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Indeed. Nearly every weekend here in Toronto the Avro Lancaster from the museum in Hamilton Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum - Canadian Aviation History - Wartime Vintage Aircraft flies over my house and around the CN Tower on revenue flights. I don't need to see it partaking in aerobatics, it's just great to hear those four Packard Merlins approaching and seeing the Lanc fly by. I've for the most part stopped going to air shows as I'm reluctant for entertainment's sake to be a spectator at someone's needless death. That doesn't mean I don't enjoy going to the Hamilton museum to watch the flying nor to CFB Trenton to watch the RCAF's CF-18s, CC-177s and CC-130s take off and land.Inviting people to put on an "impressive display" doesnt help at all.
On the Mynarski Lancasters last trip to UK it developed engine trouble and landed at my local airport which was the actual RAF airfield that Mynarski was based at, Middleton St George. It was fitted with another engine from the BBMF and did a shake down flight. It passed over my mothers house,, labouring into strong headwinds just as we opened the front door setting off to bury her brother who was ex Bomber Command. My mother had no interest in aviation but recognised the sight and sound of a WW2 aircraft. I am not at all spiritual but there were massive coincidences involved that made me think a bit. Her house wasnt even on the landing run to the airport, only the headwinds made the pilot use a different approach. There were no challenging aerobatics but it was an unforgettable sight and sound.Indeed. Nearly every weekend here in Toronto the Avro Lancaster from the museum in Hamilton Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum - Canadian Aviation History - Wartime Vintage Aircraft flies over my house and around the CN Tower on revenue flights. I don't need to see it partaking in aerobatics, it's just great to hear those four Packard Merlins approaching and seeing the Lanc fly by. I've for the most part stopped going to air shows as I'm reluctant for entertainment's sake to be a spectator at someone's needless death. That doesn't mean I don't enjoy going to the Hamilton museum to watch the flying nor to CFB Trenton to watch the RCAF's CF-18s, CC-177s and CC-130s take off and land.
I remember that. I wonder how often Canadian-built Lancasters had one of their US-built Packard Merlins swapped out for a Rolls Royce one? Assuming that most Canadian Lancasters were deployed in Britain perhaps it was a common thing.On the Mynarski Lancasters last trip to UK it developed engine trouble and landed at my local airport which was the actual RAF airfield that Mynarski was based at, Middleton St George. It was fitted with another engine from the BBMF and did a shake down flight.
I have no idea, as I understand it the two engine are nominally the same as far as engine "engineering" goes but things like controls were slightly different. During WW2 I think they would have access to Packard replacements. I cant remember reading what was fitted to the Mynarski Lanc. The press saying it was fitted with a new "Merlin" doesnt mean it it wasnt a Packard "Merlin", usually they think its a jet engine. I presume the BBMF and UK warbird community have access to both.I remember that. I wonder how often Canadian-built Lancasters had one of their US-built Packard Merlins swapped out for a Rolls Royce one? Assuming that most Canadian Lancasters were deployed in Britain perhaps it was a common thing.
You can see my house as the CN Tower goes past.
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The report on this accident found that the aircraft was flown too slowly in a display with a large bank angle in the turn and stalled the wing. Although power was applied and recovery attempted, the aircraft could not recover before hitting the water. Overall, similar to the earlier accidents.I remember when this Nimrod low speed banked, stalled and crashed here in Toronto and thinking at the time, surely this is wholly predictable?
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Hi,I read an article on air crashes where pilots became disorientated flying in cloud. They started to distrust instruments and trust their senses, resulting in progressing downwards in a 1G spiral. I cant imagine there is a manual or instructions for such manoeuvers so its a fly by the seat of your pants with no regard to airspeed and bank angle which feels OK until suddenly it doesnt. Inviting people to put on an "impressive display" doesnt help at all.
I recall that the Canadians had to return the loaner Merlin before flying home. So a team must have been actively repairing the Canuck engine during the UK tour.I have no idea, as I understand it the two engine are nominally the same as far as engine "engineering" goes but things like controls were slightly different. During WW2 I think they would have access to Packard replacements. I cant remember reading what was fitted to the Mynarski Lanc. The press saying it was fitted with a new "Merlin" doesnt mean it it wasnt a Packard "Merlin", usually they think its a jet engine. I presume the BBMF and UK warbird community have access to both.
The pilot fails more often than any instrument will fail without obvious signs.Unfortunately, some of the simpler IMC equipped aircraft are susceptible to basic faulty instruments, particularly mechanical artificial horizon problems. Procedures will exist to work around these faults but often pilots lack skill to resolve then safely.
I presume the BBMF and UK warbird community have access to both.
That is possibly true. But Disorientation is not an all-or-nothing thing and the normal refresh cycle of processing information while flying is a constant state of reorientation to a changing situation.All of these accidents were day, VMC though, so disorientation wasn't likely an issue.
The 64 Base ORBs have considerable details on parts and servicing. I would be very surprised if RR Merlin's were swapped in for PM Merlins. There were a great many Lancaster IIIs around and lots of PMs around. Also, they did not swap out the PM38s with PM224s. There is considerable discussion in the 64 base ORBs about incompatibility of parts and remarks on specific shortages of various parts. It's worth a read and very enlightening.I remember that. I wonder how often Canadian-built Lancasters had one of their US-built Packard Merlins swapped out for a Rolls Royce one? Assuming that most Canadian Lancasters were deployed in Britain perhaps it was a common thing.
You can see my house as the CN Tower goes past.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyJsZlYIrZY
I read an article on air crashes where pilots became disorientated flying in cloud. They started to distrust instruments and trust their senses, resulting in progressing downwards in a 1G spiral. I cant imagine there is a manual or instructions for such manoeuvers so its a fly by the seat of your pants with no regard to airspeed and bank angle which feels OK until suddenly it doesnt. Inviting people to put on an "impressive display" doesnt help at all.