Canadian Lancaster to visit UK in August 2014!

Have been tracking her between 180 and 200 knots.

 

Vera isn't doing the Atlantic crossing in one hop though, she's doing it in two - or maybe three if they decide to call in at Greenland en route to KEF.

 

Just out of interest, would this have been the route taken when delivery flights were taken from canada to the uk it would be something special if she was using the same route some 69 years after the war finished

 

Suspect flying via Newfoundland and Iceland and then into Lincolnshire. No reason to fly through Europe from Canada....study a map.

 

Newfoundland,Greenland,Iceland,Preswick,Lincolnshire

 

how long is the flying time on each leg scheduled to be ? would they have reached goose bay yet?

 

Due in at Goose Bay around 20:30BST so if not there should be close.

 

Confirmed safe arrival at Goose Bay.

 

Some info here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Atlantic_air_ferry_route_in_World_War_II

 

thats good news, so next leg takes her to iceland i guess, whats the range of a lancaster, would she have been fitted with extra tanks in the bomb bay for this trip?

 

Answer to that is no, she is running on the tanks fitted in 1945, hence the stop offs to refuel and make sure she has not got a problem.
From info via ex British aerospace employees based at Woodford and Chadd.

 

Max range without bombs is quoted at c.2500 miles.

 

thanks for that, had my dad still been here i could have asked him, he knew exactly how far a lanc could go it was his job to, running out of fuel half way back from Dresden wouldnt have won him many friends if he got his navigation wrong anyway back to VRA, she's due to depart Goose Bay 10.00 local time arrival in Iceland about 5 1/2 hours later

 

On her way to Keflavik direct. Quoting a 7.5 hours journey time, less 20 minutes for every 10kts of tail wind.

 

and she is due at Keflavik around about 2115 our time, so hopefully not much longer, is she flying to Preswick tomorrow, or direct to linconshire

 

Flight plan is Prestwick next leg and then Coningsby on Friday. One hell of a welcoming committee being organised for her. Fingers crossed the weather doesn't intervene.

 

Pardon?

 

Vera landed safely in Iceland about 25 minutes ago.

 

Details of the route were given in post No.1 of this thread.