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Pensioners restore rare WWII bomber
Two pensioners from Lincolnshire have restored a rare WWII Lancaster bomber. The Panton brothers are now attempting to get the plane flying again. Danny Savage reports. (www.bbc.co.uk) 更多...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Lancasters by the thousands were stored in dry Alberta Canada after the war. A few years later, when it was obvious that the Lancs were obsolete, the Canadian government sold them to the local farmers for about $500 per airplane. Today, old Lancaster parts can be found everywhere in the form of farmyard pig troughs (made from fuel tanks), barns (with wired lighting) and endless other farm necessities of the locals.
I live in Edmonton, formerly of Scotland. Didn't know that info about the Lancasters in Alberta, need to research this!
Stuart - drive a little south to the Alberta town of Lethbridge. There, just south of town near highway 4 you will find a restored Lanc sitting in a hanger/building on the side of the road. Although there is no airport nearby, once a year in the Fall the owners will pull the airplane out of the building to run up it's engines. Here you should find much about the many local Lancasters sold for parts in this area.
Please disregard above as I was probably thinking of Nanton. It's been awhile.
Stuart..check out http://www.bombercommandmuseum.ca/#index_home3 They have a lot of info on their website..and the one they are Restoring, was Towed across many Km of Fields from a farmer to get it to Nanton ! Stop In if you are ever driving through !
Here's a follow-up story in the Telegraph -- looks like they've now got all 4 Merlin engines from the rebuilders and are preparing to reinstall them, so actual flight might not be that far off.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-two/9782389/Lancaster-bomber-to-fly-as-tribute-to-a-lost-brother.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-two/9782389/Lancaster-bomber-to-fly-as-tribute-to-a-lost-brother.html