English Electric Canberra TT.18 WJ680 Flies
English Electric Canberra TT.18 WJ680 Flies
The Temora Aviation Museum's Canberra TT.18 WJ680 taking to the skies again after a long hiatus and a diligent restoration effort. (Photo by Matt Scott)
After a significant effort over a number of years, we are happy to report that the Temora Aviation Museum successfully performed a test flight with their English Electric Canberra TT.18 WJ680 on June 27th, 2021. The flight, the aircraft’s first in a decade, took place at the museum’s home airport in Temora, New South Wales, just 150 miles or so north west of Australia’s capital city of Canberra. Outside of NASA’s fleet of three WB-57 Canberras, WJ680 is presently the only currently airworthy example of the breed anywhere in the world, although that will hopefully change in the not-too-distant future, with at least one other example under restoration to fly in the USA (B.6 XH567 at Lampson Field, Lakeport, California).