Model Boat Mayhem
Mess Deck: General Section => Chit-Chat => Topic started by: slug on August 05, 2014, 12:00:18 pm
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so sad that most of the flying of the two lancs together will be in the south of England....Lincolnshire is known as bomber county....except for one all the flying seems to be down south....rather sad.....tony
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There's more bad news...one of the engines refused to start, so departure is delayed.
https://www.facebook.com/CanadianWarplaneHeritageMuseum/photos/a.386671946279.203359.357014811279/10152581211396280/?type=1&theater (https://www.facebook.com/CanadianWarplaneHeritageMuseum/photos/a.386671946279.203359.357014811279/10152581211396280/?type=1&theater)
Rich
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so sad that most of the flying of the two lancs together will be in the south of England....Lincolnshire is known as bomber county....except for one all the flying seems to be down south....rather sad.....tony
Don't you know the country stops at Watford gap
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the Canadian Lanc runs regularly out of the the Hamilton Canadian War Plane Heritage Museum (http://www.warplane.com/ (http://www.warplane.com/)) . It, and a number of other planes are available for short trip hires. It is usually out for Remembrance day services. There are a number of preserved Lancasters in Canada, although mostly on plinths (http://www.bombercommandmuseum.ca/lancs.html (http://www.bombercommandmuseum.ca/lancs.html))
http://www.bombercommandmuseum.ca/lancs.html (http://www.bombercommandmuseum.ca/lancs.html)
http://www.warplane.com/ (http://www.warplane.com/)
John
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so sad that most of the flying of the two lancs together will be in the south of England....Lincolnshire is known as bomber county....except for one all the flying seems to be down south....rather sad.....tony
I guess someone has to pay to get a visit from preserved aircraft, so given that most of the UK's population and money are crammed into the SE (not that I'm unhappy about that :-) ) it's not really surprising that most flights are down that way.
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you have the Vulcan gave a tenner to keep it flying the last time I saw and heard one was when I was at raf Waddington in 1961 made the married qts rock and beening called out at 2am for exercise what a memory
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I was at RNAS Lossiemouth in 61 Gordon.
We were a Master Diversion airfield for the V bombers.
We had a strengthened hard standing to park them on
Bit bigger than our Sea Hawks,Vampires, Venoms
Scimitars (The red Blades) before the Red Arrows.
Hunter T8's and three NA39's .
Everything we had was dwarfed by the bad boys.
We had to keep the airfield accessible 24/7 in case
of fog at Wadding ton etc.
Memories aye Gordon :-))
Ned
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Back to the Lanc.
If, as they say it will be coming to Coningsby and based at Kirmington.
it will spend some time flying over Bomber County.
Think that's a bit to north of watsitsplace.
Ned
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cant grumble still got the shack at raf st maugan spent a few hours flying with 38 sqdn at malta used to say to the crew no flights no rations got there own back one flight 8 hours deaf as a door knob when we got back wife thought I had deserted 10000 rivits and a prayer memories ned befor the blades it was the raf black arrows
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Black Arrows aye Gordon :-))
Hunters probably F6 's
Had a few flights in T8's
Sitting alongside the Pilot
was a different experience :-))
You could see the feet and hands
controlling the aircraft.
I will never forget the pilot's briefing.
'If I say eject don't say what?
Cos I'll be gone.
Ned
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hi ned yes we had 39 sqdn canberras at luqa was not fussed about going up in them liked to see where im going went up in a slinsby open glider that was real flying just the noise of the wind went up in a c130 stood at the end ramp down strapped in loverly went flying in a Wessex when in the regt thought it was going to bresk up rattles every where argosy lovely dc3 from aden down to oman came home in a dc7 piston engine 18 hours but great bit seats like arm chairs Viking to malta 1954 was Cpl cook on duty at transit hotel at luka when the York went down half an hour before I han got the flight rations ready for them the burnt marks are still on the cliff at dingle point long time ago still had spitsfires huricanes long long time ago gordon
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:-)) We used Belfasts then C130s in the 1960s great planes both of them. :-))
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The Canadian lanc and the BBMF lanc are flying over Marham airfield on August 21 for the RAF airshow that day, stand in the spotters end of the runway and you'll see both fly together with a Spitfire and Hurricane. The Vulcan is also booked for a couple of fly pasts but rumours have it that a JSF might make an appearance since Marham is the future main operating base for them. I'll believe when I see it!
I've had some brilliant flights but the best recent one was a flight in a SeaKing helicopter flying at 50ft over the mountain ranges in the Falklands. :-))
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I have never seen a Lancaster flying, but have seen the RAAF aircraft, G for George, in the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, many times. It is a remarkable aircraft, in that it survived the war after flying 90 missions over Germany for 460 Squadron, RAAF. It was built in 1942 and is the star exhibit in the aircraft hall at the AWM.
More information here https://www.awm.gov.au/encyclopedia/george/ (https://www.awm.gov.au/encyclopedia/george/)
Peter.
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I had the pleasure of being shown round the Lancaster "City of Lincoln" when it was at Newcastle Airport for the city's
900 yr celebration and the crew were staying at a hotel on my beat. It looks big from the outside but it is really small
once you get onboard - but I did have a 6hr Maritime patrol flight on a S.A.A.F Shackleton south over the Cape of
Good Hope when HMS Leopard was at Simonstown. Was a friend of the flight engineer. Hearing severely impaired for several
hours after. It was described as 1million rivets flying in close formation but a great aircraft.
