Canadian Lancaster
Cancelled for the 'Sold Out' Three Lancs event at East Kirkby tomorrow, even more galling is that the BBMF Lanc has pulled out too so there is no flypast. However Stalls/shops will still be there for the 5000 who paid for tickets.
I can understand safety issues being a concern and cancelling the Canadian Lanc on those grounds is one of those things, but why BBMF Lanc too?
I can understand safety issues being a concern and cancelling the Canadian Lanc on those grounds is one of those things, but why BBMF Lanc too?
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Whatever both outfits are doing, I would be willing to bet they are doing everything humanly possible to ensure the safety of the two priceless planes AND to please as many of us enthusiasts as possible...
Statement from BBMF:
02 September 2014
We are working hard to support the activities of our Canadian guests and discussing with them the possibility of rescheduling the cancelled 3 Lancaster event at East Kirkby.
Also, we endeavour to support the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre as much as we possibly can, having flown 8 flypasts at East Kirkby already this year.
As part of our planning processes we have to carefully allocate the time we have available to fly each airframe. In the case of the Lancaster, we currently have 24 hours and 5 minutes of flight time left for this year, before fixed scheduled maintenance commences at the beginning of October. Planned major displays include several with the Canadian Lancaster at, for example, Prestwick, Port Rush in Northern Ireland, Jersey, Guernsey and Southport. There are also many other flypasts planned, including the 3 Lancaster event at East Kirkby this Sunday on our return from Prestwick.
Therefore in order to meet the potential for a rearranged 3 Lancaster event, we had to take the unfortunate step of cancelling the flypast over East Kirkby today.
We are working hard to support the activities of our Canadian guests and discussing with them the possibility of rescheduling the cancelled 3 Lancaster event at East Kirkby.
Also, we endeavour to support the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre as much as we possibly can, having flown 8 flypasts at East Kirkby already this year.
As part of our planning processes we have to carefully allocate the time we have available to fly each airframe. In the case of the Lancaster, we currently have 24 hours and 5 minutes of flight time left for this year, before fixed scheduled maintenance commences at the beginning of October. Planned major displays include several with the Canadian Lancaster at, for example, Prestwick, Port Rush in Northern Ireland, Jersey, Guernsey and Southport. There are also many other flypasts planned, including the 3 Lancaster event at East Kirkby this Sunday on our return from Prestwick.
Therefore in order to meet the potential for a rearranged 3 Lancaster event, we had to take the unfortunate step of cancelling the flypast over East Kirkby today.
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So what will have happened to the money paid up front for the prize draw tickets for a seat in the aircraft for the Kirby event?
Will it be refunded, or carried forward, or just "gone"?
Will it be refunded, or carried forward, or just "gone"?
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Just stood with about 500 people watching from Mellor hill at Salmesbury , picked up at about 15 miles two famous profiles and watched the two Lancaster's until they were almost on top of me , then took some hurried pics, they will come out blurred I fear, so will need to get some from the local press people, but that noise, the noise alone is History to many thousands of people.
Long may they fly, and thank-you to the Canadians for bringing theirs here for us all to see.
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Long may they fly, and thank-you to the Canadians for bringing theirs here for us all to see.
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Also tried to see both Lancaster's yesterday as they normally fly by my house when coming down the Pennines on the way home. Unfortunately yesterday they pushed of over Halifax and then up the Holme valley to Holmfirth so we were about 7 miles away rather than overhead. Anyway well done Canada for coming over and maybe we will see them after another northern show, Southport perhaps .
Also about 3hrs later a PBY Catalina crossed down the Pennines going south any ideas where it was coming from and going to as I have not seen one since mid 1980,s near Blackbushe.
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Also tried to see both Lancaster's yesterday as they normally fly by my house when coming down the Pennines on the way home. Unfortunately yesterday they pushed of over Halifax and then up the Holme valley to Holmfirth so we were about 7 miles away rather than overhead. Anyway well done Canada for coming over and maybe we will see them after another northern show, Southport perhaps .
Also about 3hrs later a PBY Catalina crossed down the Pennines going south any ideas where it was coming from and going to as I have not seen one since mid 1980,s near Blackbushe.
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The Catalina was G-PBYA in transit from Prestwick to Duxford. It passed over Mansfield, we were on our way back from East Kirby.
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Having missed my three previous opportunities to see the pair (Eastbourne vicinity, Kenley and Shoreham), made a late decision to head down to Goodwood on Saturday and watch the flypast from atop the Trundle, a nearby Hill Fort.
Following an alcohol induced oversleep and much travel chaos, I managed to get to Worthing and meet up with friends AND get to our vantage point in plenty of time for the 11:30am flypast: "Weather's a bit crap". No surprise then that the flypast was postpopned to 4pm, so off to Midhurst and Petworth to sample a couple of pubs. Back on the hill by 4pm, enjoyed the Cranberry and Hunter flypasts - "Lancs are now delayed till 6pm", so back down the hill and off to a village called Charlton for another pint.
Back before 6pm, joy, oh joy as they made four circuits: "Oy, how about a flypast over here?" And they did... right past the Trundle, they must have know there was quite a crowd of people (and cows) watching from the vantage point...
Bloody marvellous!
Odd to see an air display from above though.
Following an alcohol induced oversleep and much travel chaos, I managed to get to Worthing and meet up with friends AND get to our vantage point in plenty of time for the 11:30am flypast: "Weather's a bit crap". No surprise then that the flypast was postpopned to 4pm, so off to Midhurst and Petworth to sample a couple of pubs. Back on the hill by 4pm, enjoyed the Cranberry and Hunter flypasts - "Lancs are now delayed till 6pm", so back down the hill and off to a village called Charlton for another pint.
Back before 6pm, joy, oh joy as they made four circuits: "Oy, how about a flypast over here?" And they did... right past the Trundle, they must have know there was quite a crowd of people (and cows) watching from the vantage point...
Bloody marvellous!
Odd to see an air display from above though.
I once watched the Reds from above from the top of the hill above Polruan as they did the Fowey display - amazing, and by coincidence when I retired from being a RA Trustee, they gave me a print of the same display. still a treasured piece of memorabilia