A Lancaster flies..............

[tac]

Liveleak.com - WW2 Lancaster bomber display at Flying Legends

Now imagine what a thousand of them sounded like.

Right, it's impossible.

tac

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[Goosebrown]

Heard 10 p51s Tahoe off in two flights of five side by side. Hearing 1000 Lancaster's would be amazing. Beautiful aircraft.

 

[cigars]

Wow! Just wow! Amazing machines. Amazing people that keep them flying.

 

[tac]

Wow! Just wow! Amazing machines. Amazing people that keep them flying.

Yup. It's called the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight - BBMF - and is actaully an integral part of the Royal Air Force. All the techies and crew are serving tradesmen and officers of the RAF.

Incidentally, work is still in progress to raise a 61 Sqn Lancaster in The Netherlands -

The BBMF Lancaster had a flypast on 3 October 2017 to honour the crew of Lancaster R5682 of 61 Sqn, shot down in the Friesland area of the Netherlands en route to Bremen in Germany on 4/5 September, 1942, with a crew of four British and three Canadians.

The aircraft, which took off from RAF Syerston, had been hit by flak near the Dutch coast and was then finished off by a night-fighter. Four of the crew were taken prisoner of war, two who did not survive were buried in the Netherlands, but the tail-gunner, Flt Sgt James Cooper RCAF, was missing in action. Maybe that mystery will be solved.

Keek op voor de niewhuijten!

tac

 

[Diamondback]

Too bad USAF couldn't be bothered to preserve any kind of Heritage Flight and is actively hostile to anyone else trying to do it for 'em...

 

[Kruel J]

Freaking awesome.