Lancs in Oz

Yep – there is only one. See if we can think how many are preserved:

2 at Paphos
1 at Coventry
1 in the USA (Airworthy still?)
1 at Newark
1 at Long Stratton
Fuselage at Wisbech
1 at Duxford
1 at Manchester
Nose at Newark (?)

Plus 2 or 3 in South Africa

I think thats it?

Bruce

+ 1 Mk VII at Bullcreek in West Australia
+ 1 Mk I in the Australian War Memorial in Canberra

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Marlet Mk I

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I was an Ag pilot, or crop duster, so the less informed say for many years.

Flying at 1 to 2 feet all day when spraying and a maximum of about 150 ft in vertical 180 degree turns. Less than 20 seconds from spray off to spray on again. I have flown between trees that have touching branches and trees that are closer together than the wingspan of my aircraft. I have landed of a roll hundreds of times, and stopped within a foot of where I need to. You will never see photos or video of this as it is done all day every day as a matter of course. I have flown under power lines that are lower than the height of the rudder top and done it dozens , maybe hundreds of times a day. I have turned after take off with the wingtip brushing the ground or grass for a hundred yards or more time after time.

This is not showing off for a camera, this is the daily reality of Aussie and kiwi Ag pilots.

Military pilots showing off sends a shiver down my spine. These guys are amateurs in the low level world despite their macho pretence. That’s why they smash planes worth millions regularly.

Sexy pictures don’t make you an ace.

HD

I wasn’t going to reply to this as I have a lot of respect and admiration for Ag pilots but……It bugged me so…. I have been on the crew in the back for lots of NoE flying in Caribou’s, Huey’s, Blackhawks and whilst not as often as I’d like Porters.

I’ll say this to you, all the aircrew in those aircraft, fly low (either in transit or NoE) as they are operating in the FEBA and it is not for showing off (as much fun as it was or looking really good) but rather for pure survival with all the bad guys liking nothing better than toasting your butt. It is very well practised, controlled and very very relevant to their mission.

Yes, it is dangerous, but so is the bad guys incoming fire. Yes, it looks spectacular but so does the smoking hole left by a shot down aircraft with the loss of a very valuable crew.

Finally, I have been NoE-ing to protect me and my mates from those very incoming so, nicely I’ll say, please don’t knock what you dont understand.

You want funny joke, hit the afterburners now Vasili…………….:highly_amused:

The TSR-2 history according to Strike Fighters 2.
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Would anyone out there possibly have any photos of Ethiopian Air Force Canberras? This is a long shot, as after trawling the web I have yet to find more than the classic shot of one being test flown of the English countryside. If anyone has any photos in their archives of them in squadron service, I would dearly love to see them.

Steve

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Not sure if this one was taken in UK it’s not a great picture.