eBay: Avro Lancaster

[Snautzer01]

R7500
RF386 Avro Type 694 Lincoln B.II

 

[Snautzer01]

R5727 Lancaster Mk. I, serial R5727, from England to Ottawa, [Rockcliffe] Canada, making the first east to west crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by a Lancaster.

 

[Snautzer01]

Edith

 

[ppopsie]

Thanks. Nice clear LIFE pics. On the second one I see the aircraft are Manchesters. The upper surface of the Manchester's wing in the foreground looks very smooth. Were the wing skins of the Manchester riveted with countersunk rivets or not has been my remaining question for years.

 

[Snautzer01]

Thanks. Nice clear LIFE pics. On the second one I see the aircraft are Manchesters. The upper surface of the Manchester's wing in the foreground looks very smooth. Were the wing skins of the Manchester riveted with countersunk rivets or not has been my remaining question for years.

Flush riveted

 

[Snautzer01]

ppopsie ,did i solve youre queste??

 

[ppopsie]

Yeah. Thanks. Indeed the Manchester was a type in advanced design for the time. Then, at what timing the shift from flush rivet to round head rivet was made (on the Lancaster) could be the next question.

Please look at the drawing below; this is from a set of Lancaster drawings I purchased two years ago. The title on the upper left corner denotes "Manchester." Also note the mini-sized canopy on the lower diagram.

 

[Snautzer01]

I have quite a few doc from flightglobal magazine if you are interested. Same mag as the answer of your first question)

 

[Wayne Little]

Beautiful pics, thanks!

 

[ppopsie]

Flght Magazine; yes please!
BTW I want to know diameter of Lancaster propeller. I once used a pic similar to the 13th pic to deduce the size of the DH propeler.

 

[Snautzer01]

part 1

 

[Snautzer01]

part 2 (later more i have to go now.)

 

[Snautzer01]

as promised

you like the licoln and lancastrian aswell??

 

[Waynos]

4th pic down in the original post (aircraft coded DX-Y) is also a Lincoln.

 

[ppopsie]

Thanks!! I love the phrase "An aircraft without vices."

 

[niccolai_m]

First post, see how the upload works. Photo from "Flight" in the 60's or 70's.

 

[Airframes]

Nice pic. Must be 1978 or later, as PA474 didn't have the mid-upper turret fitted until March 1978. It's before 1982 though, as she still caries 44 Sqn markings in that shot.

 

[Wayne Little]

That's a real nice shot!

 

[Kingscoy]

Some "inside" pics.

Sander

 

[Gnomey]

Good shots!