Posted on 07/02/2018 10:25:08 AM PDT by DFG
A photographer captured the moment two of the most iconic planes in Britain's history flew just yards apart in the skies above North Wales.
A Lancaster bomber - the type of plane which carried out the Dambusters raid - and a Spitfire fighter - the like of which defended the UK during the Battle of Britain - flew alongside each other on Saturday to celebrate Armed Forces Day.
The two aircraft were joined by a Hawker Hurricane, another Battle of Britain fighter, and flew in tight formation to wow crowds of 250,000 in Llandudno.
The 10th annual Armed Forces Day, which celebrates the work of the Army, Navy and Air Force, also saw a military parade in the town, which was watched by Princess Anne, Theresa May, and Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson.
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Spitfire has one Merlin, Lancaster has four.
The right stuff....stiff upper lip...A piece of Cake.
Beautiful.
To remind the British they once defeated the islamist scourge in that part of the nazi alliance.
Now they’re right back in it again.
Lest we forget.
“To remind the British they once defeated the islamist scourge in that part of the nazi alliance.
Now they’re right back in it again.”
But this time, they don’t need any aircraft to do it. The Scourge is already “in-country!”
The right stuff....stiff upper lip...A piece of Cake.
Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few...Sir Winston Churchill.
Netflix used to have a series called Plane Restoration. It was about some British builders who would find and restore these marvelous old craft. IIRC, there was a Mustang, a Hawker, a tri-wing Fokker and a few others. It was pretty interesting to watch.
Was working in a hangar at Hamilton airfield (Ontario), and they had a fully functioning Lancaster in their museum.
We had a fascinating chat with the mechanics working on the engines - it was a lot of fun (I'm an old powerplant guy).
Sometime in 1991 or 1992 that Lancaster landed at Grand Forks AFB and stayed the night. The crew gave me a nose to tail tour. It was awesome.
Man. that is beautiful.
Nothing like the sound of a big v12 water cooled engine. Smooth running and naturally balanced.
The Vulcan was on final approach when the tower ordered the pilot to use the shorter crosswind runway which put the airplane nearly over our house.
The pilot was moving a bit too fast to use the short landing route and turned on the burners as he overshot the end of the concrete.
Wife and I watched as the plane made a sweep over the down town, followed by four black contrails. He got it right on the second try.
The next day, a British officer arrived by car from Omaha and asked the pilot about his landing.
“No problem, sir...no problem,” was the reply.
The US had a major exercise with Britain many years ago, I think in the 60s. The Vulcan bombers were the only ones to successfully penetrate our air defenses and bomb their targets in the US.
When the Brits play the Germans in soccer, the fans whistle the DAMBUSTERS THEME.
Beautiful planes there. Well, not so much the Lanc, but ... yeah.
Both those Airplanes use the same Engine, the Rolls Royce Merlin.
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