BBMF AVRO LANCASTER PA474 MAY SORTIE AFTER CANCELLED FLYPAST FOR KINGS CORONATION • RAF CONINGSBY

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6 ай бұрын

The Avro Lancaster of the BBMF (Battle of Britain Memorial Flight) was planned to participate in the flypast for the King's Coronation on the 6th May 2023 but due to bad weather, the Lancaster was grounded. However, the next day, the weather was completely the opposite and the BBMF were due to fly. Here is what we got from the Lancaster with a little AB910 Spitfire too.
BBMF
The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) was inaugurated on 11th July 1957 at RAF Biggin Hill. It was initially called the RAF Historic Aircraft Flight and consisted of three PR Mk XIX Spitfires and the RAF’s last airworthy Hurricane, LF363. It was then renamed to be the Battle of Britain Flight before a final renaming in 1969 as we know today, BBMF.
Between 1959 and 1965 the flight had one Spitfire (PM631) and one Hurricane (LF363) on its strength. Now, as a ‘museum without walls’, it maintains twelve historic and irreplaceable aircraft: an Avro Lancaster, a C-47 Dakota, six Spitfires, two Hurricanes and two de Havilland Chipmunk training aircraft.
PA474
The Avro Lancaster is the most famous and successful RAF heavy bomber of World War Two.Today, there are only two airworthy Lancasters left in the world of the 7,377 that were built.
Lancaster PA474 was built at the Vickers Armstrong Broughton factory at Hawarden Airfield, Chester on 31 May 1945, just after VE day. The war in the Far East ended before she was deployed and she did not take part in any hostilities.
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@mrscake1687 6 ай бұрын

thanks for the perfect no-commentary watching and hearing experience 💖 I love, and am in awe of that plane

@jamielee9350 6 ай бұрын

Apart from the yapping from nearby spectators ! "Come back Duck Tape, all is forgiven" 🤣🤣🤣

@mrscake1687 6 ай бұрын

@@jamielee9350 yeah, well, occupational hazard I guess 😉 but yup, duck tape is good 😁 I mean, if you're there to see/hear the plane, then......🤷

@TedConingsby 6 ай бұрын

Thank you very much

@margobaxter8344 6 ай бұрын

This is such a special aircraft, of which was/is flown by some of the bravest, selfless people, of some who never returned. Ted & Nikos thank you for reliving the memories & bringing the videos to us. With special thanks to the BBMF ❤.

@TedConingsby 6 ай бұрын

Beautiful thank you for the super thanks Margo 🩵❤️💜

@mothmagic1 6 ай бұрын

Big, beautiful and so majestic. What a wonderful tribute to all who flew, fought and, in too many cases, died in them.

@TedConingsby 6 ай бұрын

@DanielWalker4524 6 ай бұрын

Not only does it look drop dead gorgeous, it's sounds off the scale but then you get too witness it flying, the feeling, sounds of those engines. Lancaster will always be in our hearts. ❤ Our Fantastic RAF Crew that keep her spirit alive. Thank you No:- 784

@TedConingsby 6 ай бұрын

Oii Oii Dan, sure is. She is a wonderful, beautiful sounding, historic aircraft carrying the memories of those who shall never be forgotten.

@daveysurt8803 6 ай бұрын

Absolutely stunning. So majestic and powerful. Lest we forget

@TedConingsby 6 ай бұрын

Lest we forget

@debbiebrooks2716 6 ай бұрын

One of the most graceful aircraft ever to be still flying in our skys. I am so proud to live in Coningsby and such great planes as the Lancaster, Spitfires, Hurricanes and not forgetting the Typhoons flying around it is a amazing show everyday from our back garden thank you xxx

@TedConingsby 6 ай бұрын

Oii Oii Debbie thank you so much

@PaulBlick-ml5xw 6 ай бұрын

Brilliant Nikos & Ted. Your commentary is spot on. Thank you for helping to keep the memory of what the brave men & women of the RAF - and US Airforce, did for our freedom. Respect & Thanks to them. Lest We Forget

@TedConingsby 6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much Paul. Lest we forget

@scottv9116 6 ай бұрын

There is only one thing that sounds like that! Beautiful ❤

@margobaxter8344 6 ай бұрын

Most iconic and wonderful aircraft in the world (in my own opinion). I hope she lives forever, retaining the memory of what those young airmen did for us. It does bring tears to my eyes, every time I see the Lancaster ❤. Thank you for this video.

