Jul
15
Lancaster Bomber
Filed Under Pics
My buddy Ross over at http://www.rosshetherington.com/ has a post on his once in a lifetime experience to see one of the two Lancaster Bombers that are still allowed to fly. Ross states:
“To tell you how rare they are; there were over 7,000 of these made for WWII but only 2 survive that are allowed to fly, we saw the one that is based at The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Museum the other is in Canada.”
From the LancasterMuseum.com: Lancasters first flew operationally in March 1942 and were well received by their aircrew. It was regarded as “a pilot’s airplane” which inspired confidence. Evidence of this is the story of a Lanc flight engineer who, having feathered two engines and facing the prospect of flying over several hundred miles of cold, unfriendly ocean, turned to his pilot and said, “I suppose this means we shall be bloody late for breakfast!”
Ross shares this experience through his photos, words, and a video he took. Go over there and take a look at this real beauty! The Lancaster Bomber!
Thanks Ross for the pictures and post of the Lancaster Bomber!
If you’re interested in older planes, I would recommend visiting the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center of the Smithsonian Institution. The Udvar-Hazy Center is located outside Dulles Airport rather than downtown Washington, D.C. like the rest of the Smithsonian. There is only one word to describe the Udvar-Hazy Center: Awesome. Besides the Smithsonian, there are actually several locations where sizable collections of older planes are on public display — some of them are in unlikely locations like rural Oregon. Two others I would recommend are the Hiller Aviation Museum in San Carlos (which is south of San Francisco) and the Palm Springs Air Museum in Palm Springs, California. The Hiller museum has the front part of 747 fuselage which you can walk around in, including the cockpit. The Palm Springs museum has a B-17 Flying Fortress outside, among many other airplanes. There is good list of airplane museums at http://www.aerofiles.com/museums.html (”museum” is really the wrong word because many of these aircraft can be and are flown).
Thanks for the post! =]
You Bet Ross! Thanks for a great post on your site!
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