The plane enthusiasts thread

[DaveReading]

Sounds well worth a visit.

 

[Bristolian]

Quite literally; '"Damn!!"
I never knew this had been in the towers of Derwent Dam, otherwise I'd have visited, when in the area

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgzv0x7glpo
https://www.dambusters.org.uk/museum.htm

I know of the memorial stone outside one of the towers

Cheers for this information. I have sent the links to a mate of mine whose dad was a member of 617 Sqn (but not on the dambusters raid) and who is currently building a model of a Lancaster with the bouncing bomb. His dad flew on several raids with the Tallboy bomb, including against the Turpitz pocket battleship.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

@Bristolian

As the BBC article states, the museum is sadly closed, but the dam can be walked around (well...... on 3 sides anyway!)

There's a good museum in Lincolnshire, that has a Lancaster, which you can pay & have a taxi-ride in!!!
I've been, but not in it!, & it's surprising how close you can get as they start it up!!
It's not just a case of hearing the Merlins, but feeling them, as they vibrate on your rib-cage!

https://www.lincsaviation.co.uk/

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

There is also a Halifax in a Museum near York

I went to see it some years ago as my Dad worked on them in WW2

I wish there was a Stirling as he worked on them more
but I think they were all scrapped after WW2 as they were not looked on well

in spite of being able to out turn a Spitfire - apparently!

 

[DaveReading]

in spite of being able to out turn a Spitfire - apparently!

Not unless the laws of aerodynamics have changed since I was a student.

 

[dicko]

The Boeing Dreamliner 787/10 is it any good? Going to Toronto on one and returning via Montreal to Heathrow.

 

[figbat]

I was walking the dog yesterday and as I live under the westward flight corridor out of Heathrow seeing planes climbing overhead is not unusual. However one went over that made a distinctive and rather loud noise. I could see it was an airliner type but not any details. I quickly looked it up on ADS-B Exchange and found it was a Boeing 727.

Intrigued, I looked up its registration (G-OSRB) and found it is one of two oil spill response planes, used for spraying dispersants onto oil spills.

 

[midlife]

There is also a Halifax in a Museum near York

I went to see it some years ago as my Dad worked on them in WW2

I wish there was a Stirling as he worked on them more
but I think they were all scrapped after WW2 as they were not looked on well

in spite of being able to out turn a Spitfire - apparently!

I think that’s Elvington. Was there in the summer, lots of static planes to see, but busy. they ran up the engines of their Nimrod. Took me back to my airshow days as a kid.