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25/4/07 RAF Coningsby, the pride of the RAF returned home after a complete overhaul and re-spray, now named , well you'll see.

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Looks great! The Warbird world is certainly getting it's share of "facelifted" bombers this season. This Lanc, the B-24 and Lonestar's B-25. Who else am I missing?

Anyway, thanks for the pictures!

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Beautiful pics! 8) Thanks!!

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That Lanc looks great! Nice paint job, it looks like a semi-gloss to me. Good choice. haha

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Looking forward to seeing her this season :D
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Great pics of a great plane, but do you have any of the flight deck, I have never seen any pics of the inside. Also, how many are left either flyable or static?
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Rhinelander wrote:
Great pics of a great plane, but do you have any of the flight deck, I have never seen any pics of the inside. Also, how many are left either flyable or static?


Haven't check if it's still up to date but;
http://www.warbirdregistry.org/lancregistry/lancregistry.html

Walkthrough of the aircraft at Duxford:
http://s110605900.websitehome.co.uk/lanc/lancframe.htm

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Looks beautiful! How many lancs are now flying? One in UK one in Canada are all I know of.
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Looks beautiful! How many lancs are now flying? One in UK one in Canada are all I know of.
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Thats the lot - just two.

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On a rare visit outside the UK, the Lanc landed at Rotterdam Airport (the Netherlands) yesterday after having participated in a number of commemorations of Operation Manna (1945). Some of my pics can be seen at http://www.flickr.com/photos/64649127@N00/sets/72157600149536547/detail/

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She really looks nice! We're very lucky to have flying Lancs on both sides of The Pond.

Question: have the rudders been modified? The lower trailing edge looks oddly pointed.

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Steve Nelson wrote:
Question: have the rudders been modified? The lower trailing edge looks oddly pointed.

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I believe they are from an Avro Lincoln, can't remember the reason why. She was a flying testbed for most of her pre BBMF career, so they may have been changed then.
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Just jane is the next best hope id guess for a third flying lancaster isnt she next in line if anything terrible were to happen to the phamtom? :(
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Just jane is the next best hope id guess for a third flying lancaster isnt she next in line if anything terrible were to happen to the phamtom? :(
What do you mean by 'next in line'? NX611 is a privately owned, non-flying Lancaster.

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I KNOW OWNED BY TWO BROTHERS WHO HAVE RESTORED IT IN MERMORY OF THEIR BROTHER KILLED FLYING A BOMBER DURING THE WAR ,IVE ALWAYS BEEN LED TO BELIEVE IF WORST CAME TO WORST AND WE LOST THE PHANTOM ALL EFFORTS WOULD BE MADE TO REPLACE HER WITH JUST JANE OTHERWISE THAT WOULD BE THE END OF THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN MERMORIAL FLIGHTS TRIBUTE TO BOMBER COMMAND!
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