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Thanks TimI will check it out.

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Thanks for that Peter, hopefully get a shot of that.

Hi RCR1, I believe the removable controls for the co pilot were stored in the nose of the Lancaster but will check. I hope to record this question and answer on video

Two John.

I thought as much. Cheers.@@nevillewheeldon1693

In the old days all the fitters had podgers which were similar and were made locally as times were hard and we couldn’t afford luxuries and a lot of panels were made without jigs so they were all slightly different so taking them off and refitting during maintenance was a work of art made possible by the Podger and expletives.

Hi Rex, it putt to good use the ice pick

Not sure on that one , Keith will be able to tell him the correct way of riveting the ripple out.

Sorry no. the hydraulic leaked regular in the war time service , if that happened it would ground the Lancaster

Hi Phil, do you mean the Lancaster or myself ,the lancaster yes ,myself no.

Pass on that one Dale.

The center section of the fuselage will be last to be made airworthy, all the wiring loom will be done then.

From my Book "Filming the Dambusters" by Jonathan Falconer 2005. A complete Lancaster cockpit section (minus nose section) was mounted on a pivoting platform, technician Harold Payne devised the machinery that replicated the movements of an aircraft in flight in the studio. The cockpit controls were linked to a motor beneath the platform to create what was in essence a simple flight simulator. When the control column was moved the platform moved too., thereby creating a realistic flying movement of the aircraft nose section when viewed later on screen. Actor Richard Todd who played Gibson spent hours in the nose section filming scenes until the director was happy with the final result. Between takes Todd was even taught how to fly the platform correctly by an RAF instructor and how to operate a Lancaster up to take off speed. For filming of ground scenes with a complete aircraft they used a "pantechnicon" (a large van for transporting furniture) which doubled as a camera platform with tripod mounted cameras mounted on top for filming close up scenes of the cockpit during engine start up and close down procedures. Just a little movie trivia I thought Id throw in from a great classic film. Cheers.

I have tom get that book, thanks Tim@@timorvet1

Cheers Rich.

True however the pin would be carrying much higher loads and stresses if the aircraft was flying (specifically during landings) and although the current pins would ‘probably’ be ok, new, unblemished pins would almost ‘certainly’ be ok. That’s the main difference between ground use and airworthy components.

Cheers mate.