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Dark Alley Dan said:
Thanksfully it's not as dire as that, mate. The CWH Lanc and the BBMF Lanc are the last two flyables. Just Jane taxis under her own power, and there's talk of getting her airborne again. The Ian Bazalgette Lanc does engine runs (now all four make that crackling good Merlin song) and several more live in museums in various states.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_surviving_Avro_Lancasters

Every one of those old girls that we can get flying again is a triumph. I've attended world-class air museums and there's something very sad about all that magnificent power made mute. I very much prefer places that operate aircraft (like the Flying Heritage Collection). When they don't fly them, it's more an "aircraft masoleum" than an air museum for me.
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The last time I visited fantasy of Flight in Florida (6 years ago) I think I heard they had a Lanc in crates.
 
bjmurata said:
Looks like the rear end of an F4 Phantom to me.
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Thanks!

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Savage said:
What General Lewis McKenzie stated at the beginning of the video is true . The Avro Arrow is a viable air frame design and given the that aircraft are now lighter and stronger using composites and hi grade aluminium alloys that never existed at the time of the original Arrow design and manufacture .As for the combat electronic suites in the aircraft they are smaller and lighter integrating them into the aircraft is relatively easier . The Aircraft was advanced well beyond decades of what American and Russian military aircraft manufactures could ever hope to build at the time and if it were built it only follows that generational modifications would only improve and enhance performance. Sometimes the best solution is to look outside the box . Given the amount of money that Government wastes every year on projects that are designed only to provide jobs and deliver questionable results at best . This seems to be a lot more feasible industry to invest in than simply bailing out Bombardier time and time again
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Simply fantasy.

The arrow was a pure interceptor designed to carry nuclear warhead air to air missiles to fire into Soviet multiple squadron mass air attack over the pole into north america.

In 1959 that was already a fear of the past replaced by the submarine launched ICBM...
 
Dark Alley Dan said:
Thanksfully it's not as dire as that, mate. The CWH Lanc and the BBMF Lanc are the last two flyables. Just Jane taxis under her own power, and there's talk of getting her airborne again. The Ian Bazalgette Lanc does engine runs (now all four make that crackling good Merlin song) and several more live in museums in various states.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_surviving_Avro_Lancasters

Every one of those old girls that we can get flying again is a triumph. I've attended world-class air museums and there's something very sad about all that magnificent power made mute. I very much prefer places that operate aircraft (like the Flying Heritage Collection). When they don't fly them, it's more an "aircraft masoleum" than an air museum for me.
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"Just Jane" is very close to receiving her airworthiness certificate as she was waiting for her fuel tank work to complete the restoration.

These pictures are from the recent VeRA British tour from two summers ago.
 
bdft said:
Must be a pretty high stress job flying one of the last three Lancasters. You would be pretty unpopular if you screwed up a take off or landing.
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One of the Hamilton pilots damaged VeRA while taxiing her out a few years back, lost his job as a result.
 
MarkCNP said:
Thanks!

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Easy enough to tell that's a F-4 Phantom with the drooping horizontal stabilizers, up-turned wing tips, twin cockpit and heavily smoking twin engines. They where notorious for leaving a long black trail behind them which made them easy to spot and engage or avoid in combat. McDonnell Douglas proved to the world, that if you put a big enough set of engines on it, you could make a brick fly with this jet. They where designed as basically what we call today a joint strike fighter been used by the US Navy for carrier duty, the Marines for their primary air to ground role and the US Air Force as an interceptor and bomber in air to ground operations. Interestingly enough the tail-hook came standard on most variants no matter who was the end user. They where the main aircraft of the day and many other countries bought and flew them including Britain and Germany.

Jim
 
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Spain, too!

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...and Egypt...

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...and Iran...

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...and Turkey...

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...and several others. They kept pretty fast company:

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Great looking big bruiser of a thing they were, at least to my eye. Now many are being converted to QF4 status and being slain by the USAF and others:

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I guess it's better than seeing them scrapped, and a kind of "Viking funeral" deal, but it seems a shame.

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Phucking Phantoms Phorever.
 
Sqr said:
The only three remaining Lancasters, "Just Jane, VeRA and Boomer"

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Dark Alley Dan said:
Thanksfully it's not as dire as that, mate. The CWH Lanc and the BBMF Lanc are the last two flyables. Just Jane taxis under her own power, and there's talk of getting her airborne again. The Ian Bazalgette Lanc does engine runs (now all four make that crackling good Merlin song) and several more live in museums in various states.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_surviving_Avro_Lancasters

Every one of those old girls that we can get flying again is a triumph. I've attended world-class air museums and there's something very sad about all that magnificent power made mute. I very much prefer places that operate aircraft (like the Flying Heritage Collection). When they don't fly them, it's more an "aircraft masoleum" than an air museum for me.
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I watch a documentary last week called "Reunion of Giants". It was of taking VeRA back to the home country for a visit. It was very cool. The other Brit Lanc is not "Boomer". It is "Thumper"

Neat fact. VeRA if fitted to carry passengers, whereas 'Thumper" is still as she left the factory.
 
It may be a staged photo - but imagine letting loose with that in that test tunnel with no muffs. My ears are bleeding already.
 
Dark Alley Dan said:
Great looking big bruiser of a thing they were, at least to my eye. Now many are being converted to QF4 status and being slain by the USAF and others
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The QF-4 target drone fleet is almost entirely expended. Only a handful left at White Sands, and they will likely be gone before the end of the year.
 
Dark Alley Dan said:
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Great looking big bruiser of a thing they were, at least to my eye. Now many are being converted to QF4 status and being slain by the USAF and others:
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I was stationed at 4 Wing Baden Soellingen in the early 70's working on 104's when the crash bells went off one day. An American F4 was nearby and had a double engine flameout and asked for emergency landing as he thought he could make the glide work. He told his GIB (guy in the backseat) that he had the option to bail out or ride it in with him. The GIB elected to stay on board. Well, he extended his base to final a little too much and his landing gear caught the airbase perimeter fence. At this time the GIB decided to depart the fix so he ejected. The pilot stayed on board and took out most of the lead in lights and came to a stop as the radome was just at the runway threshold. He hopped out and walked away unscathed.

There was no fire and there was very little damage to the bird which is a testament to how rugged they were.
 
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