Any aircraft fans on here might like this, the two Lancaster’s that are currently in the country met up with the Vulcan yesterday.
Eight Merlin and four Olympus engines in close formation. Love it.
http://youtu.be/uXEsMrITsWA
Lancaster's and Vulcan
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yup,Dave wrote:Any aircraft fans on here might like this, the two Lancaster’s that are currently in the country met up with the Vulcan yesterday.
Eight Merlin and four Olympus engines in close formation. Love it.
http://youtu.be/uXEsMrITsWA
amazing on several levels,
did you know for instance, that their first flights were only 11 years apart and they were designed by the same man? (Roy Chadwick)
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superb.
The sound of the Lancaster's is amazing. Just imagine 100s of on an operation. wow.
The sound of the Lancaster's is amazing. Just imagine 100s of on an operation. wow.
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The Vulcan could have come off the drawing board yesterday, and it would still not look dated.
Like the Concord, just beautiful.
tut
Like the Concord, just beautiful.
tut
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Even more apparent when you put it next to a victortut wrote:The Vulcan could have come off the drawing board yesterday, and it would still not look dated.
Like the Concord, just beautiful.
tut
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My Dad used to work for Avro's and English Electric, so he was involved in the building of the Vulcan, TSR2 and the lightning, he was only telling me the other week how one of the Vulcan test pilots did a barrol roll over the factory one day, he said when it landed they found half the rivets missing.
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Can you imagine being the rear gunner in a Lancaster?
"Tailgunners had the lowest survival rate of RAF aircrew, with an average life expectancy of just four missions.
When Luftwaffe nightfighters attacked British bombers, the preferred tactics was to first try to remove the tail-end 'sting,' making it easier to shoot the aircraft down.
Even if the Lancaster survived its mission, when it returned there was often little the ground crew could do apart from hose out the shattered remains of the tail turret."
Verian's father was a tail gunner, but fortunately was Commissioned and promoted to Navigator, so saw out the War.
tut
"Tailgunners had the lowest survival rate of RAF aircrew, with an average life expectancy of just four missions.
When Luftwaffe nightfighters attacked British bombers, the preferred tactics was to first try to remove the tail-end 'sting,' making it easier to shoot the aircraft down.
Even if the Lancaster survived its mission, when it returned there was often little the ground crew could do apart from hose out the shattered remains of the tail turret."
Verian's father was a tail gunner, but fortunately was Commissioned and promoted to Navigator, so saw out the War.
tut
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tut wrote:Can you imagine being the rear gunner in a Lancaster?
"Tailgunners had the lowest survival rate of RAF aircrew, with an average life expectancy of just four missions.
When Luftwaffe nightfighters attacked British bombers, the preferred tactics was to first try to remove the tail-end 'sting,' making it easier to shoot the aircraft down.
Even if the Lancaster survived its mission, when it returned there was often little the ground crew could do apart from hose out the shattered remains of the tail turret."
Verian's father was a tail gunner, but fortunately was Commissioned and promoted to Navigator, so saw out the War.
tut
Next instalment in the HBO WW2 series (Band of Brother, Pacific) is about the Air War. Follows the "Mighty Eighth" Air Force. 2015 i guess.