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Lancaster Bomber
mookaloid - 27/6/08 at 07:22 PM

Heard a great sound of engines outside the office this afternooon - looked out just in time to see a Lancaster flying low over Harrogate Town Centre

Just AWESOME

philw - 27/6/08 at 07:24 PM

Yes it truly is a marvelous sound.

Dave Ashurst - 27/6/08 at 07:28 PM

RAF Waddington airshow next w/e, (google it). Battle of Britain memorial flight will be on display.

rgds
D

ruskino80 - 27/6/08 at 07:31 PM

scared the hell out of me mark -was working in a dark loft near asda sounded like it was right overhead.WOW

mookaloid - 27/6/08 at 07:39 PM

quote:
Originally posted by ruskino80
scared the hell out of me mark -was working in a dark loft near asda sounded like it was right overhead.WOW


It was! - you could have thrown a stone off the roof at asda and hit it - I wasn't kidding when i said it was low

Cheers

Mark

82 Locost - 27/6/08 at 07:48 PM

For displays they're cleared to 100ft!

Ricks-9r - 27/6/08 at 08:06 PM

was out doing a bit of landrovering over Cliff woods the other week & this flew over ,which was a pleasant surprise

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i256/richard440/Family%20Freinds%20n%20Pets%20etc/P1000852.jpg & yea a loverly sound

asn163 - 27/6/08 at 08:14 PM

Have to agree, awesome sound, even with only one of them. Just imagine what it must have been like during one of the 1000 bomber raids.

Simon

paulmw - 27/6/08 at 08:32 PM

I work in the centre of Manchester on the 17th floor and saw/heard the bomber.

It flew bloody close to the building but looked cool

MkIndy7 - 27/6/08 at 09:35 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Dave Ashurst
RAF Waddington airshow next w/e, (google it). Battle of Britain memorial flight will be on display.

rgds
D


An advert I saw said that the Vulcan might be there as well, "subject to servicability"

Now that would be AWESOME to see!

johnston - 27/6/08 at 09:44 PM

seen the vulcan doing practice runs before it s "final flight" alot of years ago when staying at the navy base down on the south coast with sea cadets..

was awsome how they could get it too move!!!!

mistergrumpy - 27/6/08 at 10:15 PM

Aye I heard it in Manchester too. Couldn't see out of a window though. Bugger, wished I'd have caught it.

NS Dev - 27/6/08 at 10:17 PM

I yelled at everybody nearby at work to get outside this afternoon, it came over Coalville too, around 1:45 this afternoon I think it was, couldn't mistake the Rolls Royce soundtrack!!

ruskino80 - 28/6/08 at 06:32 AM

found a bbc link to the story

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/7477902.stm

and
http://www.bbmf.co.uk/june08.html

[Edited on 28/6/08 by ruskino80]

rusty nuts - 28/6/08 at 12:18 PM

quote:
Originally posted by 82 Locost
For displays they're cleared to 100ft!


I saw the Lancaster catch some greenery when flying over some trees at Audley End House Wings and Wheels day a few years ago
We also had a customer in this morning with a Merlin engine on a trailer complete with prop . Ho would have started it in the car park but all the cars would have been "pebble dashed"