Canadian Lancaster to visit the UK

[richw_82]

They're a lot more similar than you'd think. Not only did Avro evolve the design, they used the same drawings, only redrawing or modifying Lancaster drawings to make revisions as needed - as a result lots of Shackleton fits Lancaster. From main spar booms, to mainwheels... there's quite a list.

[Eric Mc]

What's in a name?

Obviously, Avro themselves thought that both the Lincoln and the Shackleton had evolved enough away from the Lancaster to warrant new names.

In fact, perhaps we should say that they are really all Manchester sub-variants.

[richw_82]

It seems the name changes were applied whenever the design had evolved enough to warrant a new Type Number being assigned.

You're right about Manchester of course, and I've come across several of the drawings for Shackleton that originally started life as "Manchester - 33ft tailplane".

[RDMcG]

Glad you will all see it...i had a flight in it years ago...old vid here. Not a very good vid ...but you get the idea.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu_MC7EyZ2o


They have a bunch of planes you can fly in . I also took a run in a B-25 Mitchell. They have a DC-3, some trainers and other stuff you can fly in.

[Eric Mc]

richw_82 said:

It seems the name changes were applied whenever the design had evolved enough to warrant a new Type Number being assigned.

You're right about Manchester of course, and I've come across several of the drawings for Shackleton that originally started life as "Manchester - 33ft tailplane".

I reckon Avros were quite keen to discontinue the "Manchester" description.

[RDMcG]

Eric Mc said:

I reckon Avros were quite keen to discontinue the "Manchester" description.

I was quite surprised to find a Shackleton in Tucson a few years ago....and it had to have been flown in.

[Eric Mc]

Looking rather bleached.

[RDMcG]

Eric Mc said:

Looking rather bleached.

True, but they do not deteriorate much. The soil is such that even rain drains away in minutes so they are fine. The real damage is from sand or dust storms, to the active USAF planes have plastic on all glass or plexiglass surfaces.

[Dr Jekyll]

RDMcG said:

I was quite surprised to find a Shackleton in Tucson a few years ago....and it had to have been flown in.

I think it's looking a bit better now though.

[FourWheelDrift]

It looks like this now

http://www.warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB3/v...

[knight]

FourWheelDrift said:

It looks like this now

http://www.warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB3/v...

That looks much better

[Eric Mc]

They've done a nice job on that.

[GC8]

Distance shouldn't be a problem. They flew all the way to the Ruhr and back without landing!

Edited by GC8 on Monday 24th March 20:09

[aeropilot]

RDMcG said:

I was quite surprised to find a Shackleton in Tucson a few years ago....and it had to have been flown in.

Indeed it was flown in.

Mr.McHenry made it's final flight into Pima Air Mueseum back in 2007.

Here it is on that final flight.

[EskimoArapaho]

First (AFAIK) dual Lancaster event announced: http://www.rafbournmemorial.co.uk/

M11/A14 junction-ish. Very handy for Cambridge. Which is nice.

[Mutley]

That will be a scum and a half

PH road trip?

[vx220]

Any more dates?

[Mutley]

No more dates announced, but I would imagine something will be announced soon

[aeropilot]

EskimoArapaho said:

First (AFAIK) dual Lancaster event announced: http://www.rafbournmemorial.co.uk/

M11/A14 junction-ish. Very handy for Cambridge. Which is nice.

Somebody has jumped the gun with this, as according to the CWH they are not aware of this....... so don't go there expecting to see two Lancs

[Waynester]

Flypast magazine has a nice article. In it they state shes flown further, flights to the west coast of Canada with no issues. Fingers crossed the trip will be drama free. Moments in history like this are what 'Goosebumps' evolved for!
Very much looking forward to seeing, and hearing them together. And if they can visit Just Jane, and run up all 12 Merlins...WOW!!