Avro Lancaster Lucky Landing at North Weald 1993

[TheMarkXIV]

Oh, dear. Was that just a crosswind gust that made the bomber 'weathercock', or did the skipper accidentally squeeze the brakes when he'd got left rudder applied (so the left mainwheel would brake much harder)?

[atomicflex]

i just love the jetranger pilot shitting himself being face to face with a lanc and pulling back on the cyclic in a hurry!

[bithot2nite]

I saw her today 28/8/2011 flying over Peterborugh - still going strong :-)

[SaberTanker22]

I love the Lancaster If am still Correct here is this the last of the last flyable i see it some times do them historical flyover's i forget where over a river.

[bithot2nite]

@SaberTanker22 There's just one more flying, in canada i think.

[SaberTanker22]

@bithot2nite will now that the Vulcan is flyable again i hear that worth of some good flyby's with this one.

[johnds1963]

@bithot2nite Yes. One flies out of Mount Hope Airport just south of Hamilton (also known as John C. Munro Airport). The Lancaster is part of the Warplane Museum collection - well worth a visit if you come to the area. They take passengers up on the Lanc and their B-25 Mitchell for outings - I see them flying over my house regularly.

[bithot2nite]

@johnds1963 Cool! your a very lucky guy! lol :-) They never take passengers on the one in England.

[TopGunSGA]

@SaberTanker22 There actually 2 airworthy Lancs. This one, and one in Canada. There's another Lanc in the UK that can be taxied and makes runs alone the runway, they are hoping to her her airworthy too

[SaberTanker22]

@TopGunSGA oh i just fought the UK one was the only one left in the world well 3 Air worthy could be one heck of airshow formation someday.

[USAF2409]

guy in the helicopter was like oh shit!!!

[splitty77]

Bit more circuit training me thinks!

[603mac]

I blame that guy in the chopper.

[Sledgie555]

That was a epic crosswind gust.. and a epic save. Surely there must be a better runway at that air strip to deal with crosswind ?

[TralfazConstruction]

@Sledgie555 Was wondering about those slalom-like maneuvers. Good recovery.

[MrSpitfire1990]

"you can teach Monkeeys to fly better than that!"

[noobstersniperguy5]

there are only 2 Lancasters around the world flying those

fatal few seconds could of done it to 1.( I SEEN ONE FLYING!!! )

[22ritchie22]

Any landing you can walk away from is a good landing :)

[muppet9]

land aircraft tick

control aircraft tick

stop aircraft tick

change underwear ooops too late

[VINNY12385]

i knw they wer big planes but jesus the wheels are bigger thn the bloke tht gets out lmao, awesome

[glrcmptn]

it's their indefatiguability that amazes me.

[356butch]

Booms-a-daisy... it's enough to make you weep!

[TBM3EAvenger]

@356butch "You can teach... monkey's to fly better than that !"

[VINNY12385]

@TBM3EAvenger clearly he was checking the sun for the hun lmao

[356butch]

@TBM3EAvenger That was a GREAT movie wasn't it!!!

[TBM3EAvenger]

@356butch Yes it was a great movie, they even used  footage in the Black Sheep Squadron series, kind of obvious it didn't belong Spitfires and Me 109's, should've been Zeros and Corsairs LOL.

[356butch]

@TBM3EAvenger Yes, I remember that!! Oh well, it was long before CGI and with a low budget TV series they had to make do with any kind of footage that came close. Back in the 70s we had to close one eye so to speak and use our imaginations a bit more to make it work. I never missed an episode. lol

[twork4]

Watch the gear flexing as the pilot weaves on the ground!

[timHYPERLITE]

Top show old boy. That rotter wouldnt of had a chance in his flying windmill.

[texasfathead]

What did the Germans Call that plane (The Glass Coffin) A Me-110 Pilot shot down 11 in one Night :/

[vermeergirl]

@texasfathead No, that was the B-24 Lib. And that was what the crews called it.

[trustinit]

here is an example of a drunk driver

[Statek63]

@trustinit ...or a taildragger landing in quite a crosswind..

[nolifemerc]

@Statek63 this is a very comming thing when u land a lancaster, happend alot cause due to torque from the engines

[airbornerat]

FSX landin that is

[asconese]

Schade...!

[SeptemberFury]

I remember in the early nineties when she landed at Mildenhall when one of her brakes seized and made her spin around. Rather a hand on mouth experience but thankfully no damage.

[ripcord1022]

Nice plane. Sloppy landing there guys, try for 3 point if you can

[Giselle76502]

Is that the Sally B at 0:08? if so, Americas best bomber, meets britains best bomber.

[hotspur666]

Worst landing I ever seen, and I've been flying 40 years!

And it's NOT a strong undercarriage!

