A RARE replica of Britain's first heavy lift transport aircraft has gone on display at the Yorkshire Air Museum.
The former flying model of the 1950s Blackburn Beverley aircraft, which is more than ten feet long, three feet high and boasts a wingspan of 16 feet, is the Elvington museum's first sizeable Beverley artefact.
It was built in 1999 and took part in many flying model displays around the country, until a sudden power failure in the autumn last year ended its flying days by causing it to crash.
The remains of the model were donated to the Beverley Association and it was restored to non-flying condition.
It was decided that the Yorkshire Air Museum would make an ideal home for the model after its intended recipient, the Museum of Army Transport, in Beverley, went into compulsory liquidation.
Staff are currently looking into creating a long-term display area for the new exhibit which will complement the museum's other displays of the Blackburn Aircraft Company's history.
Only 47 Blackburn Beverleys were built and the museum is campaigning to ensure the survival of the last remaining one.
Updated: 09:55 Thursday, December 11, 2003
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