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For you aviation buffs - WW2 Lancaster Bomber

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We have an Avro Lancaster WW2 bomber on display here in Calgary for the week, for those who don't know it was the Canadian/British equivalent to the B-17, but still an entirely different plane of course, I think it's much bigger...

And there are also fewer of these in existence than B-17's, and only two that can fly...

A couple of photos...

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That is awesome! Reminds me of when a B24 came to Albuquerque for an air show a few years ago.
 
Beautiful. My dad is lucky enough to volunteer at the Warplanes Heritage Museum so he gets to see it lots. I have seen in a few times and it is indeed impressive. There are only two airworthy examples left, the one pictured and the one operated by the RAF. There is another one in england that can do fast taxi runs but is not certified for flight, yet. There are plans to restore it to flying condition.
If you have an oportunity to get inside, check it out. It always amazes me what those young fellas had to go through nightly back then even without having people trying to shoot them down.
 
Few months back I got to walk thru a B-17 and a 24, on "tour" came to the municipal airport here. Those guys flyin' that stuff HAD to have cast iron 'nads. I thought a 130 was Spartan. sheesh.
 
Interesting . 4 engines
There's a 24 that fly's in and out of Paine field here. All during my girls softball season I would see it take off and land and the fields are next to each other so it is pretty close and pretty cool
 
we used to live near the warplane heritage museum, no sound quite like that puppy flying over!
 
There's nothing like the sound of 4 Rolls-Royce Merlins to raise the hair on the back of your nech, especially if you're as old as me and can remember them flying in earnest.
I've just finished reading the book "Lancaster" by Leo McKinstry - very interesting indeed!
 
Nice photos of an important ship.

The difference between U.S. strategic bombers and their British counterprts, in general:

U.S.: Longer range and smaller bomb load

British: Shorter range and bigger bomb load

Designed for different war scenarios due to our different geography.
 
A few years back I sheltered out a summer thunderstorm standing in the bomb bay of that beast. This was on the grass field at Geneseo NY. Great airplane, and really great to see it in the air
 
Unfortunately I'll be stuck at work tomorrow when they do some flights... *glum* And I don't have a job where I can book off time at the last minute...
 
An extremely fine war plane, adapted many times for different operations. Interesting, the first model had Rolls-Royce Merlin engines with <span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-weight: bold">SU</span></span> carburetters and the Merlins ran on 150 octane fuel. Wonder what that would cost at the pump? :jester: PJ
 
Great pictures reminds me of when the Confederate Air Force brought their B24 and B17 to Lawton when I was a kid.
 
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