With beautiful blue skies above and the roar of harvards in the distance FM212 gracefully lifted of fo her pedestal and made a smooth touchdown on the grass to a hearty round of applause.
She is going to remain in the park for 2 weeks and will be open for guided tours before being dismantled and stored in a temporary building for a year before moving to the new air museum that will be built at Windsor Airport.
By: Malcolm Payne - 31st May 2005 at 18:27
Lancaster
When I was doing my RAF flying training at Penhold, Alberta in 1955 there was a Lancaster at a gas station between the airfueld and the local town of Red Deer. Has any one any info if it survived the scrapman’s axe?
By: Whitleyfreak - 31st May 2005 at 15:21
Peter,
Nice to see it off that perch!
Great photo’s!
Todd 🙂
By: mike currill - 31st May 2005 at 03:57
Not only a great achievement by all concerned but good to know she will be going under cover eventually.
By: Mark V - 27th May 2005 at 11:28
Just found the answer to my undercarriage question:
http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?p=667744#post667744
🙂
By: Arabella-Cox - 27th May 2005 at 10:59
I’d echo what everyone else has said, congratulations to you and the rest of the team Peter, a major step in the right direction. 🙂
By: Bluebird Mike - 27th May 2005 at 10:05
Outstanding!!! 😀
By: Mark V - 27th May 2005 at 09:47
Well done!
Did you have to lower the gear or was it in the lowered position when the Lanc was on the pedestal?
By: Peter - 27th May 2005 at 02:27
I wasnt taking them once she was airborne as I couldnt shoot stills and video at the same time. I think the fellow that was taking the pics at that moment got a bit shaky LOL
By: Papa Lima - 27th May 2005 at 02:12
peter, It looks like your camera got all blurry-eyed (with tears of happiness?) at the crucial moment!
By: Ant.H - 27th May 2005 at 02:04
Superb acheivement,well done to all those involved with the project. Bet she’s glad to be down again after all these years!
Thanks for the updates Peter.
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