Geoff
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Ah yes, the memories, never managed to get a flight in a Lancaster, but did get one in a Lincoln, and that was before I joined the RAF back in 56, took a while to decide if I liked it, 37 years in fact. Although the big boys are a pretty majestic sight a Lightning straight up from the end of the runway takes some beating. Anyway best of luck that some of us manage to see both Lancs.
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Good News :-))
She's on her way! Here's a link, with (hopefully) video: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/news/lancaster-leaves-canada-to-embark-on-u-k-tour-1.2729078
Tom
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looking forward to seeing both at wing n wheels at dunsfold, aug bank holiday weekend... :-))
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went to Lincoln to see both lancs hurricane spitfire plus red arrows fly over the cathedral but due to the storms the fly past was cancelled....lots of people in Lincoln waiting for it to happen....so sad tony
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She was supposed to pass over Caistor on her way to Coningsby but sadly again due to the
Great British Summer weather no show.
Ned
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Myself I will be visiting Coningsby on Sunday with the wife, hopefully will get some lovely photo`s, and you never know might meet the crew(don't think there`s a chance of that)
baloo
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I'm really looking forward to seeing a couple of Lancasters flying around the UK.
I did the 'Just Jane' experience a few years ago - sitting in the cockpit with all 4 Merlins revving was amazing.
The plane felt as though it wanted to jump into the sky! (lots of horsepower, low fuel load, no weapon payload - it was bouncing as it taxied! :D
She's soon going to be 3rd Lancaster back into the air.
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She's arrived! There was a lot of coverage of her arrival on the local radio this evening.
http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/Canadian-Lancaster-bomber-arrives-
Lincolnshire/story-22276188-detail/story.html
http://thelincolnite.co.uk/2014/08/canadian-lancaster-lands-lincolnshire/
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Shame that the Mosquito could not be prised out of Jerry Yegen's collection as well to fly over here at the same time.
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Agreed! :((
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Bright sunny day and light winds , here only a couple of miles from Conningsby so maybe there will be some activity today
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The two Lancs just flew low over our house, awesome but I wasn't fast enough to get photos! >>:-(
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Earlier thisarvo the pair of them flew right slap bang over our block of flats, at very low altitude, whilst pulling a tight turn to port. The sight of them and the sound of eight Merlins at full chat was absolutely awesome, something I don't think I'll ever have the chance of repeating.
Rich
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Just picked up on this thread. We had the BBF lanc at Brize many moons ago, big heavy bomber, parked next to a Laker (said it was many moons ago) DC10. Looked like a toy, how times change our perception.
Martin, just had a call from Colin B. He was buzzed by the Lancs and couldn't believe his eyes. Checked with me to ensure he wasn't in a time warp! Said he could hear them coming for ages and the sound - wonderful.
Hope they come this way soon, we must be on the route Coningsby - Duxford.
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Both Lancasters plus Spitfire and Hurricane escort seen at Airbourne Show 14th August. I wish I had a better camera at the time but won't forget the sight or sound.
Also some younger types who followed on.
Barry M
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Great pix :-)) Looks like the Red Arrow one from the bottom ran out of red smoke though :embarrassed:
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If I recall correctly, the commentator said that they can carry 10 mins of white smoke but only 2 mins of red and blue. Somebody must have forgotten to fill up.
Barry M
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I was watching them taking off and landing at manston a few years back, and one of them broke off of the display and came back and landed with Brown smoke. it was still there a week later until they had repaired whatever had gone wrong.
Grendel
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Just come back from the RAF Marham Friends & Families Day and WOW!!!
We had a real rare treat for us and most of didn't know what was going to happen until it happened at 1414hrs!
Just look at what appeared from the North East of RAF Marham...
(http://i61.tinypic.com/2meeqdx.jpg)
(http://i57.tinypic.com/34o4is9.jpg)
(http://i59.tinypic.com/2zyhi4o.jpg)
(http://i61.tinypic.com/m79d3d.jpg)
This isn't a very good photo-shopped images either because I'm rubbish at them!
Three Avro built British Bombers, apparently they'll never fly together quite like this again, the timings for such an event were so close they weren't truly sure whether it would happen!
And I got to see the future of RAF Marham too, unfortunately not a real one but a very good simulator model of the JSF Lightning II.
(http://i62.tinypic.com/4ptdmt.jpg)
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The three have been to Lincoln to overfly the site for the new Bomber Command memorial.
Fantastic sight.
Ned
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I saw the two lancs fly over the A11 as I was coming back from Norwich, lovely sight
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I'm not exactly sure what they're doing, but do any of you know whether they will be coming near Wales at all, namley Gloucestershire?
I have been lucky with the Lanc before - this time last year, I was down my local railway helping out with that little blue thing with a face, and the BBMF Lancaster flew over - incredible sight...
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This is the site you need, gives all details of where and times for the Lancasters. Can even get on the radar tracking (When it is flying) to see if it heading in your direction. Hope they are going your way.
http://www.lancasterbomberale.co.uk/
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Should have also said that there is a full listing on the BBMF site. My local event (Little Gransden) has become ticket only and all sold out by Thursday/Friday no payment on the gate. <:( >:-o >:-o
http://www.raf.mod.uk/bbmf/displayinfo/