@david_4739 6 ай бұрын

Well said Margo - Happy Christmas to you 🥰

@margobaxter8344 6 ай бұрын

@@david_4739 hello 🥰. Thank you. Hope you are well. Have a lovely Christmas & best wishes 😘

@TedConingsby 6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much Margo. Such an honour to have a Lancaster still flying and massive respect to the crew who keep her going. She sounds amazing. She is a tribute and a flying memorial to those that made the ultimate sacrifice. Lest we forget

@margobaxter8344 6 ай бұрын

@@david_4739hope your Christmas was good. You'll need to join the streams & chat again. Best wishes 🥰

@david_4739 6 ай бұрын

God love you Margo. I always enjoyed chatting with you and was amazed by your generosity. I did enjoy the channel and Ted and Nikos and all the aircraft, but some of the mods are a bit over zealous if you know what I mean😉. I hope you had a lovely Christmas Margo and best wishes for 2024!@@margobaxter8344 🥰🧸🎄

@paulburrows4590 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for this Ted and Nikos…lovely footage and the most beautiful iconic aviation sound ever…❤x

@TedConingsby 6 ай бұрын

Oiii oiiii Paul thank you so much

@mwoldringh 6 ай бұрын

"Lest we forget". Thanks for the institution of BBMF. It sounds like freedom.

@TedConingsby 6 ай бұрын

@markallchorn2438 6 ай бұрын

The Wonderful Lanc. Always great to see it and the propellers spinning at the correct shutter speed, so many posts have them almost stopped!! Thanks for sharing

@TedConingsby 6 ай бұрын

Thanks Mark, much appreciated comments. Nikos alway produces fine work on the camera

@lesleyploddypop2950 6 ай бұрын

Such a graceful old lady ❤

@TedConingsby 6 ай бұрын

@AfterburnerAv 6 ай бұрын

woah thats amazing 11:13

@saintuk70 6 ай бұрын

Awesome visuals - looking forward to the 2024 season. Great to share these moments with all of the TCS.

@TedConingsby 6 ай бұрын

Can’t wait for 2024 season

@pg4079 6 ай бұрын

Le plus beau et majestueux bombardier de la seconde guerre mondiale, mon préféré 👍qu'elle chance de pouvoir l'observer, merci de partager ces images.

@TedConingsby 6 ай бұрын

Oii oiii thank you so much

@mondo851 6 ай бұрын

I had a model of an Avro Lancaster as a kid. Iconic plane. A history changer and a history maker.

@TedConingsby 6 ай бұрын

@shanedavis9166 6 ай бұрын

That sound gets right into your soul. Remembering all those who served, in particular my late friend and neighbour, who piloted his Lanc through 31 operational sorties in just 9 months.

@TedConingsby 6 ай бұрын

Thanks Shane Lest we forget

@geoffreydowen5793 6 ай бұрын

oh wow just reading a book about the pathfinders how ironic! godbless them all, thanks Ted and co.xx navy veteran in Suffolk.xx

@TedConingsby 6 ай бұрын

@kylesmith77 6 ай бұрын

Always gives me goosebumps when she flies

@TedConingsby 6 ай бұрын

Oii Oii Kyle. You are not alone there

@ellesee7079 6 ай бұрын

There's just something about the sound of those engines. Thanks to the BBMF for keeping them running, and to Nikos for bringing us the footage.

@TedConingsby 6 ай бұрын

Thanks Ellesee

@colinwatson7718 6 ай бұрын

The Lancaster is THE most beautiful sounding machine in the skies Brings me to tears everything I see & hear it 😢😢

@TedConingsby 6 ай бұрын

Beautiful

@captaina8697 6 ай бұрын

Absolutely stunning and as you say remember what these aircraft stand for……we will remember them 🫡

@TedConingsby 6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much

@ReinholdHake 6 ай бұрын

WOW. Awesome stuff.

@TedConingsby 6 ай бұрын

@richtaylor2129 6 ай бұрын

Love the sound of her 4 Merlins!! Seen her 3 times this year, hope to do so again soon

@TedConingsby 6 ай бұрын

Awesome

@clairebear0675 6 ай бұрын

Amazing❤️❤️❤️

@TedConingsby 6 ай бұрын

@chrispinkney8229 6 ай бұрын

Superb just Wow never seen her taxi past there, brilliant 😍

@TedConingsby 6 ай бұрын

Thanks Chris

@timgooch4933 6 ай бұрын

Nothing like that sound! Roll on members day 2024

@TedConingsby 6 ай бұрын

Oiii oiii Tim 🤙🏼 absolutely

@chrispinkney8229 6 ай бұрын

That taxying segment would look awesome in black and white, can't stop watching it.

