There's a Lancaster outside my window!

Jan Kyster · 05-06-11, 05:45 AM

Here I am, minding my own business, waiting for the Formula One practice to start, when I hear this distant rumbling...

And then over the hill some 70 meters above ground comes a lone Lancaster flying!

I did hear the news yesterday it was touring Denmark, paying tribute by visiting the graveyards where british pilots are burried.

Some 14 days ago I submitted these photos http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...&postcount=265 from the local memorial, and hearing about the Lancaster visit, I was kind of aggrevated that they wouldn't pass here, at least according to the route I saw.

And yet here they are!

Lovely sight. And sound!

Even 200 meters away, four Rolls Royce Merlin engines makes a lot of noise...

The flight plan, but they went south to Esbjerg after visiting Ringkobing/Stadil...

Unfortunately he didn't have the Spitfire and Hurricane with him, or no other escort - just one lone plane.

Torplexed · 05-06-11, 07:00 AM

Wow! Excellent photos! You are fortunate indeed to have seen this vintage warbird in flight.

Armistead · 05-06-11, 07:01 AM

Bet that was a site. We have a WW2 plane airshow in my town every year. They use the old airport, but all the planes fly over the house all day. I try to ride in a different warbird every year...just wish I could afford to ride in a P51, $2000 for a 20 minute ride just too much. Even a T6 is 300 bucks for 15 minutes. Sure prices will go up this year due to gas.

Herr-Berbunch · 05-06-11, 07:21 AM

Nice pics.

sharkbit · 05-06-11, 07:43 AM

Nice pics.

I would have loved to have seen it flying and hear those four Rolls engines.

One of the highlights of my life was a private tour inside a Lancaster at the RAF Museum in Hendon, just outside London back in 1992. Even got to sit in the pilot's seat-that was an incredible feeling imagining flying one of these at night over Europe during the war.
I was at a seminar there and we got to go inside the Lancaster and the B-17 they have there along with getting up close to many of the other exhibits. I also remember how roomy the inside of the B-17 was compared to the Lancaster.

AVGWarhawk · 05-06-11, 08:23 AM

Quite a sight. She is one beautiful piece of work.

Gerald · 05-06-11, 08:32 AM

Great,

GoldenRivet · 05-06-11, 08:34 AM

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There's a Lancaster outside my window!

Status update if NAZIs had facebook in 1943

AVGWarhawk · 05-06-11, 10:01 AM

That might be worthy of Twitter!

Imagine Hilter sending Tweets.

Growler · 05-06-11, 12:10 PM

Twitler? I like it.

Great shots of a beautiful aircraft... there's something just plain visceral about the old warbirds. I can't explain it any better than that. Your chest seems to thump with the force of those engines' roar, and when you're close enough for a face full of exhaust fumes, man, you just know you're alive then.

Great shots - I'm glad you got to experience that!

Jan Kyster · 05-06-11, 12:11 PM

A tiny correction: I did not take the pictures! Shamelessly stolen on the web...

From I heard the plane till she (?) disappeared over the harbour, I could only stand with all hairs raised. No time to take pictures.

But I'll keep the images at heart. It was awesome.

Here's a video from the passing of LilleBelt yesterday

And some photos from Billund - "Happines is a Lancaster on the ground": http://www.fyens.dk/article/1843441:...jorden?image=0

Dowly · 05-06-11, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

Status update if NAZIs had facebook in 1943

tater · 05-06-11, 12:39 PM

Nice. The music of those 4 RR engines... wow. I run outside this time of year when I hear radial noise (ex-navy planes used as slurry bombers).

Jimbuna · 05-06-11, 01:44 PM

Your lucky, I think I've only seen her the once and I live in the UK...my late uncle was a Flight Sergeant on one during the war.

Oberon · 05-06-11, 01:53 PM

I am a very lucky person. Very lucky indeed.

I live not far from the old USAF airbase at Bentwaters where Carolyn Grace keeps her Mark IX Spitfire.

Therefore on nearly every sunny day there will be a faint drone in the distance of a Rolls Royce Merlin engine purring away. It's unmistakable, my ears pick it up straight away and it never fails to bring a smile to my face. Occasionally she'll bring the Spitfire right over the town and that's a lovely sight to see and sound to hear.
Since I've been living up here in Suffolk I have seen (outside of airshows) P-51 Mustangs, F-15s, A-10s, Hercules, a Tornado, Apaches, Lynxs, Sea Kings, Chinooks, Air Force One (75% sure), E-3 Sentries, and some other aircraft which travel with AF1.
It's a good place for aircraft watching...pretty flat too.

