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05-06-11, 05:45 AM
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Ace of the Deep
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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. |
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05-06-11, 07:00 AM
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Let's Sink Sumptin' !
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Wow! Excellent photos! You are fortunate indeed to have seen this vintage warbird in flight.
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05-06-11, 07:01 AM
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Rear Admiral
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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.
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05-06-11, 07:21 AM
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Kaiser Bill's batman
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Nice pics.
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05-06-11, 07:43 AM
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The Old Man
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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. 
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05-06-11, 08:23 AM
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Lucky Jack
 
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Quite a sight. She is one beautiful piece of work.
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05-06-11, 08:32 AM
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SUBSIM Newsman
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Great,
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05-06-11, 04:51 PM
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Ocean Warrior
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Beautiful aircraft
Not sure if it still happens, but every summer there was a flyover of Derwent water to commemorate the dam busters raid.
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05-06-11, 07:54 PM
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Let's Sink Sumptin' !
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05-07-11, 01:07 AM
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05-07-11, 01:22 AM
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