@TedConingsby 6 ай бұрын

Oii oiii Chris, glad you enjoyed

@mickb474 6 ай бұрын

Love the sound of a Merlin, four Merlins are even better!! I’ve been close on occasions, East Kirkby where Just Jane is based 👍🏻

@TedConingsby 6 ай бұрын

@gazza2933 6 ай бұрын

To those people who didn't give this video a 'thumbs up'... Remember, that you only have choices today, because of the deeds of aircraft such as this and those who flew in them.

@margobaxter8344 6 ай бұрын

Gazza, well said. Thank you ❤️xx

@gazza2933 6 ай бұрын

@@margobaxter8344 Margo, thanks. It's probably an 'age thing Maybe. 😊

@margobaxter8344 6 ай бұрын

@@gazza2933 you are probably right. However, "beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art" (Eleanor Roosevelt). However, maybe you are like me as I now say, "age before beauty" 😁). 🎉xx

@TedConingsby 6 ай бұрын

@margobaxter8344 5 ай бұрын

@@gazza2933just watched the Dambusters film again. You told me it was based on the book & it is. Hope you're ok. Miss you on the streams. Weather warning here today. 🥰 X

@trespire 6 ай бұрын

While serving in the Israeli Air Force, I just happened to spot an all black Spitfire in a far corner of our D-Check hangers (that's heavy maintenance). At the time, this black Spitfire was quite famous and was often flown by Ya'akov Turner, an ex IAF pilot, chief of Police and later mayor of Israels 4th largest city Be'er Sheva. Sharing the same D-Check hanger were "Barak" F-16D, and "Baz" F-15C, in various stages of dismantling ; wings off, no engines, all avionics removed with their airframe structure exposed for all to see. There is only 40 to 50 years between the designes of the Spitfire and the F-15 & F-16. The Spitfires airframe is an actual metal framework, not unlike a tubular frame in motorsports, covered in thin aluminium skin. Spitfire horizontal stabilizers and aerolons are skinned in cotton cloth dope, while the F-16 is carbon-epoxy. Not that different. As a structural tecnician, comparing these front line fighters side by side was a unique example of how fast aviation had progressed in so short a time.

@TedConingsby 6 ай бұрын

Oii oiii Trespire, thanks for the info. 🤙🏼

@abelcurtis9598 6 ай бұрын

Hope that’s fun

@lancersharpe 6 ай бұрын

My primary school French teacher was a Belgian bomb aimer in Lancs in WW2.

@trespire 6 ай бұрын

A bit of Lancaster trivia : During the last stages of WWII, as the ultra secret Manhatten Project finally came to fruition, the US did not have a long range bomber capable of lifting the oversize and heavy nuclear payload. So they turned to the RAF and the Avro Lancaster. With only minor modifications to its very long bomb bay and doors, 2 RAF Lancasteres were prepared for the first nuclear strike mission. If the brand new B-29 wouldn't have been ready in time, and it nearly wasn't, RAF Lancaster bombers would have performed the mission to end WWII.

@TedConingsby 6 ай бұрын

Did not know that thanks Trespire. Will do some homework on this

@colinwatson7718 6 ай бұрын

That was supposed to be every time 😮

@gazza2933 6 ай бұрын

"Designed by artists. Built by engineers, for heroes to fly in." (BBC presenter Raymond Baxter)

@TedConingsby 6 ай бұрын

Nice quote Gazza

@gazza2933 6 ай бұрын

It was actually from this very aircraft flying over Buckingham Palace that he made it He was quoting someone else but I can't remember who. Nice tribute by Team Ted 👍@@TedConingsby

@margobaxter8344 6 ай бұрын

@@gazza2933 Dear Gazza, I could not have worded this better myself. Raymond Baxter, a true legend. My Mum & I used to watch him present the Farnborough Airshow, wonderful man. I am very proud to be a Baxter ❤️. Thank you for the wonderful comments. 😘X.

@gazza2933 6 ай бұрын

The Trinity. Raymond Baxter, Richard Dimbleby and Kenneth Wolstenholme. As commentators, at the top of their profession. 👍 X

@margobaxter8344 6 ай бұрын

@@gazza2933 I checked & there was a Pilot Officer John Baxter, served in 178 Squadron, sadly lost in aircraft 26.01.45. He was from Ayrshire. Buried in Belgrade, War Cemetery in Serbia. He was 22, very sad, so young. I think I saw a photo of a Wing Commander Baxter at the Petwood, in a Squadron photo with Guy Gibson. xx

@jamielee9350 6 ай бұрын

What a lot of people do not realise is the fact that these pilots are fully trained , with hundreds of hours flying experience . During the war , some of the pilots flew into battle with none , or very limited flying time in these planes.

@gazza2933 6 ай бұрын

Jamie and incredibly at 18 years they couldn't legally drive a vehicle, but they could pilot a Lancaster bomber.