kiwimac
Staff Sergeant
Not nearly as ugly as that dirty big four-engined thing you like so much!
Lovely aircraft, elegant.
Kiwimac
Lovely aircraft, elegant.
Kiwimac
Boomerang
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Crazy
Senior Airman
kiwimac said:
Shwing!!
kiwimac
Staff Sergeant
Dang! Ain't I a swine? 
Kiwimac
Kiwimac
the lancaster kicks ass
Major General
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- Dec 20, 2003
that was waaaay below the belt............
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cheddar cheese
Major General
Damn true though
Nonskimmer
Captain
Hey, hey! The Lancaster may not have been the prettiest bird out there, but she had a grade-A personality!
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cheddar cheese
Major General
That is true
the lancaster kicks ass
Major General
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- Dec 20, 2003
here's one of my favourite lancaster quotes
"The lancaster is a lady, and for that reason is never described as "it" but always as "she". No empty headed glamour queen this, frivolous and shallow, but very much the grand dame, the indomitable dowager, yet with a twinkle in her eye to hint at a racy past in her younger days. Her attire is sombre, a staid dull black undersides of wings, tail and fusilage sides complemented by a tastefull camouflage scheme on top. Guns protrude from turrets in her nose, tail and half way along her upper fusilage, saying, as they said to many a german night fighter during the war "Do not trifle with me, young man!" There she sits on the ground, nose high, seemingly sniffing at the sky, eager to take once more to the element for which she was designed."
Source- Great aircraft of WWII
i love that quote, few planes had that much character..................
and she was beautiful............
"The lancaster is a lady, and for that reason is never described as "it" but always as "she". No empty headed glamour queen this, frivolous and shallow, but very much the grand dame, the indomitable dowager, yet with a twinkle in her eye to hint at a racy past in her younger days. Her attire is sombre, a staid dull black undersides of wings, tail and fusilage sides complemented by a tastefull camouflage scheme on top. Guns protrude from turrets in her nose, tail and half way along her upper fusilage, saying, as they said to many a german night fighter during the war "Do not trifle with me, young man!" There she sits on the ground, nose high, seemingly sniffing at the sky, eager to take once more to the element for which she was designed."
Source- Great aircraft of WWII
i love that quote, few planes had that much character..................
and she was beautiful............
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cheddar cheese
Major General
Nah I dont think it looked good at all...The Stirling was the greatest looking British bomber...The Halifax Mk.I, Lancaster, and to some extent the Whitley were the Ugliest. One reason im not a fan of the lanc is the engines, inlines just dont look right on a bomber.
mosquitoman
Master Sergeant
The Halifax Mk.1 did have an ugly nose but the Mk.3 with the streamlined nose looked very good. The Whitley was a bit slab-sided but it had character
the lancaster kicks ass
Major General
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the inlines looked great on the lanc!! and the halibag Mk.I and II were just plain ugly.............
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cheddar cheese
Major General
YEah...Halifax Mk.III is ok.
the lancaster kicks ass
Major General
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the Mk.III is brilliant!!
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cheddar cheese
Major General
Nah...Ok at best. Same with the Lancaster MkII.
the lancaster kicks ass
Major General
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lanc Mk.II aint as good as the Mk.I..............
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cheddar cheese
Major General
Nah the Mk.II is the best looking, it has radials...bombers need radials...I still think Lancasters are ugly however.
the lancaster kicks ass
Major General
- 19,937
- Dec 20, 2003
bobmers don't need radials, mind you, depends allot on wing shape..........
