Wow, all they have to do is replace the turrets with fairings and stick in a few seats and they can make a Lancastrian :D

But seriously - thanks for sharing. Hope they succeed.

Thanks for that update, ricardian. I knew about the plans for the Alberta museum, but didn't know they had fallen through. My guess is the aircraft is too far gone to be restorable, but who knows. Add to that "Just Jane", which is in much better nick, and we could have four Lancasters airworthy in a few year's time. Sixteen Merlins in close formation? Heaven.

Plus cutting an apparently random number of windows, which appeared to vary from airframe to airframe on the Lancastrian.

Indeed, and the seat layouts were different from airframe to airframe on the Lancastrian too, as evidenced by some earlier pics on this thread.

I know that later BOAC Lancastrians were fitted with more seats that the earliest ones but I guess the variation in seat layouts is also partly due to the fact that BOAC absorbed some of the BSAA machines which more than likely had a different cabin fit…?
Ed

The early conversions had a single row of 9 sideways-facing seats (see photo in post #31), in fact the first ones only had windows on the starboard side.

Later Lancastrians had 13 forward-facing 2-abreast seats, separated by an aisle (see posts #40 and #61) and obviously had the windows on both sides.

Thanks Dave,
I was thinking that perhaps the cabin 'fit' was also different between the two airlines before BSAA was absorbed...but I do not know for sure.
I had wondered if perhaps potential airline customers had a kind of Henry Ford-type choice regarding fixtures and fittings (seat/bed/galley type styles, etc) to begin with and it was only when more airframe conversions were being considered (and the airlines had more experience of what worked in the cabin layout and what didn't) that the changes were introduced. Obviously, the Lancastrian was only ever intended as a stop-gap until the purpose-built airliner types were ready so I wondered if much forward planning had taken place regarding what could be achieved in such a relatively small cabin.
Ed

Your Dad's BOAC log books
 

In a previous post, you displayed a page of your father's BOAC log book. I am very interested in your father's Straticruisers flights and flights between London and Filton. Can I get in contact with you?

Umkubas
The flight was on a Constellation 049 though he does have quite a few entries for 377.
I have tried to send a PM but it won't let me. Can you send one to me?
Mike

I think pm's are blocked until a member has been in a certain time, or has a certain number of posts. It'll be in the rules somewhere.

Hello Mike 6567,
Are there any more pictures in your collection that you can share?
Regards,
Ed

Will have a look but not so many Lancastrian photos left.
Below is interesting as although it was issued as a post card there is a caption below.
http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x...pse85igpno.jpg
"Fruit runs to Paris. Lancaster Freighter about to be loaded with 5 tons of peaches"

Did anyone else titter at this line on the restoration story?....'Lancaster bombers were popular in World War II'.

Not with the Germans I guess......................

Excellent photo Mike.
I wonder which airfield it was taken at?
Thanks,
Ed

Out of interest does anyone know close the MOTAT Lancaster in NZ is to airworthiness if they were that way inclined?

I have a copy of this postcard but without the caption. Text on the back names the site as Paris Le Bourget.

The Ju-52 behind, actually an AAC.1 Toucan appears to be Air France's F-BALF which perhaps supports Le Bourget

That is indeed a great photo of Star Ward. It didn't look so elegant after they fitted the freight pannier to it!