Lysanders???

bilwor · **Posted:** Mon May 21, 2007 8:49 am

Are there any Lysanders flying in US or Canada?
bill word

kzollitsch · **Posted:** Mon May 21, 2007 9:21 am

The only one that I know of is the soon to be flying Canadian Warplane Heritage Lysander in Hamilton, Ontario.

P51Mstg · **Joined:** Tue Jan 25, 2005 11:36 am **Posts:** 1202

Kermit has one in Lakeland, non-flying. Until you see one in person, its hard to be impressed with it. Once you see it, wow, cool airplane. Big and strong, lots of power.

Mark H

blurrkup · **Posted:** Mon May 21, 2007 10:17 am

Kermits example was a flyer in the UK. I believe he now has it hanging from the roof of one of his hangars which is a shame.

AirJimL2 · **Posted:** Mon May 21, 2007 10:44 am

The former Whereatt Lysander C-FVZZ may or may not have flown, but I expect we will see if flying within the next few years.

If Whereatt never flew his Lizzie, then the last Lysander to fly in North America would be the Dwight Brooks example now with the Smithsonian.

Jim

GIJOE290 · **Posted:** Mon May 21, 2007 10:46 am

That's a cool looking plane.

I took this at 2005 Sun-n-Fun.

sorry for the bad quaility, I'm not a professional like ya'll. :oops:

Shay · **Posted:** Mon May 21, 2007 11:24 am

Anybody know if any of the remaining Lysanders are displayed with the .303 brownings still mounted in the Wheel fairings and with the Wheel fairing bomb racks?

Beautiful bird.

Shay
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ww2John · **Posted:** Mon May 21, 2007 12:06 pm

As of last year, Mr Weeks' Lysander was on it own landing gear inside one of the Sun 'n Fun hangars (Lakeland, FL) - definitely not hanging from anything at that point.

blurrkup · **Posted:** Mon May 21, 2007 12:20 pm

ww2John wrote:

As of last year, Mr Weeks' Lysander was on it own landing gear inside one of the Sun 'n Fun hangars (Lakeland, FL) - definitely not hanging from anything at that point.

I stand corrected. Wasn't sure, must have been something else I was thinking of.

AirJimL2 · **Posted:** Mon May 21, 2007 12:46 pm

Shay wrote:

Anybody know if any of the remaining Lysanders are displayed with the .303 brownings still mounted in the Wheel fairings

I think the CWH bird has the .303s. It did at one point when they were mooting SOE colours for it.

Jim

daveymac82c · **Posted:** Mon May 21, 2007 4:43 pm

It doesn't sound like getting a Lysander flying is a very easy thing to do. My museum (Canadian Museum of flight, Langley BC) has one and just out of curiosity I e-mailed the CWH to ask if they'd suggest getting ours flying. The person that responded said it is a very BIG undertaking, and suggested that we just keep the plane as is, maybe restore it to static, but certainly not to flying status unless we really really want to.

The big cost is the engine. We'd need to get a Mercury from the National Museum in Ottawa for a trade, but I don't know what we'd be willing to give up to get it.

As for the .303's in the wheel spats, I think ours has one in each.

Anywho, blah blah, I'll stop now. Gotta take nap.

Cheers,

David

mustangdriver · **Posted:** Mon May 21, 2007 4:50 pm

I am not sure what happened to it, but there was one at Air Heritage years ago. It was then moved, and I am not sure where it went.

Nathan · **Posted:** Mon May 21, 2007 4:53 pm

Mustangdriver,

Are you still moving to California?

mustangdriver · **Posted:** Mon May 21, 2007 4:55 pm

I am not sure as of right now. There are a few things on the drawing board though.

AirJimL2 · **Posted:** Mon May 21, 2007 5:47 pm

mustangdriver wrote:

I am not sure what happened to it, but there was one at Air Heritage years ago. It was then moved, and I am not sure where it went.

Bristol Heritage Collection in TN.

Jim

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