lancaster bomber starting up

The Avro Lancaster Bomber , Hamilton Ontario Canada airshow , June 2006.
An allied bomber of World War II, the Lancaster was the RAF's only heavy bomber capable of carrying the 12,000-lb Tallboy and 22,000-lb Grand Slam bombs. The aircraft demonstrated daring and precise raids on the Ruhr dams in May 1943, and also the sinking of the German battleship Tirpitz in November 1944.
Thousands of Canadian aircrew and other personnel served with the RCAF and RAF's Lancaster squadrons in England; and thousands of Canadians at home worked at Victory Aircraft in Malton, Ontario, where they produced over 400 Lancaster Mk X's. In total, more than 7300 Lancasters rolled off the production lines in Britain and Canada. Only two still fly today one of which is located here in Hamilton .

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[MSM4U2POM]

Great old girl; eye and ear candy!

[gman8744]

my great grandmother was an electritian on one of those in ww2.

[TheHyperkid97]

And that my friends is why I will live in Hamilton all my life.

[CanadianStreetHockey]

coooool

[SummerLemontree]

@dinoman991 me too!

[bluepheonex1989]

CONTACT!!

[TBM3EAvenger]

@idontknowu13 not quite true there are 2 others that run their engines up, and Just Jane does high speed taxi runs at present but there are rumors that she may fly again..Flypast did an article on Just Jane...where they ask that question, owners of Just Jane wouldn't commit, but they just got a bunch of spares from the Nanton Lancaster Society. I'm bummed that there are no MK II's left at all, the ones with the Bristol Hercules engines.

[0187HYE]

Beautiful sound when the engines turn on!

[trentolney]

He was POW in stalag luft 13

He was repatriated in an exchange of POWs.

He lost his leg during his plane going down.

After 1 year he did make it home and died Jan 4, 2008 at the age of 92.

[grantourismo0109]

@trentolney awww... did he make it home ?

[paulawhite78]

@alexandre210613 Thank you : )

[alexandre210613]

@paulawhite78 God bless your grand father... Tail gunner, 30 ops... his spirit angel had kept him very safety ! All my best in that Day !!!