Recent content by lordish

Great pix. In June I actually went to Hamilton Ontario for the purpose of seeing the last flying DH-98 Mosquito KA-114 which is now based in Virginia Beach VA. I saw it and touched it. What an incredible airplane. I saw all of the Canadian planes that arrived in Geneseo. However, I couldn't...

I'm beginning to think that the Lancaster ventral turret problem had fallen victim to a syndrome known in bureaucratise as N.I.H.---Not Invented Here. Years were wasted developing turrets and other systems. However, the RAF had available literally thousands of Sperry ball turrets, and by the...

I don't think weight overall would be a problem. After all the Lanc could carry Grand Slam. By looking at the pictures (I'm an aircraft mechanic) I'd think the big problem would be either center of gravity or where to put the main attachment for the shaft the bottom of which the turret rested...

Does anyone know if AVROs ever did any testing of adding an American Sperry Ball type ventral turret to the Lancaster? Eventually a Martin mid upper turret was adopted. Considering that the periscopic ventral turret was a failure the manned Sperry turret would seem to be an obvious choice...