You could apply that view to every museum or recreational facility. Art Galleries, Free Music concerts in London for VE Celebration, list could go on and on.

Point is, money comes from Heritage Lottery Fund which has nothing to do with NHS so it isn’t as if the money is being diverted from the hospitals.

Best Regards, Steve

The point DIGBY was making was, the amount, and not where it came from. And to be quite honest, I agree with him.
I should think he would say the same about the lump of granite at the hospital in London – money well spent- NOT.

AF (Ex BBMF)

New scheme will be ??????????? or ??????????? from ???Sqn and will be applied 2006/7 as the Lancs major serv has been put back a year. I have all the info for both, but you will have to wait and see.

You complete and utter b*****d.

Good though init.

AF (Ex BBMF)

Greetings.
Well it is finally official! Nanton now has the fourth runnable Lancaster bomber in the world!
Bomber Comand Memorial Wall

After the dedication of the new Memorial wall to the 10000+ RCAF airmen who lost there lives in the fight for freedom, there was a flypast of vintage aircraft including a stearman, Beech 18, Tiger MOth and a 408 squadron Kiowa helicopter.
The lancaster was then ground run on the number three engine to the delite of all of those present.

Well done, the old farts would be proud of you.
The sight and sound of freedom.

AF (Ex BBMF)

The dog is happy, Avro on soap box not answerin ure questions’ wot I get wrong Im shure that J_F will put U right.

The door’s stay! large exibit paint shop?

Extended 30% approx South,East & West

Cost Still Rizing I guess as with all ambitious projects

The contianer is empty & the roundle is authentic as possible sed Rhoobarb.

Thats more like it, a bit of common sense and humour.
Now just fill the main and put the wings to low beach.

AF (Ex BBMF)

Whalebone: 😀

Steve: naaah, they’ll probably end up like the russian one: in a theme park !

They already are in a theme park, it’s called America — Haa Haa

JDK- The BBMF Lancaster PA474 totally out eclipses the Vimy replica. It has been a contant part of the air display scene for decades and has acted as both memorial and inspiration to generations. It saw service in Africa mapping the continent and was used for research duties in the 1950’s . She is the real deal – built by the men who built her wartime brothers and flown progressively by guys who either flew them for real or the generations that have taken their place. To many she is a potent symbol
of the RAF and to many people in Lincolnshire one of the strongest symbols of the area.
The Vimy is a modern recreation of the type . She isn’t powered by RR and never has been . Certainly that is through reasons of practicality and availability . We cannot however imagine that we are flying around in an aircraft that had the reliability
of the 1919 examples. Modern engines are used and to a great degree appear to be more reliable.
The guys that operate her are indeed adventurers – however the guys of twenties had little in terms of safety aids -they had no integrated SAR facilities available to them -they had no GPS -VOR’s-transponders -modern survival equipment
or any other bits of kit that anyone nowadays uses for long distance over water travel.
Great that they have achieved records but she isn’t Voyager or indeed Space Ship One or any other the aircraft that have tested endurance or pushed the envelope
of flight. She has recreated what has been done before and that is no less worthy but a pioneer she isn’t.
As for Brooklands – I would hope that a Viscount would feature in the plans
to go undercover before a replica. Far more significant as a type .

Fair comment. No argument from me on that score.

AF (Ex BBMF)

I was very aware that I was flying an aeroplane that is an historical artefact in it’s own right and that I was very fortunate and honoured that Peter trusted me enough to fly. However I think Adrian had his toungue in his cheek then.

It took one Vimy to get to Australia in 1919
It took two Vimys and a DH9 to get to South Africa in 1920
and it took one to get to Ireland from Newfoundland in 1919

So this one has achieved more than four original pioneering aeroplanes! Added to that, this one has crossed the US at least twice and done a bunch of other stuff.

I hate to tell you chaps, but it is due for honourable retirement as it is, in my opinion, too valuable to fly much more.

It has nothing left to prove.

But then, if Peter wants me to fly it again . . .

Its only a replica – Even if it has achieved quite a lot.

AF (Ex BBMF)