Lancaster fire
Discussion
dave-the-diver said:
My Dad once changed all 4 Merlins on a Lanc in a single shift and had O-Oboe ready to go without missing a single sortie.
Mind you, there was a war on.
David
Indeed, and the BBMF could do a straight forward engine swap in a couple of days today, pretty much as the CWH team did on their Lanc while over here last year.Mind you, there was a war on.
David
But, this isn't a case of 'just' an engine swap to do.
Thr Rumour from fairly well placed people here is that that could well be the last time 474 flies as 'Thumper'.
She was due to go to Duxford for a major service at the end of this season, BBMF are currently assessing if it would now be appropriate to send her away now for its work, giving them the time to also fix all the other damage its caused.
She was due to go to Duxford for a major service at the end of this season, BBMF are currently assessing if it would now be appropriate to send her away now for its work, giving them the time to also fix all the other damage its caused.
Lincsblokey said:
Thr Rumour from fairly well placed people here is that that could well be the last time 474 flies as 'Thumper'.
She was due to go to Duxford for a major service at the end of this season, BBMF are currently assessing if it would now be appropriate to send her away now for its work, giving them the time to also fix all the other damage its caused.
Well, that was my first thought the day after the incident when looking at the fire damage photos that they might consider doing that...........She was due to go to Duxford for a major service at the end of this season, BBMF are currently assessing if it would now be appropriate to send her away now for its work, giving them the time to also fix all the other damage its caused.
But then I though, how will they do that, as they can't fly it to Duxford, so it would mean doing the full on break up and road transport her there, or the Duxford team will have to do the 'major' and tail rebuild work in-situ at BBMF...???
aeropilot said:
But then I though, how will they do that, as they can't fly it to Duxford, so it would mean doing the full on break up and road transport her there, or the Duxford team will have to do the 'major' and tail rebuild work in-situ at BBMF...???
Correct me if I am wrong but one of the points in the design brief for Roy Chadwick was that the bomber had to be able to be dismantled and transported by road easily in the case of heavy damage so that it could be rescued and returned to service. I also seem to remember when reading in Flypast about the re-spar that multi-block electrical connectors where fitted to the wiring harness to make dismantling the a/c a simpler job. I could of course be totally wrong. Fonz said:
aeropilot said:
But then I though, how will they do that, as they can't fly it to Duxford, so it would mean doing the full on break up and road transport her there, or the Duxford team will have to do the 'major' and tail rebuild work in-situ at BBMF...???
Correct me if I am wrong but one of the points in the design brief for Roy Chadwick was that the bomber had to be able to be dismantled and transported by road easily in the case of heavy damage so that it could be rescued and returned to service. I also seem to remember when reading in Flypast about the re-spar that multi-block electrical connectors where fitted to the wiring harness to make dismantling the a/c a simpler job. I could of course be totally wrong. Can't find a better shot, but a split for transport Lanc on a fleet of Queen Mary transport trailers.
Wow, thanks for that pic. I understand, or at least I think that I do, what you mean by it will be more difficult than it was back in the day. I do think that the current ground crew of the RAF will find a way of getting the centre piece of the BBMF back where she belongs, she's not just a fitting tribute to those lost in 39 - 45 but also all of those lost before and since, many recently. She'll return one day.
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