Two flying lancasters.

[GasBod]

The last two Lancaster bombers still flying in the world will come together in a series of events this summer, in a meeting unlikely to happen ever again.

The Royal Air Force Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (RAF BBMF) based at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire will welcome the arrival of a very special guest during August 2014 when the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum (CWHM) fly their prized Avro Lancaster to the UK for a month long visit

More here http://www.raf.mod.uk/news/archive/...um-lancaster-during-visit-to-england-24022014

Can't wait

 

[gregers]

now that would be great if they visited us in eastbourne for 'airbourne'
we had the vulcan couple of years back,BOY was that loud.

 

[Whitespirit66]

Remember in the early 90s, I was working in Filton, Bristol. We stood at the end of the British Aerospace runway and watched what was supposed to be the last flight that a Vulcan would make.

Luckily, it wasn't.

 

[JBR]

I've seen a Vulcan once, a long time ago. It would have been about 1975 at RAF Finningley. I'll remember it for ever. It just seemed to float in the sky.

 

[EddieM]

Saw our last remaining airborn vulcan fly last year, love the roar of those olympus engines on full afterburn!!

 

[JBR]

Were the engines fitted with afterburners?

The further development of the Olympus for the TSR2 and, later, the Concorde were, but I don't think Vulcans were afterburning.

 

[EddieM]

Were the engines fitted with afterburners?

The further development of the Olympus for the TSR2 and, later, the Concorde were, but I don't think Vulcans were afterburning.

You're quite probably right, but it was still loud and impressive.

 

[Micilin]

If anyone is in the Beds/Herts/Bucks area this Lancaster Cockpit set up might be of interest.

The place is worth a visit


http://website.lineone.net/~norman.groom/

 

[joe-90]

We camped out in Anglesey when i was a kid where a squadron of English electric lightnings were stationed. You've never heard loud until they took off as a group. Everything shook, you couldn't even focus your eyes.

 

[EddieM]

Or a harrier taking off, good grief that is ear shatteringly loud!!

 

[conny]

now that would be great if they visited us in eastbourne for 'airbourne'
we had the vulcan couple of years back,BOY was that loud.

Gregers, I believe moves are afoot to try and get them both there for the August, 4 day show.

I hope they do because we have booked a week down there to see them!

 

[ladylola]

we had the vulcan couple of years back,BOY was that loud.

A few years ago it flew over the EH show at Kelmarsh Hall . We were all just lining up to re-enact the battle of Agincourt at the same time. Thinking on his feet the commentator dressed in medieavel armour pointed upwards at the plane and proclaimed " Englishmen , God has sent us an angel this day to help us overcome the French !"

 

[gregers]

now that would be great if they visited us in eastbourne for 'airbourne'
we had the vulcan couple of years back,BOY was that loud.

Gregers, I believe moves are afoot to try and get them both there for the August, 4 day show.

I hope they do because we have booked a week down there to see them!

excellent.thatll be cool.seeing those too coming down the shore line with the hurricane and spitfire either side.
hopefully were have some good weather to give you conny??

shame they dont have the harriers any more,1 of the best things ive ever seen when it came and hovered just off shore,went 1 way down the beach then the other,then took a bow and then went vertical,BY JESUS THE NOISE,plus it looked like moses was parting the sea.

 

[conny]

My partners father was a major contributor on the design team for the Harriers ability to swivel the engines downwards to give the vertical thrust.
He spent over 18 months studying how bumble bees fly as they are aerodynamically not designed to do so.

 

[Micilin]

My partners father was a major contributor on the design team for the Harriers ability to swivel the engines downwards to give the vertical thrust.
He spent over 18 months studying how bumble bees fly as they are aerodynamically not designed to do so.

They are not 'designed' at all !