Here you go, Lanc

[MichaelHenley]

Dear God!!! Thats just stupid!! At least if you want to buy a Vulcan, buy it in one piece!

 

[Medvedya]

Trouble is with that one, is that it was parked up right next to the sea at Squires Gate. For those of you familiar with Blackpool, that's right at the end of the prom, where the trams turn round to head back to Fleetwood. Anyway, that's besides the point. Sea air, laden with corrosive salt, is just about the worst thing you can expose any kind of machinery to. It was not in good nick when I saw it, excluding the vandalism, and that was a good few years ago. So as to what parlour state it's in now I dread to think.

 

[HealzDevo]

Too true, there so few genuine war-birds left that are in truely good nick anymore that won't cost an arm and a leg to restore as WW1 and WW2 planes were so common that most ended up getting flogged to death after their war service ended assuming they survived that long. Even some modern planes end up getting flogged to death before they get into the hands of a warbird appreciator. That Vulcan you are talking about is a prime example of this neglect of pieces of history.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

i think the fact that people vandalise these things is the worst part...............

 

[Nonskimmer]

Yeah, that's shitty when people do that!
And it always seems to be that today's junk is tomorrow's treasure, so you watch! In another twenty years, museums will be scrounging far and wide for Vulcans, Buccaneers, Jaguars, and god knows what, while all the while lamenting the fact that they're all gone!

Christ, people are so damned shortsighted!

 

[lesofprimus]

My Dad has a 1938 and a 1947 Packard in semi-storage, neither of which is restored yet.... He had an offer on the '47 of $22,000 dollars and he laughed....

He bought that '47 in 1979 for $900.00 dollars LMAO......

 

[Nonskimmer]

Ha! Good for him!

 

[lesofprimus]

No...... Good for me because the '47 goes to me in his will........ Hehe.....

 

[Nonskimmer]

8)

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

In another twenty tears, museums will be scrounging far and wide for Vulcans, Buccaneers, Jaguars

they already are, but they're rare and expensive..............

 

[cheddar cheese]

Im sensing some kind of correlation there...

 

[Nonskimmer]

Speaking of post-war Lancasters:

"After WWII, the Royal Canadian Air Force found they had several Lancaster bombers surplus to requirements, so decided to give them a second life and refurbished them for either transport or maritime reconnaissance and search and rescue duties. The guns were removed and the turrets were converted for observation purposes. These aircraft also had a C-1 autopilot, radio altimeter, improved cabin heating, navigation and radio gear and a galley. The Lancaster Mk.10s were given designations according to their assigned role, 10AR (Arctic Reconnaissance), 10MP (Maritime Patrol), 10MR (Maritime Reconnaissance)."

These are of a model, but you get the idea.

Lancaster 10MP at Greenwood Aviation Museum, CFB Greenwood (formerly RCAF Greenwood), Nova Scotia.

 

[cheddar cheese]

They say the B-52 has been in service for a while, but I bet those Canadian lancs have been there longer!

 

[Nonskimmer]

Cute.
Actually, the MP and MR variants were finally replaced in 1958, but a few of the AR type served on until 1962.

 

[plan_D]

Lanc, Buccs are still in service.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

with who??

 

[plan_D]

I apologise that's my bad, Buccs aren't still in service. It's Jags that are in service.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

yes, with both the french and british, very very old now though..........

 

[mosquitoman]

I think they're being replaced by the Typhoon (Eurofighter not Hawker) soon

 

[cheddar cheese]

The Eurofighter is brilliant...doesnt really need a pilot though