thing I have learned is there's nothing the English can't do when they set their minds to it.

[@s.sestric9929]

Except to build a car with a reliable electrical system.

[@almac2598]

'British' includes Scottish, Welsh and the Northern Irish as well

[@ElTelBaby]

Most interesting...

[@petedube9367]

I worked on many planes , including our version ,the B 57 . If they had used a rivet gun with a screw bit they could have had those screws out in no time . Drilling them out was wrong . I know the plane will never fly again but that makes it more difficult to put in back together for display

[@joey243win]

Guess you can nip down to repco or super cheap and get new wing bolts... At least spin the nuts on so you dont destroy the threads... Hey what do I know I'm only a car restoration specialist

[@willgibson9718]

Can you please make a video about Mega movers ?

[@Ihaveseenthings577]

Does these guys know what they are doing, carpenter hammers and after 4 hrs. Of work decided to drill the screws out???...wow...some engineers...

[@glenwhatley7366]

Wow, these guys really could've used a Lester tool and rivet gun taking those screws out of the wing.

[@Marcotjuuh]

All these programs like on discovery Channel so dramatized. As an abnormal load driver you will never be in any harm with them loads. So painful to hear them drivers talk. Thought LHH were down to earth drivers

[@JonTheBrush]

Talk about bodgit and scarper, and as for the 'petrol' comment I think the AVTUR sign passed the narrator by... :(

[@carlbrimson2603]

using a claw hammer david ?

[@joseortiz5965]

Awesome

[@romeo9017]

A shame the Vulcan cant be restored at Southend!

[@johncollier608]

Having witnessed a taxi run of XL426 a couple of weeks ago - including the first parachute brake deployment in 15 years, I'd say the Vulcan is fully restored. She may not fly again because the costs are prohibitive not because she can't.

[@davidfreer4862]

I’m a 77 yr. old metal bashed and worked on these old girls and am horrified how these people were allowed to treat this icon.

[@ts3784]

so much dramatization for a simple move