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Re: CWHM 's Lancaster is on her way to the motherland.

Tue Sep 09, 2014 5:11 pm

Well, I certainly opened up more than I had reckoned here. I was unaware that the Martin was used on Lancasters and made my initial comment from memory, having read somewhere that the Fraser Nash was considered correct but none could be found and the Martin was installed.

I thank you all for the enlightenment.

cheers, :drink3:

edit: Taigh Ramey, nothing wrong with being picky as I'm often accused of the same in another forum. I strive for accuracy in what I post and well, I kind of slipped a wee bit on this one. I should have known better than to post something without proper research with you lot. (and I mean that as a compliment to the membership here) :D

Nonetheless, with reference to the post I had replied to, the turrets are still a somewhat major difference between FM-213 and PA-474. :)

Re: CWHM 's Lancaster is on her way to the motherland.

Wed Sep 10, 2014 12:28 am

RobertM wrote:Well, I certainly opened up more than I had reckoned here.
...
I thank you all for the enlightenment.

Indeed, seconded. Well I've certainly learned some things, thanks all.

Regards,

Re: CWHM 's Lancaster is on her way to the motherland.

Wed Sep 10, 2014 11:24 pm

JDK wrote:
RobertM wrote:Well, I certainly opened up more than I had reckoned here.
...
I thank you all for the enlightenment.

Indeed, seconded. Well I've certainly learned some things, thanks all.

Regards,


I also appreciate the wealth of information and knowledge here. Good stuff all!

Re: CWHM 's Lancaster is on her way to the motherland.

Tue Sep 16, 2014 3:50 pm

Per Elliott Marsh - GAR's excellent features. Thought this (6) Lancasters in a day visit was pretty neat.

http://www.globalaviationresource.com/v ... n-one-day/

Re: CWHM 's Lancaster is on her way to the motherland.

Thu Sep 18, 2014 4:10 pm

Announced yesterday that Vera's last public appearance with BBMF should be a real buzz for Vera's crew....

Following in the tracks of the Dambusters and they will be doing a 2 x Lanc run over Derwent Dam, on their back from Southport Airshow on Sun afternoon.
Derwent Dam was used by 617 Sqn for training for the Dams raid.

Re: CWHM 's Lancaster is on her way to the motherland.

Fri Sep 19, 2014 4:30 pm

Did they ever both flyover Just Jane while she had her engines running? I thought that was in the cards, but haven't seen anything about it?

Re: CWHM 's Lancaster is on her way to the motherland.

Fri Sep 19, 2014 4:35 pm

CH2Tdriver wrote:Did they ever both flyover Just Jane while she had her engines running? I thought that was in the cards, but haven't seen anything about it?



HOW'D YOU MISS IT?!

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http://www.globalaviationresource.com/v2/2014/09/09/aviation-event-review-three-lancasters-at-east-kirkby/

Re: CWHM 's Lancaster is on her way to the motherland.

Fri Sep 19, 2014 6:15 pm

Mark Allen M wrote:Per Elliott Marsh - GAR's excellent features. Thought this (6) Lancasters in a day visit was pretty neat.

http://www.globalaviationresource.com/v ... n-one-day/

It was a fun trip. I'm pretty sure that Huw and I were the first people in half a century to see five (and a bit!) Lancasters in one day.

Re: CWHM 's Lancaster is on her way to the motherland.

Sun Sep 21, 2014 8:03 pm

Nice vantage point.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=yout ... lJ4htNDoHI

Re: CWHM 's Lancaster is on her way to the motherland.

Sun Sep 21, 2014 8:13 pm

Related photos from the 1955 "Dam Busters" movie

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Photo source and info at the link below.
http://dambustersblog.com/category/dam- ... 1955-film/

Re: CWHM 's Lancaster is on her way to the motherland.

Mon Sep 22, 2014 12:19 pm

Mark Allen M wrote:Nice vantage point.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=yout ... lJ4htNDoHI


Really nice video there. All that is missing is some footage of both Lancs from a third aircraft!

Re: CWHM 's Lancaster is on her way to the motherland.

Mon Sep 22, 2014 1:38 pm

Not footage yet, but nice stills taken from a RAF Puma helo and lovely story of CWH taking an ex-RAF Lanc Flight Eng (and current BBMF volunteer) for a ride over the dams.

http://forces.tv/86329589

Re: CWHM 's Lancaster is on her way to the motherland.

Tue Sep 23, 2014 11:14 am

The Lancaster in on it's way back to Canada, they made it to Iceland today.

Re: CWHM 's Lancaster is on her way to the motherland.

Tue Sep 23, 2014 2:31 pm

Good news!

But this chart might indicate a pause...

http://aviationweather.gov/data/product ... CL_new.gif

Dave

Re: CWHM 's Lancaster is on her way to the motherland.

Tue Sep 23, 2014 3:30 pm

More of Elliott Marsh's fantastic work. beautiful photos.

http://www.globalaviationresource.com/v ... or-canada/
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