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Offline demon78

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Tour of England
« on: August 05, 2014, 12:36:24 PM »
The Lancaster VRA, the Mynarski Lanc  left Mt Hope this morning for Goose Bay Newfoundland/Labrador.
Safe trip old girl, safe trip.
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Re: Tour of England
« Reply #1 on: August 05, 2014, 02:24:04 PM »
You bet she'll make it. 300 of ours made it across the pond!
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Re: Tour of England
« Reply #2 on: August 05, 2014, 06:00:53 PM »
She's in Goose Bay me sons.
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Re: Tour of England
« Reply #3 on: August 06, 2014, 04:27:41 PM »
She''s now in Iceland next stop the UK.
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Re: Tour of England
« Reply #4 on: August 06, 2014, 04:51:59 PM »
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Re: Tour of England
« Reply #5 on: August 06, 2014, 07:03:08 PM »
you taking pictures Bill?  Don't think we've seen your bike yet.
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Re: Tour of England
« Reply #6 on: August 07, 2014, 04:25:45 AM »
NCCB got a new tablet when I figure out how to use properly I'll start posting in the meantime it's brilliant that an 70 year old Airplane is in good enough condition to fly the Atlantic particularly one who's sisters I worked on.
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Re: Tour of England
« Reply #7 on: August 07, 2014, 04:40:45 AM »
awesome, look forward to seeing that plane too.  I was reading it as you had your bike flown over.
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Re: Tour of England
« Reply #8 on: August 07, 2014, 09:18:06 AM »
No if I could have afforded passage for my bike I would have sent me after all it can't suck back as many suds as I can and why waste.
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Re: Tour of England
« Reply #9 on: August 07, 2014, 09:45:50 AM »
That's cool. Here is a story with web updates.
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Re: Tour of England
« Reply #10 on: August 13, 2014, 02:14:38 PM »
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Re: Tour of England
« Reply #11 on: August 13, 2014, 02:42:24 PM »
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Re: Tour of England
« Reply #12 on: August 13, 2014, 03:12:10 PM »
I wonder what happened to the links I put up?

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Re: Tour of England
« Reply #13 on: August 14, 2014, 12:10:47 PM »
Here's another link I found today with some great shots

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-28778217
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Re: Tour of England
« Reply #14 on: August 14, 2014, 12:21:42 PM »
Brilliant.
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Re: Tour of England
« Reply #15 on: August 15, 2014, 02:22:25 PM »
Youtube, being the clever git that it is, proposed the following for my viewing pleasure :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqrbtxcNqbM

I wish I had one of them in my garage ! There is a brand new Merlin in Duxford, still in the shipping case. If I could only back up a hired transit, cut the fence etc etc

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Tour of England
« Reply #16 on: August 17, 2014, 12:54:39 PM »
Quote from: vfourfreak on August 13, 2014, 02:42:24 PM
Lovely stuff ! What a pity there are only two left.

A pity?
More like an international crime . . .  :'(
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Re: Tour of England
« Reply #17 on: August 17, 2014, 06:09:09 PM »
Well as an old fitter I did my homage before she left Mt Hope (Hamilton Ontario) by dipping my hands in used 100 weight engine oil and rubbing it into my skin.
It felt good, my hands are starting to get rough again and she's in the UK. You say 100 weight i say that's why when they shut them down they do an oil dilution run so that the oil will be thin when the engines are started next.
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Re: Tour of England
« Reply #18 on: August 22, 2014, 04:31:06 PM »
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Re: Tour of England
« Reply #19 on: August 22, 2014, 06:38:12 PM »
Me too, they are a bit ungainly on the ground but when they are in their natural element they are as graceful as albatross. The other thing I don't know if I mentioned it before but at a squadron due, Joe Mcarthy talked about getting ready for the dam busters raid and was saying the Lanc's they flew were totally different than 407's Lanc's they were rigged like fighter A/C as far as quickness on the controls and sensitivity where 407's were rigged like bombers and he found it was different to get used to. Any how to listen to a Merlin purring away is great that guys is why I like megaphones on my bikes the noise, see I was ruined by Rolls Royce.
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Re: Tour of England
« Reply #20 on: August 23, 2014, 06:22:00 AM »
A sky full of those would be a symphony.
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Re: Tour of England
« Reply #21 on: August 23, 2014, 06:26:00 AM »
It was KC when they got our squadron up on it's final flypast it raise the hairs on the back of your neck.
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Re: Tour of England
« Reply #22 on: August 23, 2014, 06:51:07 AM »
Did you ever hear a Mk2 or a later Hally? I've always been curious about how a Hercules sounds.
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Re: Tour of England
« Reply #23 on: August 23, 2014, 09:35:08 AM »
Never did, closest I got to a Halifax was an ex pilot in Sauble Beach talked to him while fixing  his stove ( I think it was a stove ).
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