By: Peter - 20th February 2004 at 14:44
Ahem Ah yes so it is.!
Sorry about that forgot it was mentioned before…
I still think that anyone in charge of “Imperial group” should be brought forth and made to either disperse the airframes they have or at least look after them. It is disgusting to see both the lanc and lincoln remains left outdoors to rot!
By: dhfan - 20th February 2004 at 02:48
You should have heard of it, Peter.
It was on a previous thread and yours was the next contribution!
And then,
http://forum.airforces.info/showthread.php?s=&threadid=74&highlight=lancaster+AND+nose+AND+lincoln
By: Peter - 19th February 2004 at 23:47
lanc nose??
Inever heard of this before…? although ti would explain the non standard bombaimers position.
The only future this has if someone doesnt hurry is pots and pans……
By: Der - 19th February 2004 at 18:54
Does this historic airframe have a future?
By: Old Fart - 19th February 2004 at 18:43
As I siad previoulsly I beleve the nose was fitted by Napiers, there was no exit door (as far as I know) in the nose of this Lincoln, from what I know it was a pure aerodynamics mod.
A bit of history
The aircraft was operated by Napiers of Luton, it was employed in a flying testbed role, into the icing of aircraft aerofoils and wings, the aerofoil was bolted in an upright position on to the back of the aircraft just infront of where the top turret would be on a Lancaster, infront of this would be a frame that could spray water on the the wingsection that was being tested, equipment in the body of the aircraft would mesure the build of of ice.
The aircraft then went to the Collage of Aeronautics at Cranfield where it was use for unknown flying dutys. RF342 was finaly retired from active service on 9th May 1967 when the aircraft was flown from Cranfield to Southend Airport making what is beleved to be the last flight of an Avro Lincoln, the aircraft was gifted to the Southend Historic Aircraft Museum for preservation.
By: David Burke - 19th February 2004 at 18:32
The exits of the Lancaster nose were prefered so when TW911 was retired from trials work they were swopped.
By: Hatton - 19th February 2004 at 15:21
Why was it fitted with a Lancaster nose?
By: Old Fart - 19th February 2004 at 13:08
Forgot to add:
G-APRJ had a modified nose, the true glass nose of the lincoln was removed and replaced with a mock Lancaster nose with out a nose turret, this was replaced by steel cap to keep the aerodyanic line clean. I beleve this was fitted ny Napiers whilst the aircraft was employed in the airfoil anti-iceing role.
By: Old Fart - 19th February 2004 at 13:04
AVRO LINCOLN B.2 G-APRJ/RF342
RAF
D NAPIER & SONS LTD LUTON 12-58;
COLLADGE OF AERONAUTICS, CRANFIELD 11-62/9-5-67;
SOUTHEND AIRPORT FLEW IN FOR MUSEUM 9-5-67;
S-H-A-M 72-83;
DOUG ARNOLD W-O-G-B BLACKBUSHE, HAMPSHIRE 10-5-83/10-9-86;
ACES HIGH NORTH WEALD 10-9-86/6-12-88;
CHARLES CHURCH MANCHESTER 10-9-88/8-90;
DOUG ARNOLD W-O-G-B BIGGIN HILL 8-90/15-2-91;
ACES HIGH NORTH WEALD 15-2-91/-;
STORED DISMANTALED OUT SIDE UP FOR SALE 95.
IMPERIAL AVIATION GROUP, NORTH COATES LINCOLNSHIRE 15-1-98
IMPERIAL AVIATION GROUP, SANDOFT, LINCOLNSHIRE 10-99/-
hope it helps
By: Hatton - 19th February 2004 at 01:17
This is Lancaster KB976, now with Kermit Weeks, This is a Lincoln and completely different although KB976 and RF342 have crossed paths making the historys of these aircraft sometimes a bit of a mind boggler. Part of KB976’s fuselage is at Sandtoft alongside the Lincoln but damaged in the hanger collapse, Kermit aquired another section to replace this. There is also part of a Lancaster Cockpit section which i think was used on a Lincoln (is this right folks?), reg T????.
Hope im right on this one, 🙂 hope it helped too
By: Last Lightning - 19th February 2004 at 00:52
Is that the lincoln that had its fuselage squashed a while back in a hanger colapse? or am i thinking of another one.:confused:
By: Arabella-Cox - 18th February 2004 at 21:08
Pretty sure there are a lot of forum members who can give you more info than I can, but in a nutshell, G-APRJ was RF342. It spent some time at Cranfield being used as a testbed (for Napiers?) during which time it wore the registrations G-29-1 and / or G-36-3.
According to Veteran and Vintage Aircraft (L. Hunt, 1967), it was resident at Southend for the British Historic Aircraft Museum, while Vintage Aircraft Directory (Gordon Riley, 1985) has it down as being owned by Doug Arnold and located at Blackbushe. The aircraft is currently stored dismantled at Sandtoft, owned by The Imperial Aviation Group.
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