Aviation Battle Of Britain Memorial Flight

Check out BBC LookNorth on the I player. Showing the Lancs leaving Conningsby today.
 
Try this:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-28778212

Two World War Two Lancaster bombers have flown together for the first time in 50 years.
The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight's aircraft was joined by the only other airworthy example, which had crossed the Atlantic from Canada to Lincolnshire.
The pair was due to pass over Lincoln cathedral last Friday but the flight was postponed due to bad weather.
 
I see them from my house most weekends. we are on the flight path south to many shows. If we hear them we still run outside to see them fly by. They are awesome things. The noise is special. You never mistake them for anything but what they are.

I was really lucky a few weeks ago and had a Spitfire circling the house at low level for a local fete. It banked around several times at a few hundred metres height. Wow!!! Tingling stuff.

My mother tells stories of watching dog fights over somerset in her youth. That must have been something else. The fear and adrenalin that was going through her has lived in her memory. Cheering for your team isn't close.

She lost a cousin in his first Lancaster flight over Germany, so the war was very real to her and her family. We all forget the guys that flew, but they were all heroes of their time and those planes are a real reminder.

We all owe a great debt to those planes and crew, and that should be remembered, but as a mechanical object they are also a work of art.

The German cars we all drive are testament to another great nation that was sucked into the political nightmare. I forget the figures but I'm pretty sure it was something less than 44% of the Germans voted for Hitler. A Nation dragged into a nightmare by far less than a majority. Those that voted had no idea what they were voting for. Nationalist fervour took precedent. Within 3 weeks he'd passed a bill outlawing al other parties and making himself dictator. All opposition swept aside.

We are in a strange world of uncertainties again at present. Nationalism all over Europe and the Middle East is on the increase. In a globalised world that is strange. You would expect that there would be more understanding, but radical views are becoming stronger. What a shame.

Use your votes wisely!... F...ing Politicians!!!

PS. I don't quite know how I got onto the rant bit!! Sorry!!... Another glass of wine anyone???

:-)
 
Our parents told stories of standing on the bridge over the Fosse Dyke canal looking to the River Trent watching as the bombers took off from all the local airfields and then gathered into formation to head off to bomb towns and cities in Germany. Some times they would see the lucky ones return, only to go up again the next night.. Very brave, young men.
 
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Hi guys, here is some information I acquired today which covers, I'm told, the whole of the shows and displays of the Lancaster's et al. for this summer. Hope it's useful, sorry about the scan quality but here it is.
 
If anyone wants the original copies, you would be welcome ,just pm me your address and I will send it on. Cheers, Tony.:)
 
Great pictures Mike.
 


Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (Official) shared UK Air [URL='https://www.facebook.com/pages/UK-Air-Shows/133877260116679']Shows's photo.[/URL]

Another date for your diaries!
Lynsey

UK Air Shows
UK AIR SHOW NEWS: The Imperial War Museum Duxford has confirmed that theCanadian Warplane Heritage Museum's Avro Lancaster B.X "Vera" will be attending the Duxford Air Show with the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (Official) on Sunday 14th September 2014... Photo courtesy of Khalem Chapman!!! ‪#‎DuxfordAirShow‬‪#‎SeptemberShow‬ ‪#‎BomberTour2014‬ ‪#‎CWHM‬



 


Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (Official) shared Vulcan [URL='https://www.facebook.com/VulcanXH558']XH558's photo.[/URL]

Please check and follow the Vulcan XH558 page for up-to-date information about tomorrow's events.

Starting at RAF Waddington, both Lancasters and Vulcan depart the airport and then fly a box pattern to the southwest/west of Lincoln to form up. Then they will fly over the turf cutting ceremony for the new Bomber Command Memorial and on to Metheringham, RAF Coningsby and then a straight line to RAF Marham.

Enjoy, Lynsey

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Vulcan XH558
For your planning tomorrow, subject to weather and all aircraft serviceability, here is the planned route for the Avro 'Three Sisters' formation sortie. Please be in the following places for the allotted times or well in advance. (all times given are local and are subject to change/delay).

- RAF Waddington - Lancasters arrival - 9am
(Please note: this location might not see the formation fly-by)
- Overhead the eastern edge of Lincoln at approx. 13:30
- Overhead RAF Coningsby at 13:45
- Overhead RAF Marham at 14:00

After breaking formation, XH558 will continue to Clacton, while the Lancaster pair will depart to another location.

Watch this page, our Twitter feed or our iOS app for more details as they happen.

 
Well done Titan, at last you and Jamezee got to see them. They are appearing at Duxford soon, so maybe we will pop up there too. :cool:
Mike & Sandy
 
Video clip of lancaster bomber just after take off today, lovely sound.

 
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Canadian Lanc grounded after engine issue. New engine being delivered from Skegness to be fitted.
 
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