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Postby ozzy72 » Wed Jan 02, 2013 7:18 am

You lot think I'm a bit odd getting parts of Spitfire, this is a whole different level of madness!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20886684
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Re: This is hard core

Postby Bass » Wed Jan 02, 2013 10:28 am

I think this is good news!

Thanks to those who keep these historical aircraft in one piece 8-)
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Re: This is hard core

Postby C » Wed Jan 02, 2013 12:03 pm

"Pensioners restore Lancaster" could of course also read "Millionaire Farmers (and family and employees, engineers and volunteers) restore Lancaster"!

:)

Obviously this is now the start of a bigger push to get going. The final airworthy Merlin was delivered last month - that I suspect was the last big can do/can't do hurdle before committing to any further airworthiness work.
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Postby Flying Trucker » Wed Jan 02, 2013 2:47 pm

Excellent video Mark...thanks... ;)
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Re: This is hard core

Postby RichD » Wed Jan 02, 2013 2:54 pm

There you go, a link for the museum, complete with history and photos of the old girl.

http://www.lincsaviation.co.uk/
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