Volunteers needed to save “Whispering Giant”
Aug 25, 2021
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HE BRISTOL BRITANNIA XM496 Preservation Society is appealing for volunteers to help save the sole surviving RAF Bristol Britannia long-range transport aircraft. Of 85 Britannias built,, and were given to each of the heavy lifters. XM496 (the brightest star in Leo) has been based at Cotswold Airport in Gloucestershire – the former RAF Kemble – since its retirement in 1997.
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