I understand that captains where released for duty after

only thirty hours of training on the Lanc in WW II.

This guy had what? two hours?

This is what happen when toadies are in charge, put

the best buddies in control, not the most competent.

[ilcofive]

@hotspur666 BBMF pilots spend hour after hour perfecting their skills and yes it may not have been the best landing ever but could you really do better? Another point is that pilot that would have been sat in to cockpit at the time of landing will have had atleast a 1000 hours of flying because he is an RAF pilot that flies every day!

[hotspur666]

@ilcofive

You're right...what do I know?

I only flew 25,000hrs in 45 years.

Bush, jets, water bombing...etc...

Still have a lot to learn!

That said, only liars never screw up!

But that one was a doozer.

But no harm done, just a bit of red face.

[schlusselmensch]

@hotspur666 Well put. What I knew at 1000 hours was just about jack. Although I was pretty sure I was a savvy bugger at the time. Being 22 will do that to you. 34 years later I can probably give some valuable advice but as you say, learning continues. Personally, I think you screw up at about the same rate, experience just lets you deal with it in a prompt and easy manner LOL. Bet you it took a while to vacuum up all the f--ks thrown around the cockpit!

[TheMantis1914]

stupid helicopter ..

[airbornerat]

@TheMantis1914 lol

[TheMantis1914]

and wot about down draft from stupid helicopter taking off as it landed ,doh

[ampthilluk]

i would not like to be that pilot if he'd crashed it beyond repair. he would've destroyed half of the worlds flyable Lancasters.

[Latvietis96]

it would be cool if this plane would crash into the crowds

[MisterWillie060]

@Latvietis96 Yeah i bet it would be cool if your mother got chopped to bits right in front of you while you survived. I bet you would love that shit if a little girl got her legs crushed by the landing gear as it rolled over her. Mmmmm it would be so cool if maybe just you got hit, by a boulder, so that a nice plane wasn't ruined.

[Latvietis96]

@MisterWillie060 yeah sure ur mom

[ampthilluk]

@Latvietis96 STFU

[Latvietis96]

@ampthilluk relax, dude, he shouldnt take my mom in his stupid comment

[ampthilluk]

@Latvietis96 and you say how it would be funny if many pople were killed...

[Latvietis96]

@ampthilluk I didn`t say that it would be funny

Where did you read that :P

[ampthilluk]

@Latvietis96 yh sed it would b cool, which is close enough.

[ursavostock]

Holy ill timed cross winds Batman! I was going to say that they needed a hose to clean out the pilots seat after that but I think I need it for myself.

[SpeedyNeutrino43]

The pilot had the beginnings of a ground loop but either the brakes were good enough to correct the swerve or the airplane had plenty of rudder authority at low speed. I flew a '41 Stearman for 6 years and I DO recognize a ground loop...in fact I only ground looped the Stearman twice..lol

[Lasa328]

Tha was one special sort of a landing! Woooww..

[rbrooks2007]

If it's the same situation then it was filmed from the mid-upper at that time and the engineer said that it was the UC 'cotter pin' or something of that name which sheared (as he held it to camera), and said that it's job (like a fuse) was to save the UC from collapsing. In that same documentary they gave the engineer a surprise leaving present by getting him fitted in flight crew gear and giving him a flight in the Lanc.

[55bloke]

WOW!! Not seen this before - - that was very close to being a disaster, looked like the right undercarriage was a hair's breadth away from collapsing. I bet the pilot was thanking God and Roy Chadwick afterwards!!

[timj41]

A Manchester would have folded

[0oooZONEooo0]

idiot!

[Finglesham]

that was just a 'shaky do'

[TheMrDobbins]

looked like we were in for some 633 squadron style carnage!

[gunny556fly]

the helicopter guy was like oh SHIT

[pidpod1]

The helicopter pilot for the Daily Express was called Graham Budden. A sad loss he died doing air ambulance work in Kent 1998 A great pilot to work with.

I was working with the helicopter at N Weald that day and was stood just out of shot airside. We had started running which is why Graham spun round !

[VolDep45]

Can you imagine what thaat Chopper Pilotfel like when he was face-to-face with a 4-engine bomber that was out of control?

[Latvietis96]

Drift! :D

[upinsmoke656]

the poor heli pilot wulda shyte himself turning around to see a bloody lanc comming his way.. lol. love the lancs my grandfather flew them.

[popol321]

crosswind

[BerlinBunker1]

I ground looped a T-6 (Harvard) in 1951, but a bloody Lanc, Oy Gevalt!

[063209dr]

The Lancaster could carry a far greater bomb load. Like the ten ton bomb.

[jimjamsssssssss]

Get f*cked about ''grossly over rated aircraft'' Get your facts right you plonka, My late uncle said the only thing going for a B17 was it's fire power and had a poor bomb load, A Mosquito could carry just as much as a B17. I wonder why Boeing used external bomb racks !! bomb load capacity was shite.

