lancylad Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 Had a great weekend so thought I would share it. Went to see the Nanton Vintage car show and got talking to the organizer, he took an interest in "Her Madge" and told me to park her in with all the other cars. What a buzz, had a terriffic time oogling over the vintage machines and really enjoyed watching the interest shown in my 7. Amazing how many people turned out to view these machines, and great to see the pride on the faces of the owners as they talked about their pride and joys.. ( Me Too ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHKflyer52 Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 Neat photos, the first one shows more chrome than I have seen in a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croc Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 Great photos! Does the Lancaster bomber still fly or is it just a grounded display piece? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oyagi Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 (edited) Great photos! Does the Lancaster bomber still fly or is it just a grounded display piece? Cool to see the Lancaster. Many were built in Malton, Ontario and my junior high school was named "Lancaster J.H.S" because it stood where the old factory was. Edited July 6, 2010 by Oyagi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancylad Posted July 6, 2010 Author Share Posted July 6, 2010 Great photos! Does the Lancaster bomber still fly or is it just a grounded display piece? She doesn't fly but they have two of her engines fully operational and a third well on its way. The engines cost 50,000 each and then they have to start modding them.. Gets your blood pumping when they fire the two up.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMW RACER Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 Good looking show, a real variety of cars. My dad flew Lancasters, I believe there are only two flying today. I can't get my head around how it must have felt to be young and flying this great plane! And knowing it's 50-50 that you won't return! Check out this article on BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7404052.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancylad Posted July 6, 2010 Author Share Posted July 6, 2010 Cheers John, good article. My Wifes Dad was a Navigator on the Lanc's, got shot down was captured. P.O.W He escaped and travel by night to freedom. Having a Lanc right here in nanton is a real thrill, I can walk to the museum any day and actually go aboard her. Havn't sat in the cockpit yet, I am working on that one..when they fire those engines up its a real gut wrencher. Bless them all.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birkin42 Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 One of the few flying Lancaster's is based out of the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum which is 10 minutes from my office. It's always great to hear it go overhead. A few years ago a freind was helping rebuild the actual B-17 used in filming Memphis Belle at another nearby airport. I can't believe how crampt that plane is inside and couldn't imagine being in that plane during war time. To get to the rear turret or into the lower turret is near impossible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancylad Posted July 6, 2010 Author Share Posted July 6, 2010 The Wifes Dad had the gut wrenching experience of having to leave the rear gunner behind when he baled out. The poor guy was trapped, turret wouldn't move, apparently he was just a real young guy. had an impact on her dad for the rest of his life. My hat is off to them all. We owe them so much.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceBowker Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 My hat is off to them all. We owe them so much.. How very true. Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimrankin Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 Watching Hollywood War Movies as a kid I got the mistaken idea that the bombers, all of them, were huge. After touring most of them at different Air Museums as an adult I was suprised at how small and cramped they actually were. The other thing that really hit home was how they actually managed to get to a target and back to where they took off from with the, by todays standards, primitive instruments they had to go by. Every flight had to be an act of faith and courage. My dad was a Navy 30 year officer who spent all of WW2 in submarines HE thought aviators had the cast iron pair! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHKflyer52 Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 Watching Hollywood War Movies as a kid I got the mistaken idea that the bombers, all of them, were huge. After touring most of them at different Air Museums as an adult I was suprised at how small and cramped they actually were. The other thing that really hit home was how they actually managed to get to a target and back to where they took off from with the, by todays standards, primitive instruments they had to go by. Every flight had to be an act of faith and courage. My dad was a Navy 30 year officer who spent all of WW2 in submarines HE thought aviators had the cast iron pair! That is funny as most Naval Aviators including me think the Submariners (Bubbleheads) are the ones with the cast iron pair as who in their correct mind would willingly sink a boat and then go hunting for the enemy without being able to see them let alone knowing that not all of the ocean bottom has been mapped correctly so one dose not run into objects while submerged.:flag: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scannon Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 Excellent pictures and descriptions of the inside of a WWII submarine. http://www.nonplused.org/panos/uss_pampanito/index.html You can look around 360 degrees and up and down by dragging your cursor around in the pictures. I took a flight on a B-17 a few years ago and I would much rather have spent the war in one of those vs. a submarine. Either one took a large cast iron pair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancylad Posted July 7, 2010 Author Share Posted July 7, 2010 Thanks for the pics of the Sub Scannon, couldn't see myself doing that. Seeing those pics was a real eye opener. Appreciate those guys even more now.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMW RACER Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 I remember my dad explaining why he chose the R.A.F. 1/ He didn't think he could shoot another person if they were face to face. In a bomber you are just dropping bombs, you don't see who you're killing. 2/ Pilots could sleep in their own beds. 3/ He couldn't float and was too claustrophobic to be in a sub. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimrankin Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 All of you "east coasters" should be aware that the National Submarine Museum is located next to the submarine base at Groton (New London) CT. Quite informative and adding new stuff all the time. (Destination for a "7" trip, not that any of us need a "reason" to get behind the wheel) The Submarine Veterans Organization and Honor Guard gathered quite a crowd of Vets and did a wonderful presentation of a "burial at sea" for my mother and fathers ashes from the deck of the SSN Nautilus, the first "nuke" sub. It is now docked there as a floating display you can go aboard and tour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanG Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 There is a Gato class sub in Manitowoc Wisconsin. It looks roomy inside until you think about all the people and stuff it held when it went to sea. Even the modern boats are quite tight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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