Canadian Avro Lancaster to visit England

[kiwithrottlejockey]

Aug 17, 2014 13:15:19 GMT 12 Dave Homewood said:

I know which I'd rather see and it wouldn't be the Vulcan.

One single Vulcan carrying its “designed” weapons payload could cause considerably more damage to an enemy than 1,000 Lancasters carrying their “designed” weapons payloads.

[Dave Homewood]

Regardless, I couldn't give a toss about the type, especially if it was the choice between seeing one flying and seeing two Lancasters flying together.

[suthg]

The jet roar of the vulgar Vulcan will mask the lovely throbbing sound of the 8 Merlins of the Lancasters unfortunately. I know it is an AVRO affair but... they could have chosen a less significant or smaller prop plane or planes to accompany the Lancs such as an Anson! A pity there isn't one flying in the UK!!

[Dave Homewood]

What happened to the British Anson based at Old Warden? Isn't it flying any more?

[suthg]

Perhaps it is...

[mgmike]

I was lucky enough to see the Vulcan display at Duxford two years ago, and it was an amazing sight. The profile of that delta wing when it come in for a top surface pass is something else to see. The fact that the wing lets it climb so well from low speeds was also incredible to see as were the 70 degree wingovers! The one big disappointment was the sound - I expected to hear the famous Vulcan howl but it sounded much like any other jet. From what I heard, the sound of eight Merlins would well and truly drown out the Vulcan.....

[catcrew]

I'll let you know after the event. I have tickets for both days and AM LOOKING FORWARD TO BOTH DAYS, do I sound entusiastic. You betcha.
CC

[Andy Wright]

Two Ansons flying in the UK off the top of my head, chaps.

This one based at Old Warden:

www.shuttleworth.org/shuttleworth-collection/aircraft-details.asp?ID=38

And this one with the Classic Air Force in Cornwall (formerly in Coventry):

www.classicairforce.com/anson-info

It would be nioe to see one of these up with the Lancs. How many future Lanc crew would have trained on the Anson? Thousands!

[TS]

Aug 13, 2014 12:49:37 GMT 12 ianmcgoo22 said:

Thanks to everyone for all the attention this thread has got since I started it several months ago. At the time, I wasn't sure if I should post it here or not. I guess that question has been answered!

Here's a link to the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum's page on the history of the aircraft.

www.warplane.com/vintage-aircraft-collection/aircraft-history.aspx?aircraftId=4

Thanks for the link.

Now I don't know if anybody has done this before? ( most probably have to be fair). I really like checking out all the old disused airfields and the ones still in use that the Two Lancs will be flying over. It's amazing how much is still visible even if they have been turned into pasture.

[suthg]

This video clip has some TV quality video of the two Lancasters, a Spitfire and a Hurricane at Eastbourne Airshow weekend of the 16th published by PlanesTV

[TS]

Ummmmmm.....? Check out my post page two August 15.....

[suthg]

I had checked back but I'm getting old, mistakes can be made, you were first to post it, cheers.

[Dave Homewood]

Oh dear, I just saw on the news that another Icelandic volcanic eruption is set to shut down all of Europe's aviation. Will this effect the two Lancasters?

[baz62]

Wouldn't have thought so
They fly lower than airliners and dont think UK airspace will be effected.At least not low down.

[obiwan27]

It might mean that the Canadian Lancaster has to stay a little longer in the UK?

[suthg]

Aviation Feature – Bill Ramsey on leading the Vulcan and Lancaster formation

Bill Ramsey, who also flew with the Red Arrows, but flew the Avro Vulcan in his first operational tour, was asked to join the RAF BBMF flight and fly the Lancaster. He accepted the offer and he flew the Lancaster and other planes like the old HP Hastings and Dakota which he did before another RAF offer came up and he left for Saudi Arabia. Now he is a display pilot for RAF BBMF and especially for the Avro Vulcan. Which incidentally was also designed by Roy Chadwick of Lancaster fame.

The Lancaster first flew in January 1941 followed just 11 years later by a "new generation" bomber by Avro called the Vulcan - which was first flown in August 1952.

Sad to know that Roy Chadwick died in 1947 in another plane he helped with the design of - the Avro Tudor - it crashed on takeoff in 1947 due to an assembly fault with the aileron control. Stuart Davies carried on the work on the Vulcan from the Tudor II.

Article here - www.globalaviationresource.com/v2/2014/08/19/aviation-feature-bill-ramsey-on-leading-the-vulcan-and-lancaster-formation/



Picture of Bill Ramsey Display Pilot of Avro Vulcan and who has flown the Lancaster for BBMF in the past...



Lets hope its a good day for flying cross country!

[McFly]

And here are the 'Three Sisters' all together..! Amazing to think that there's barely 11 years between the first flight dates of the Lancaster, 1942 and the prototype Vulcan in 1953.

[baz62]

Thanks for putting that up McFly. What an awesome sight and just love the sound of those Merlins throbbing away with the whistle of their younger sister among them. Certainly there will be Lancaster crew members who would have gone on in the RAF to fly the Vulcan and I think this is certainly a well deserved tip of the hat to all of them.

[pjw4118]

You are right Andy. The Classic Jets Anson was undergoing an overhaul at St Mawgan last month.
Enjoying the great video and stills , keep them coming

[pjw4118]

Here she was last month at Classic Jets