[Lepilad]

@jimjamsssssssss

-It's not a B17 though, it's an Avro Lancaster. Quite different in terms of its reputation.

[samleggett82]

Total moron. You wanna read some books before making such blasé comments. Take note of jimjamsssss comment and think before opening your mouth. Man there are some retards out there.

[vne1981]

That could have been a very expensive ground loop!

[LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH]

Wizard prang old man! Well recovered- you just saved the finest British bomber of WW2- The Jewel In The Crown of British WW2 aviation history. Think my stiff upper lip would have been shattered if the Old Girl had been pranged! Bravo! Tea & medals all round! :)

[Giselle76502]

@LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH By jove Biggles

[jetcat4445t]

@LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH you have a typo there old chap. you mean the b-17 was the BEST bomber of ww2.

[LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH]

@jetcat4445t Ah ha! You are are comedian sir, with a sophisticated ironic sense of humour to even suggest the B-17 was in the same league as the Lancaster. The normal bomb load for a Lanc was 14,000lb, they could carry a maximum of 22,000lb in the form of the Tall Boy bomb. The B-17 bomb load on a long range mission ie Berlin was a measely 4000lb. Max load on short range run was a mediocre 8,000lb. The Mosquito could haul 4,000lbs to Berlin with a crew of two & at a much higher cruising speed.

[vermeergirl]

@LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH Correct. It's this American thing about firepower, I suppose.

[SgtMustang]

@LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH Yea but the B17s sights enabled more of those bombs to hit than the Lanc ;)

[LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH]

@SgtMustang Simply NOT true. The myth that the USAAF achieved higher levels of accuracy has been completely debunked. The USAFF claim that they could drop a bomb in a pickle barrel from 20,000 ft was complete nonsense. Read Max Hastings book- "Bomber Command." He debunks the accuracy claims & includes evidence & comments from senior USAFF commanders who privately accepted the accuracy claims were nonsense. The RAF precision bombed AREA tgts, the USAFF area bombed PRECISION tgts!

[SgtMustang]

@LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH Unfortunately though the British bombing campaign did nothing to the German war machine, so in terms of war effectiveness, the B-17 wins out due to it's better Strategic day bombing campaign.

[LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH]

@SgtMustang " The British bombing campaign did nothing to the German war machine." Please do feel free to evidence this statement with some supporting facts, otherwise it amounts to nothing more than your own personal opinion. The usual American delusions that the US won the war by itself.........

[SgtMustang]

@LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH Well, it certainly did a large amount of damage to the German war machine, but the way in which they were used turned out to be less effective than the use of B17s.

Check this out:

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[jonnybottle]

@SgtMustang Bollocks

[UnknownGnome1]

@SgtMustang If you want a strategic bombing campaign then look up Barnes Wallace and the bouncing bomb that they strapped to Lancasters and took out Germany's major dams with.

[DJPaulgee1]

@LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH Bloody yanks trying to take all the credit as usual. The yanks have always been and always will be "Trigger Happy" and they don't care where the bullets and bombs land.

Remember the Dams raids? that was what we call precision bombing. The only precision bombing the yanks could ever achieve was dropping nukes on the japanese. The yanks were the ones stupid enough to carry out daylight raids, and look at how many B-17's they lost because of it.

[LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH]

@DJPaulgee1 Agreed. They are insufferably arrogant. The RAF attempted daylight raids early on in the war, believing in the maxim, 'The bomber will always get through.' As a result, the RAF got slaughtered. Did the Yanks listen? Did they take note of our experience? No. They tried the same thing, and got slaughtered. At one point in 43, they took such heavy casualities, they actually suspended long range ops. Until the P-51 arrived (with it's British engine) they took a hammering.

[Oxgangs1966]

@DJPaulgee1 - Lets not forget that the americans lost many lives but they HELPED us win the war....and for that we should always be grateful to them. As for the daylight bombing raids, the idea was to provide relentless round the clock bombing to destroy the nazi war machine. No amount of precision bombing would have forced the japanese to surrender, Guadalcanal and Iwo Jima showed just how hard it was to defeat them. The A-bomb was used to save american lives and bring an end to World War 2.

[jetcat4445t]

@LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH your right ,the b-17 IS in a league of it's own . load isn't anything if you don't come home... you know.. it's an american thing

[LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH]

@jetcat4445t Yes indeed, that's why in 1943, prior to the arrival of long range escort fighters, USAAF bombers incurred such heavy losses, that the USAAF actually suspended operations for a limited time. You Americans would not listen to the British, who had attempted unsupported daylight raids in 1940 and got slaughtered. You Yanks learnt the hard way- a bomber CANNOT defend itself effectively against fighters. Dismissing the experiences of others-it's an American thing........ROFL

[JohnQuincyAdams1]

@LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH - Hate much? Maybe the, "Yanks", just should have stayed home and you could have somehow defeated Nazi Germany all on your own. Look up the word, "Gratitude", in your dictionary. Have a nice day.

[LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH]

@JohnQuincyAdams1 The UK owes the US NOTHING. First of all, the US sat on the fence between 39-41, naively believing it could stick it's head in the sand & pretend that as the world's largest economy, it did not have a world role. Secondly, the US should be grateful to the British for continuing the fight against the odds. Had we jacked in 1940, the US would have ended up completely isolated, both economically & militarily by Japan & Germany. Thirdly, the US bankrupted the UK with Lend Lease.

[rs200000000000]

@LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH not only that but we had to run a war and keep the factorys going and the people in food and sheltor when the germans were bombing everything ever night , the americans didnt have that problem way over there , if anyone deserves the credit more than any other for winning the war its the russians really deffo not the americans who came in late as usual for no other reason than finanical gain, george bushes grandfather gave funding to the nazi's.

[rs200000000000]

Respond to this video... maybe the americans should have "gratitude" for the british navy ships and personal that the british sent to defend the US coast from the german Uboats because the US navy ships were dropping like flies and the US government was begging churchill for support which the british sent because they have honor and will always help the allies where possible which is why britian went to war to keep the promise to poland.., but the Us dont remember that do they...

[rs200000000000]

@LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH HAHAH TO RIGHT spot on pal spot on , the americans are all Gobb no balls.

[LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH]

@rs200000000000 Cheers mate! I think American's born post WW2, have absolutely no comprehension of the massive effort the British put into WW2. They completely ignore the significance of the Battle Of Britain-many of them wrongly believe that Eagle Sdns fought in the battle-even though they did not exist until early 1941! lol They ignore the fact that the British defeated Rommel & the Afrika Korps in the Western Desert, that we defeated the U-boat threat in the Atlantic,we planned D-Day etc etc

[LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH]

@rs200000000000 D-Day was planned by Montgomery & General Morgan, the latter did the bulk of the detailed planning. The British provided most of the 4,000 ships required for D-Day, we landed more troops than the US on 6th June, we maintained parity of numbers until Nov 44, after which time, our Army was a wasting asset after FIVE years of fighting. We defeated the Japanese on the SE Asian continent, drove them out of Burma, Malaya & defeated their drive against India. Most Yanks are pig ignorant

[LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH]

@rs200000000000 It is sad to note, but Americans born post WW2, & into the concept of America the superpower, appear to be both extremely ignorant, and extremely arrogant. Most of them have not idea whatsoever about Britain's massive contribution to WW2. You know, 'small' things like Bletchley Park shortening the war by an estimated 18 months, due to it's intelligence gathering activities, planning D-Day- Montgomery & Gen Morgan did it. The Yanks think we sent a platoon of infantry on D-Day.

[crownhill]

That was like saving the Crown Jewels

Top Recovery.

[mollyisagooddog]

I heard of "left legging" but that was rediculous. 5/5 for this.

[keefy036]

Three cheers to Roy Chadwick and Avro's for not scrimping on design and build quality . . . . Thank the lord !

[THEMAN080]

bet that helicopter pilot shat when he turned around and saw a lancaster careening towards him!!!

[YoungSteve17]

Yea the pilot was like FUK THAT SHIT

[AIRANORAK]

Good show old boy, definetly worked the rudders there .........

[sgtgrech]

Woops!!!!! : )

[mtw56or]

dam

[banditgsfr]

There should be a sign "NO Hand Brake Turns Allowed"

[FreedomForTooting]

That'll be why three point landings are not recommended in a Lancaster...

[SNAKEBITE197]

Hardcore undercarriage!

[Savage290688]

Man that was a lucky landing. How big a mess did the pilot leave in the seat.

[Ryuforyou]

I bet there was a brown mess in the pilots seat.

[hangarrat101]

how close can you get to a groundloop without actually doing it?

[TBM3EAvenger]

My guess that would be that's as close you can get ,Thank Christ for strong undercarriage

[MITCHWILD]

Visit the Dambusters pub at scampton in lincolnshire, it's a pub and a museum to the Lancaster with lots of stuff to see, great beer's too!

[catkin0]

Probably just as well the Chopper pilot did not see the Lanc coming towards him at first, else it could have been him that had the brown trousers.

[petpet691821]

Was the time who the pilot press the sigarette in the ashtray...:))

[Hanglands]

A strong cross wind perhaps? Great vid.

[XH558B2]

Fcuk me...that looked iffy...top recovery though!!

[D4rKsideBob]

Brown pantie moment...