B-17vsLancaster

[Viper]

I just found out that the belle is being completely restored,can somone find out if it is going to fly?
I got some pics of it being tore down,its being painted,new engines,the works

 

[Viper]

I just found out that the belle is being completely restored,can somone find out if it is going to fly?
I got some pics of it being tore down,its being painted,new engines,the works

 

[Viper]

damm....it didnt work,awel

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

what was it that made the Belle so famous?

 

[Viper]

lol.....it was the first plane in the 8th airforce to finish its tour of duty

 

[Viper]

here is a pic of the lancaster in calgary,another one i have seen. Its in very poor condition,the spar is cracked,noengines,most of the windows have been broke,coktpit vandalized and many other things. It is slowly being restored ,its just been painted but it still needs lots of work

 

[Viper]

kind of a tacky paint job if you ask me,it had the classic black,brown and green before

 

[cheddar cheese]

yup barely even looks like a lancaster, and who would want to vandalise such a great plane aha, it all clicking into place, now we know where crazy has been..... :-X

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

yes, good point ............................

 

[Viper]

dont ask me,ive seen the coktpit,what a mess,damm kids,i hate that paint job

 

[cheddar cheese]

its sad really

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

very, i wonder if they knew what they were destroying?

 

[GermansRGeniuses]

Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2004 12:18 pm Post subject:



lol.....it was the first plane in the 8th airforce to finish its tour of duty

which it completed on my b-day =P may 17 =P i feel special now... but then again nothing ever happens on my bday so i do feel special =P

 

[cheddar cheese]

 

[Viper]

Its sad that there is only two flying lancs and 18 in total,2 are near were i live

 

[GermansRGeniuses]

shows how much people care about lancs... there arent a HUGE number of flying b17s but there are a lot more than 2 and same with the remaininig number of them

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

but they made more B-17's

 

[cheddar cheese]

yup, they had to make more b-17's tough, and the lanc will tell you why 8)

 

[GermansRGeniuses]

well b17s were better and tougher! hell the luftwaffe even fixed crashed ones and used them in KG200/1 as Dornier 200's! ya i bet u didnt know that =P for ppl who might doubt this, go here http://www.geocities.com/pentagon/2833/luftwaffe/transport/do200/do200.html

 

[Viper]

it doesnt matter lanc how many airplanes were made,it depend who wants them around after the war,up here they just didnt want them and they scapped them for pots and pans ect. they had to make the 17 tough to cut the slack made up from the lancaster