Restoration Of Lancaster NX611 Year 6

[Mad On Triumphs]

@Rocky
I think you might like this.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIE15HnVfwM&ab_channel=NevilleWheeldon

 

[Rocky]

Wow, what a great video! Thanks a lot

 

[sikatri]

Fun to watch indeed!

 

[Rocky]

Canada has the only other flying Lancaster in the world.
It was a 'gate guardian" for many years until it was taken and restored to flying condition over a ten-year period.

 

[Mad On Triumphs]

And I saw it come in one rainy day at RAF Coningsby. A few years ago now.
And here she is getting some well earned TLC for her trip back to Canada.

 

[Greyfell]

Love the sound!

 

[Qship]

That's great! She's getting closer to flying again. Thanks MOT.

 

[DoorPosition]

Something specifically magestic about the Lanc. The B-17 and B-24 were certainly iconic and awe-inspiring… and magestic, but the Lancaster was in a class of its own visually. I think the black belly paint for their typical night ops must have something to do with it along with the unusual greenhouse-like full canopy instead of a more conventional windshield. Gives them a distinctly menacing look, almost like giant, sinister Dragonflies of sorts.

Always wondered why they weren't fitted with heavier defensive weaponry though, like US .50 cals other than maybe weight considerations. Their .303 MGs were practical spit wads against the 20mm and 30mm shells the Luftwaffe were slinging at them. The .30 cals aboard Lancs were of US origin and essentially scaled down versions of the US M2 .50 cal their US heavy bomber counterparts implemented so retrofit couldn't have been too much of an obstacle.

FUN FACT- The Lancaster came very close to being the platform to drop the first A-Bombs on Japan. Their bomb bays allowed for far less modification to accomodate the "Little Boy" and "Fat Man" than the B-29. Obviously had this plan moved forward they would've been crewed by US Airmen trained up for the task but in the end it was decided that delivery aircraft should be a US design and the B-29 got the job. This scenario was hotly debated by USAAF brass.

 

[Mad On Triumphs]

Here's another one you might enjoy Rocky, put headphones on to get the best sound of them Merlin's.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kFK_AZE9io&ab_channel=I%27dratherbeflying

 

[Rocky]

Wonderful video

 

[RockyDS]

80th anniversary of the Dambusters raid was a few days ago ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Chastise
I lived in Germany and my wife and I have visited all the target dams. Also, by strange coincidence we knew Canadian gunner Fred Sutherland who lived near us until his death in 2019.

They practised the raids on the Derwentwater dam, near where my wife was born and we've also been there. I joked with Fred that he, my wife and I may be the only people in Alberta who've been to all four dams.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/dambuster-canada-rocky-mountain-house-1.4988964

 

[Qship]

The Lancaster was an absolute beast of an airplane. Could do it all. Could have used better armament but that would have cost her payload, and that's what counts on a bomber

 

[Cesspit]

I was lucky enough to see both Lancs flying low level, side by side whilst I was staying in Dawlish, Devon. The sound was incredible, low passes at around 500 ft or so. Very emotional.

 

[CarlCambs]

Something specifically magestic about the Lanc. The B-17 and B-24 were certainly iconic and awe-inspiring… and magestic, but the Lancaster was in a class of its own visually. I think the black belly paint for their typical night ops must have something to do with it along with the unusual greenhouse-like full canopy instead of a more conventional windshield. Gives them a distinctly menacing look, almost like giant, sinister Dragonflies of sorts.

Always wondered why they weren't fitted with heavier defensive weaponry though, like US .50 cals other than maybe weight considerations. Their .303 MGs were practical spit wads against the 20mm and 30mm shells the Luftwaffe were slinging at them. The .30 cals aboard Lancs were of US origin and essentially scaled down versions of the US M2 .50 cal their US heavy bomber counterparts implemented so retrofit couldn't have been too much of an obstacle.

FUN FACT- The Lancaster came very close to being the platform to drop the first A-Bombs on Japan. Their bomb bays allowed for far less modification to accomodate the "Little Boy" and "Fat Man" than the B-29. Obviously had this plan moved forward they would've been crewed by US Airmen trained up for the task but in the end it was decided that delivery aircraft should be a US design and the B-29 got the job. This scenario was hotly debated by USAAF brass.

Wow I never knew that story. That was really interesting.