By: CIRCUS 6 - 6th June 2010 at 10:52
BBMF Lanc unlucky at Southend
Undercarriage problems at Southend curtailed my flying in the Lancaster in 2006. At the time she lost the tailwheel shimmy damper which caused an awful vibration through the aircraft on landing. We removed the damper and got it in the Hurricane for transit back to Con for overhaul, but the ability to quickly turn the damper around wasn’t in place at short notice. Nice flight though, down from Liverpool via my parents house in Cheshire (they were in the garden waving) before arriving in Essex.
Good days.
By: wl745 - 6th June 2010 at 05:24
BBMF Lanc
A friend of mine was working on it at southend,all he said was it had U/C problems.Also a Hurricane there being worked on.
By: Peter - 5th June 2010 at 19:28
Hopefully it’s just a small snag and shes back flying real soon!
By: CADman - 5th June 2010 at 19:06
Arrived at Coningsby with gear down, landed safely, and imediately hangared.
By: 50sqnwop/ag - 3rd June 2010 at 12:33
the port u/c took its time retracting on monday at EK….
By: Arabella-Cox - 3rd June 2010 at 12:21
I thought I had read somewhere she had an undercarriage problem at Southend, so I assume she transited back with it down & will be sorted back at base
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June 3, 2010 at 12:05 pm