05-06-11, 05:45 AM	#1
Jan Kyster Ace of the Deep Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,151 Downloads: 152 Uploads: 0	There's a Lancaster outside my window! Here I am, minding my own business, waiting for the Formula One practice to start, when I hear this distant rumbling... And then over the hill some 70 meters above ground comes a lone Lancaster flying! I did hear the news yesterday it was touring Denmark, paying tribute by visiting the graveyards where british pilots are burried. Some 14 days ago I submitted these photos http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...&postcount=265 from the local memorial, and hearing about the Lancaster visit, I was kind of aggrevated that they wouldn't pass here, at least according to the route I saw. And yet here they are! Lovely sight. And sound! Even 200 meters away, four Rolls Royce Merlin engines makes a lot of noise... The flight plan, but they went south to Esbjerg after visiting Ringkobing/Stadil... Unfortunately he didn't have the Spitfire and Hurricane with him, or no other escort - just one lone plane.

05-06-11, 07:00 AM	#2
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Wow! Excellent photos! You are fortunate indeed to have seen this vintage warbird in flight. __________________ --Mobilis in Mobili--

05-06-11, 07:21 AM	#4
Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	Nice pics. __________________

05-06-11, 07:43 AM	#5
sharkbit The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 1,529 Downloads: 334 Uploads: 0	Nice pics. I would have loved to have seen it flying and hear those four Rolls engines. One of the highlights of my life was a private tour inside a Lancaster at the RAF Museum in Hendon, just outside London back in 1992. Even got to sit in the pilot's seat-that was an incredible feeling imagining flying one of these at night over Europe during the war. I was at a seminar there and we got to go inside the Lancaster and the B-17 they have there along with getting up close to many of the other exhibits. I also remember how roomy the inside of the B-17 was compared to the Lancaster. __________________ “Prejudice is blind. There will always be someone who says you aren’t welcome at the table. Stop apologizing for who you are and using all your energy trying to change their minds. Yes, you will lose friends, maybe even family. But you will gain your self-respect. You will know your worth. Once you have that, nothing can stop you.”

05-06-11, 08:23 AM	#6
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Quite a sight. She is one beautiful piece of work. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

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Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	Bet that was a site. We have a WW2 plane airshow in my town every year. They use the old airport, but all the planes fly over the house all day. I try to ride in a different warbird every year...just wish I could afford to ride in a P51, $2000 for a 20 minute ride just too much. Even a T6 is 300 bucks for 15 minutes. Sure prices will go up this year due to gas.

05-06-11, 08:32 AM	#7
Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,254 Downloads: 553 Uploads: 0	Great, __________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie

05-06-11, 10:01 AM	#9
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	That might be worthy of Twitter! Imagine Hilter sending Tweets. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

05-06-11, 12:10 PM	#10
Growler A long way from the sea Join Date: May 2005 Location: Iowa Posts: 1,913 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	Twitler? I like it. Great shots of a beautiful aircraft... there's something just plain visceral about the old warbirds. I can't explain it any better than that. Your chest seems to thump with the force of those engines' roar, and when you're close enough for a face full of exhaust fumes, man, you just know you're alive then. Great shots - I'm glad you got to experience that! __________________ At Fiddler’s Green, where seamen true When here they’ve done their duty The bowl of grog shall still renew And pledge to love and beauty.

05-06-11, 12:11 PM	#11
Jan Kyster Ace of the Deep Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,151 Downloads: 152 Uploads: 0	A tiny correction: I did not take the pictures! Shamelessly stolen on the web... From I heard the plane till she (?) disappeared over the harbour, I could only stand with all hairs raised. No time to take pictures. But I'll keep the images at heart. It was awesome. Here's a video from the passing of LilleBelt yesterday And some photos from Billund - "Happines is a Lancaster on the ground": http://www.fyens.dk/article/1843441:...jorden?image=0

05-06-11, 12:39 PM	#13
tater Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Mexico, USA Posts: 9,023 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 2	Nice. The music of those 4 RR engines... wow. I run outside this time of year when I hear radial noise (ex-navy planes used as slurry bombers). __________________ "Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one." — Thomas Paine

05-06-11, 01:44 PM	#14
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Your lucky, I think I've only seen her the once and I live in the UK...my late uncle was a Flight Sergeant on one during the war. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

05-06-11, 01:53 PM	#15
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	I am a very lucky person. Very lucky indeed. I live not far from the old USAF airbase at Bentwaters where Carolyn Grace keeps her Mark IX Spitfire. Therefore on nearly every sunny day there will be a faint drone in the distance of a Rolls Royce Merlin engine purring away. It's unmistakable, my ears pick it up straight away and it never fails to bring a smile to my face. Occasionally she'll bring the Spitfire right over the town and that's a lovely sight to see and sound to hear. Since I've been living up here in Suffolk I have seen (outside of airshows) P-51 Mustangs, F-15s, A-10s, Hercules, a Tornado, Apaches, Lynxs, Sea Kings, Chinooks, Air Force One (75% sure), E-3 Sentries, and some other aircraft which travel with AF1. It's a good place for aircraft watching...pretty flat too.