This is what got me to love WWII aircraft

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That makes a sence. Many thanks!
 
This weekend in Millville is the Wings and Wheels show. Tell your parents you need to rest from the camping and go to an airshow! I'll be there.
 
I was also there in Pennsylvania for the Lancaster fly in and also took the tour through her, I wouldn't have missed that for the world, the only one hear in the US flying -WOW !!!!!! I know she came down out of Canada, and am glad I made it there from Florida, wow a long trip too !
I've heard recently that the Lanc was having problems with the propellers and grounded until they were redonem hope she's back up soon !
Man it was AWSOME to see her crank up and taxi out and especially FLY, I was right under her wingtip when she fired up, nothing like the smell of av gas in the morning !
 
There was a Lancaster that used to fly in for an airshow near me for several years and I got a chance to check out the inside many times. I guess what struck me the most was the massive bomb bay - no wonder they could carry such a large bomb load! I believe the Lanc was named after a Canadian who had won the VC. There was a Hurricane that also flew with the Lanc from the same museum and if I remember correctly the Hurricane was destroyed in a hangar fire at the museum but they were able to save the Lanc!

PS Just took a look under Canadian Warplane Heritage and found that indeed their Lancaster is a memorial to PO Mynarski, an airgunner who was killed in 1944 while trying to save another crewman. The fire was in 1993 and the Hurricane was destroyed, they now have a fiberglass mockup of the original.
 
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The sound of this Spit and its engine at the airshow in Værløse some years ago:





Add a long interest in WW2 plus a certain charming german pilot, and I was off googling the battle of Britain, and driving my local library nuts with requests for hard-to-get-books in english about JG 26, Adolf Galland, the battle of Britain and Bf-109's.
 
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