Canadian Lancaster to visit UK in August 2014!

The Eastbourne show is being streamed live

Leaving from Italy tomorrow morning and I am hoping to make one of the days over the weekend.

 

It will be Eastbourne tomorrow for me, I cannot wait!

 

Same here. Emotional stuff. They mean a lot to so many people; Thumper always stirs the soul when I see and hear her but the two of them together might just make me a wreck..........

Check out the take off sound on this video:

 

Awesome stuff today, same again tomorrow.

 

Went to Eastbourne Saturday, and , the sight of thumper and vera will be one that i will remember for ever, to the owners of Vera, thank you so very much for allowing us brits to experience such a sight and hope you enjoy your short stay here in the UK, heres hoping that you will one day bring her back to the UK once Just Jane returns to the air, oh, and bring the B25 along also

 

Sunday was a complete flop for the Lancasters. Predicted strong cross winds at Biggin Hil made them head back to Coningsby Saturday evening and all but one Sunday appearance scrubbed. Even this was cancelled Sunday afternoon due to the wind speed at Coningsby. Just glad they appeared just down the road from me at Old Warden on Saturday evening. Apologies to the customers whop arrived to find the shop shut but I wasn't going to miss that opportunity.
There may have been a 50 piece orchestra playing but the real music was in the air.

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One thing that has me intrigued with the visit of the Canadian Lancaster, is that they "missed/arrived" just after the Sunderland Air Show which has been round for 24 years and is usually held over the last weekend of July . Don't know if they were invited or not, mind you. Over the years there have been an "odd" day when flying was canceled due to weather, the Friday this year and once the whole 3 days [Friday-Sunday] due to fog if I recall......

 

Whichever day they chose to arrive, they would have just "missed" an airshow somewhere. Just be thankful she made it at all.

 

Fabulous photos, Ian. Thanks for sharing them.

Regards,

Paul

 

Granted they're in a "Damned if they do/Damned if they don't" situation as there will always be someone missed out. It was with the 2 events being so close together and the B.B.M.F. visiting the Sunderland Air Show on all 3 days.

 

OMG!-- these photos have even got me going -- working in Wiltshire/Somerset
area on Sat 23 Aug -- is it possible to find timings/routing from Car Fest to Dawlish
& then North???
Here`s hoping,
TIA
Neale.

 

Keep checking this page. It will give you the booked times of the displays and flybys so you may be able to work out a route from those.
http://www.raf.mod.uk/bbmf/news/

 

Thanks Paul. I still can't quite believe it's happened. Here's hoping for better weather over the next few weeks.

 

Spamcan were you standing near me and my dad at the top of the long cliff walk in Eastbourne?! Your pics are similar to mine (just putting mine up will share shortly!)

 

Hi.
The pics I posted were from the Old Wardern Flying Proms event in rural Bedfordshire. Quite a long way from the cliffs at Eastbourne I'm afraid.

 

Brilliant pictures.

How about this for the best seat of the day though?

 

A beautiful collection of photos, cant wait to see these 2 beautiful planes flying together, what a privileged to be able to witness this, superb.

 

2 Lancs and a Vulcan! http://www.globalaviationresource.c...n-leading-the-vulcan-and-lancaster-formation/

 

The aviation event of the century in my book. Time to make an offering to the weather gods.

 

the Vulcan passed over Humberside airport as vera was going to the holding point after she had landed on the third trip today.