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We'll join with our #Canberra B2(Mod) #WV787
March 14, 2025 at 5:24 PM
newarkairmuseum.bsky.social
Evocative light on #Canberra #WV787 this morning ahead of its turn in the #NAMrestoration schedule in 2026!
#EveryNAMvisitCounts
December 20, 2025 at 9:23 AM
newarkairmuseum.bsky.social
Another #Canberra photo from today; this time a progress photo of the #NAMrestroration works on our B.2(Mod) #WV787
August 18, 2026 at 7:39 PM
newarkairmuseum.bsky.social
Nice autumnal light on one of next year’s #NAMrestoration subjects!
#Canberra
#WV787
October 25, 2025 at 8:18 AM
newarkairmuseum.bsky.social
After a busy day, sometimes you just cannot resist!
#UniqueInUKatNAM
Our Canberra #WV787 in service & on display!!
July 5, 2025 at 9:59 PM
newarkairmuseum.bsky.social
We like Canberra aircraft as well - here are a couple of #NAMarchive in-service photos of our #WH904 & #WV787
January 15, 2025 at 10:01 AM
newarkairmuseum.bsky.social
A couple of early morning progress photos of some of the current #NAMrestoration projects!
#XN964 & #WV787
Credit #DTEParchive
July 25, 2026 at 8:09 AM
newarkairmuseum.bsky.social
A #BlackFriday special, with a few more in-service photos of #Canberra #WV787 from the #NAMarchive
November 29, 2024 at 10:09 AM
newarkairmuseum.bsky.social
We have another ‘special’ Aircraft of the Week that’s been added to the museum website just for #BlackFriday: it’s #Canberra #WV787
Photo credit: G McGeachie
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The all black Canberra B2(Mod) aircraft WV787 that sits alongside the museum café here at our site in north-eastern Nottinghamshire
November 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
newarkairmuseum.bsky.social
Here are some in-service photos of our 'special' #WV787
December 20, 2024 at 11:03 PM
newarkairmuseum.bsky.social
A progress photo of the #NAMrestoration work that’s underway on #Canberra B2(Mod) #WV787 Photo credit #DTEParchive
Launch @RAF_Luton comments!
April 30, 2026 at 3:12 PM
newarkairmuseum.bsky.social
.. and again thank you for sharing this link - nice to see footage of #WV787 in action!
May 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM
newarkairmuseum.bsky.social
Nice to see #NAMinTheNews
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Newark Air Museum Winter Conservation Work Advances on Canberra WV787 and Other Key Aircraft - Vintage Aviation News
Volunteers at Newark Air Museum have begun de-corrosion and repaint preparation on Canberra B.2 (Mod) WV787, while also completing squadron markings on Jaguar T.2A XX829 and progressing restoration wo...
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January 30, 2026 at 5:11 PM
newarkairmuseum.bsky.social
Some #MiG23 cockpit viewing opportunities today & a #NAMrestoration progress photo on #Canberra B2 (Mod) #WV787
Both airframes #UniqueInUKatNAM
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April 25, 2026 at 3:53 PM
newarkairmuseum.bsky.social
Long-term preparation underway by recording the markings on #Canberra #WV787 ready for some #NAMspruceUp work in 2026!
#NAMwatchThisSpace
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October 23, 2025 at 7:21 PM
newarkairmuseum.bsky.social
The first top coat (a little bit) has been applied to #Canberra B2 mod #WV787
July 4, 2026 at 8:23 AM
newarkairmuseum.bsky.social
Spotted this nose work on #Canberra B2(Mod) #WV787 this morning - is it erring towards these different in-service markings?
#AskingForAfriend
March 7, 2026 at 7:31 PM
newarkairmuseum.bsky.social
Thank you for sharing this link - nice to see footage of #WV787 in action!
May 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM
newarkairmuseum.bsky.social
It's an icy start to the day here in #LoveNotts close to the #LincsConnect border, which reminds us of this Canberra picture from earlier this year, with a #MiG27 added for balance!
#WV787
#EveryNAMvisitCounts
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November 28, 2024 at 9:00 AM
newarkairmuseum.bsky.social
We have some in depth #NAMrestoration work to do on the wooden tail fin section of #Canberra #WV787 – this work will be completed by refurbishing a unit that was retained from the PR7 that was spares recovered last year!
June 11, 2026 at 2:54 PM
newarkairmuseum.bsky.social
A sunshine feel by the #NAMcafe & #NAMspruceUp work continues on #Canberra B2(mod) #WV787
May 22, 2026 at 10:49 AM
newarkairmuseum.bsky.social
A random selection from the #NAMarchive to keep things ticking along this sunny Monday afternoon!
All from the home team
Low-flying Canberra WH904 in RAF service High-flying Canberra WV787 as a de-icing spray tanker The main fuselage of an Avro Anson aircraft, from which we rebuilt our exhibit Handley Pahe Hastings TG517 if formally handed over to the museum in 1977 after being flown to the museum from RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire
March 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
newarkairmuseum.bsky.social
You're sitting having a nice coffee; you take a picture of a nice #LoveNotts blue sky & you get that urge to make a post that you know you really shouldn't, but hey it's #WindUpFriday 😇😂😇
#DiverseAviation
#WV787
Vapour trails (contrails) crisscross the blue sky here in Nottinghamshire The museum's Canberra aircraft that was used to spray water for aircraft de-icing system trials in the 1960s & 1970s A model of the Canberra aircraft displayed alongside parts of the spray bar components that were once carried on the real aircraft
May 9, 2025 at 9:07 AM
massiasthanos.bsky.social
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CANBERRA TANKER AIRBORNE ICING FACILITIES [Main Title]
Film focusing on Canberra WV787, a unique aircraft specially modified for trials work, participating in icing trials at the Aeroplane and Armament Expermimental Establishment at Boscombe Down.
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May 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
wellbright.bsky.social
#ColdWar #PortonDown The dual use Canberra aircraft (WV787) was developed jointly for use by A&AEE Boscombe Down as an icing research aircraft and by the Microbiological Research Establishment, Porton Down for use as in Biological Warfare research as a spray source.

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CANBERRA TANKER AIRBORNE ICING FACILITIES [Main Title]
Film focusing on Canberra WV787, a unique aircraft specially modified for trials work, participating in icing trials at the Aeroplane and Armament Expermimental Establishment at Boscombe Down.
www.iwm.org.uk
November 25, 2024 at 6:32 PM