Recent content by Tampatexan

Lancaster powered by Bristol Hercules engines instead of Rolls Royce Merlins. This was a necessity due to the heavy demand for RR engines. I don't know how many Lancs were powered with the Bristol Radial, but it was more than one.

Has to be one of the ugliest airplanes in WW2 !!

If you have access to the movie "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo" (maybe on uTube) there are several scenes of the gear retraction sequence - one is from a camera ship flying formation and shows the retraction very clearly..

Is the nose art on both sides, or only on the port side? I'm doing an RC Lanc of LO, and would like to get it right.

Me in an A1H - Plekiu, Vietnam: 1968 !! But, they wouldn't let me fly it, darn the luck !

Nice... but NOT a WWII airplane!!!