Lancaster FM159 Three engines now ground running!!!

Lovely, always good to see another Lanc come to life.

Hi Peter She looks great, a credit to all you guys hard work, I can appreciate the effort put in. Good luck on getting her back to four engines and taxing she will be awesome.

Here is a link to the engine run schedule..
http://www.bombercommandmuseum.ca/event_merlinrunups.html

Great! Next time I’m in Calgary I’ll head down the Deerfoot for a looksee.

RB

Hi RB,
thank you for donating towards the Lancaster!
The goal is to get her up to taxiiable condition eventually. There are plans for a further hangar to be built north and west of the present one with room out front for a mini taxi ramp area…!

Good oh. I chucked a couple of hundred Canadian in the donations box when I visited in 2010 – glad to see its been put to good use. Even my (then) 18 y/o son was impressed at being able to go into the aircraft and that 60 years earlier, young men only slightly older than he would have been going to war in it.

Is the ultimate plan to get it in the air or is it beyond that. I had a mooch around the one in YYC too but that looked pretty tired.

RB

Yes it is..

Excuse my ignorance….is this the one at Nanton?

RB

They do hope to taxi her eventually.. The current ramp space is not quite big enough.. Hopefully once the expansion plans go ahead, she will have enough space for a taxi run….

No doubt they will consider running taxi experience trips, which have of course proved hugely popular at East Kirkby, sold out months ahead, and a great source of revenue.

I hope they do it.

Marvellous!

Congratulations to all involved!

Top Hole, – great to see any old aircraft come back to life. It’s also a most fitting memorial to the efforts of all the RCAF crews. Wonderful….:applause:

What a fantastic sight to see!!

A feast for the eyes!!!! Thank you for sharing Peter.

Hi guys,
Yes it is indeed great to see her running for sure. I put in many years of work getting her to the point where she could have her engines running once more. Unfortunately I am no longer active on the restoration but she holds a special place for me not only for having the privilidge of working on such an iconic piece of RCAF WW2 History, but also for the many great veterans and friends I have met along the way..!:cool:

It is the goal of the Restoration crew to have the Lancaster running on all four engines and taxiiable. She has had the brakes restored already so its just a matter of time before she moves under her own power which will be terrific!! She currently has had her bomb doors, flaps,landing lights all returned to working condition and as a added bonus, she has LED lights installed in the front gun turrets 303 guns which add to the experience on night runs.

Merlin Pete, I think they may still be in need of a few items for the fourth engine… Let me know if you can help !

Mr Youtube was there with his camera too…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyJfSu3gIFo

Intro says the port outer is also ready to go….

Excellent! Keep up the good work.
Is the 4th engine now complete, or do you still need parts for it?

Pete

Superb,bet it sounded nice reverberating against the building.I hope she can be used like Just Jane at Kirby.

Always good to see another Lancaster coming back to life! 🙂

I take it she’s just to be a ground-runner?