Lancaster rebuild

[ovenpaa]

Alan, the hangers were painted for the film and you can still see them as they were. There are also many anecdotes from the film period including how they used to drive to the local garage and fill galvanised dustbins on the back of a pick-up with petrol for use with the pyrotechnics.

[Ralph]

His this the Lancaster that was at Blackpool many years back? it had a 500 gall long range tank in
the bomb bay it was flown out on a one flight only basis and they had to pick up a few exhaust
stubs from the runway after it departed, it was on display with a late Seafire that is now flying
in the USA. There was a Vulcan there to but that was cut up only a few years back.

[1066]

Ahh yes, Holton Le Clay, just where the old railway crossed the road, about a mile east of the A16 on the way to Tetney.


I think this is a Tall boy not a Grand Slam.

[Chuck]

Tall Boy / Grand Slam - Whatever it is, I'd have hated to be under or near it when it went off!

RAF Cosford has loads of great stuff...Standng under a Vulcan with open bomb bay doors was a weird feeling!

I hope they can get these things back and actually fly them with paying passengers, well worth the money.

On a sour note, the place in S Africa that did the Lightning (right up to the edge of space) and Mig trips seems to have folded, should have done that when I had the chance

[HALODIN]

We have an ex RAF test pilot in our club and when I talked to him about the Lightning, he simply described it as a man's plane. :)

[snayperskaya]

On a sour note, the place in S Africa that did the Lightning (right up to the edge of space) and Mig trips seems to have folded, should have done that when I had the chance

http://www.migflug.com/en/jet-fighter-flights.html

[HALODIN]

The MiG-29 Edge of Space flight is £10K. I know it's a lot but as a bucket-list thing to do, that doesn't sounds outrageous.

[Chuck]

This was the company I had in mid...shame they closed.

A Buccaneer, Lightning AND a Hunter, now I am REALLY annoyed I never went! Would have been money more than well spent!

http://www.incredible-adventures.com/capetown2.html

[falco67]

https://m.facebook.com/groups/186611174809643

All the info you need about what is happening is here.

Regards

Geoff

[Ralph]

The Chinese are building 10 full scale replicas of Lancaster's for
a new film of the Dambusters to be filmed in New Zealand they
look the part.

http://www.stormclimb.com/wp-content/up ... remake.jpg