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I'm gonna hit the brakes, he'll fly right by

Did you go upside down, Max?


If not, it were a waste of fuel!!!

I may be there next year!

Excellent Max - I already have the leave booked in.

The weekend just gone saw the annual Bomber Command Commemoration Day take place in Canberra, Australia. On Saturday night, a Meet & Greet function was arranged at the Australian War Memorial, under the wings of Lancaster G for George . On Sunday, a ceremony (held in the Commemorative Area of th...

Seventy years ago tonight the crew of LM475, B for Baker of 467 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, took off from Waddington for what would turn out to be their final flight. They failed to return from a raid on Lille, one of twelve aircraft lost that night. Killed in action were these six airmen:...

Max,

On a slightly related note, found some footage from inside the Lanc during its display work-up:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxOzPrdi7TE&sns=em

Adam

You rang? Excuse my tardiness, it's been a pretty flat-out couple of weeks for me and I'm scrambling to get my '467 Postblog' complete in time for the 70th anniversary of the Lille raid on 10 May. I was indeed in Sydney for ANZAC Day, spending it with the 463-467 RAAF Squadrons Association again. Th...

Given the physics of the atmosphere, indicated airspeed differs markedly from true airspeed, and ground speed will change on any given flight depending on the winds aloft, which can change depending on altitude as well. So without knowing all of those variables, it's going to be tough... I guess it ...

That would be the same pouring rain that drowned any thoughts of Tiger Mothing I seem to remember??

That Osnabruck one's a daylight so I suspect there's no photo flash in it. The photoflashes were pretty powerful, and the reason I said they lit the ground is illustrated in Richard's photo. The fires have left four-second trails (they are all parallel and 'wobble' at the same points, which would ha...