Avro Lancastrian

[aussiewannabe]

Was downloading a rework of Milton Shupe's Beech 18 cabin and panel at avsim.com when I spotted this. It may look ugly to some, but it puts my Blue Angels RD-4 to shame. Changed out the DC-3 sound to my B17 soundfile and boy does it fly :-)

History: A close derivative of the war-time Lancaster bomber, the Lancastrian was fitted with streamlined nose and tail cones. Lancastrians were used as long-range freighters, VIP transports, and jet engine test beds by the RAF, as fast long-range airliners and mailplanes by Trans Canada Air Lines, BOAC, BSAA, QUANTAS, and Alitalia, and as tankers by Flight Refuelling Ltd. Charter operators were Skyways and Silver City. Eighty-two aircraft were build, but most of them had vanished in scrapyards by the early nineteen-fifties.

Edited: I'm taking this AC out on a test flight: London to Sydney (pitstop maybe in India, has a 6600nm range) and have loaded F1 View through a recommendation (thank you, Ben!). Had it in a temp file but I must have forgotten about it.

[fabiane]

You can see her roots clearly! But there's a gunner missing on the nose and tail.
Why didn't they build in a panorama window on hte nose / tail ?

Cheers,
Fabian

[aussiewannabe]

You can see her roots clearly! But there's a gunner missing on the nose and tail.
Why didn't they build in a panorama window on hte nose / tail ?

Good point, Fabian!

From the readme.txt:

In the immediate post-war years, TCA offered twice-weekly Lancastrian flights from Dorval, Canada, to Prestwick and London, while BOAC and BSAA (under chief pilot D.C.T. Bennett) operated flights to Australia and South America, all based on a rather uneconomical ratio of five crew to up to fourteen passengers.

[haroldkip]

Hideous thing! But a classic shot ...

Now if you continue along those lines ... imagine a B-52 passenger conversion !

[Souichiro]

Hideous thing! But a classic shot ...

Now if you continue along those lines ... imagine a B-52 passenger conversion !

Or A B-2 for that matter


Flight KL7483 state your location... we don't have you on radar  :D

[haroldkip]

Flight KL7483 state your location... we don't have you on radar

[aussiewannabe]

Hideous thing! But a classic shot ...

Perhaps, but she flys like a dream. Haven't had a chance to turn up the volume to hear her new engine sounds yet but I will

[Ben R]

and have loaded F1 View through a recommendation (thank you, Ben!). Had it in a temp file but I must have forgotten about it.  

It's okay mate! How's it working out for you?!

Ben

[aussiewannabe]

[quote][quote]and have loaded F1 View through a recommendation (thank you, Ben!). Had it in a temp file but I must have forgotten about it.

[haroldkip]

I'm better at inflating flat tires, changing out the engine sounds, sometimes panels, and reconfiguring the autopilot/navigation setup.

In a B-52 you just upgrade to software update 144625785.2

[Ben R]

and have loaded F1 View through a recommendation (thank you, Ben!). Had it in a temp file but I must have forgotten about it.  

It's okay mate! How's it working out for you?!

Ben

Ben,

I LOVE IT!! The angles/closeups are incredible 8-)

When I land in Karachi, I'm going to take some angle shots when I land. Right now it's flying VOR and I'll try to get some evening/morning shots with it.

Thanks again for the recommendation!

Aye, the things you can do are nearly impossible Glad its working out for you! Looking forward to your next set of shot! Great shots BTW