Avro Lancastrian - Jet Powered Lancaster Story

[@assessor1276]

My Dad worked for Can. Gen’l Electric (CGE) in the 1950s and he sometimes flew on business on the Canadair North Star which was a DC-4 that was powered by surplus RR Merlins. He used to tell me that Canadair had developed a remarkably effective noise abatement strategy: they made the outside of the aircraft quiet by keeping all of the noise on the inside of the aircraft.

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Thanks for watching

[@admiralbenbow5083]

Are you being sarcastic here?!

[@dmiller57]

Lol

[@peterszar]

Very funny quip, kudos to your dad.

[@allangibson8494]

The Merlin’s weren’t surplus - their life was simply short…

[@melvillewilby2551]

I am so pleased I found this channel as my father worked for British South American Airways as Superintendent of Aircraft Development and I have many memories of some of the flights he took with the founder Don Bennett. I have the cuttings from when he was on the 2nd aircraft to leave Heathrow which is quite something to be proud of when you see Heathrow today. Following the absorbsion of BSAA into BOAC which makes interesting history when read he went into the Ministry of Aviation and was involved as an RTO in such aircraft as Hawker Hunter, Fairey Rotodyne and TSR2 and like most was furious at the Wilson Government cancellation of a supersonic P1154 Jump Jet which was ready to go into production and the TSR2 which was already flying. My own experience was being a Hawker Apprentice at that time 63-69 at Kingston. The book Empire of the Clouds says it all.

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Thank you. Very interesting

[@garydargan6]

I worked with a museum volunteer who before the war was a chemical engineer. He joined the RAAF but was stationed in Britain during the war where he flew spitfires. When Japan entered the war he returned to Australia flying medium bombers. Towards the end of the war he was asked if he would be interested in flying Lancastrians on flights to the UK. He had never flown a Lancaster. The only Lancaster available in Australia was G for George, a famous veteran of raids over Europe. It was in Australia for a promotional tour but eventually stayed and is on display at the war memorial in Canberra. His certification to fly consisted of an instructor taking him on a circuit to show him the controls followed by a take-off and landing. That was the start of an eventual post-war career as a QANTAS pilot.

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Thanks for sharing Gary

[@nzs316]

Things were so much simpler back then. A slap on the back, Port to toast the King and cheerio! you're good to go. Even in my day in the airforce in the 70's-80's, once you have a certain base certification, then the rest just follows.

[@tompiper9276]

This is how it works old chap!..Oh, good luck!

[@factorylad5071]

9

[@sabrekai8706]

Very informative. I learned more in 23 minutes about this aircraft than I had learned in some 50 years of being an aviation enthusiast. Well done.

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@rogerdale1883]

In 1947 i was awakened by a converted lancaster every morning at 6 am taking off from Heath-row airport,it would rattle my windows of my bedroom during the warm up of the motors and take off at 6 am sharp,this was the only flight for the day back then.later in 49-50 I saw the Brabazon fly twice overhead while at an ice cream van with my mother,that was a big plane and noisy.I am 78 now and i recall that as clear as day,what a sight.

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Thank you so much for sharing. The Brabazon must have been an amazing sight.

[@grahvis]

I remember much the same, you always knew when an Avro York was flying. It certainly did make the window rattle.

[@cardinalfluid]

Thank you for making my memories of my much loved father come to life as we lost him in 1995 but I treasure his memory and achievements to this day.

[@peterszar]

I watch a lot of aviation themed videos, but this video producer gave one heck of an indepth description, with top grade illustrations. Well done sir.

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Wow, thank you for your kind words, I'm so pleased you enjoyed the video.

[@ronjones1077]

The first passenger aircraft with jet power. I never knew about it until now. Thank you, I just subscribed. Take care from Alaska

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Thanks for watching and subscribing - much appreciated!

[@mpetersen6]

I think calling it the first jet passenger aircraft is a little bit of a stretch. Yes it took passengers up on demonstration flights. A real passenger aircraft flies with PAYING passengers.

[@Steve-ei2vh]

@@mpetersen6 No, a real passenger plane carries passengers what you are thinking of is the 1st commercial passengenger jet.......

[@kennedysingh3916]

Watched from Old Harbour Jamaica. One of my neighbors served at Lyneham RAF base and Pembroke Dock as a leading aircraft man. Dembroke Dock did a tribute to him after his 100th birth day. Born Oct 25,1916 and died March 11, 2017 just days after his tribute was published 3/3/2017 .His name was George Chung.

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Thanks for sharing and for watching!

[@Taketimeout3]

What a well researched, well presented and detailed upload. Very impressive. Thank you for all the time and effort it must have taken.

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Thank you very much!

[@robertbate5790]

Thank you for this. I fell in love with the Lancaster after seeing that wonderful film "The Dambusters" aged 10. Revelle brought out a kit that year and I drove my parents bats for one. I got it!! I lasted well I to my thirties, but sadly long lost to the mists of time. I knew of the Lancastrian having read a few articles and books, but I hadn't realised how many there had actually been, or how far afield they had wandered. I have read about the one lost in the Andes, and it's recent discovery in an icefield. It's strange how, even now, no one understood it's last radio messages . . . 👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Thanks for sharing and for watching

[@cardinalfluid]

You should read the BSAA story of how the politicians of the day would destroy the best of Britain’s enthusiasm to develop and grow. Also read the book Empire of the clouds which a brilliant history of governments giving up on our engineering triumphs and buying American at a greater cost. I was an apprentice at Hawker Siddeley when the supersonic Harrier which ready to go into production and the TSR2 was scrapped by a Labour government so they could borrow money.

[@robertbate5790]

@@cardinalfluid Shame but we seem to be quite good at that, giving up at the point of success. 🇬🇧

[@robshirewood5060]

@@cardinalfluid What was the supersonic Harrier called i have never heard of that programme.

[@jeremyfdavies]

Fascinating. And even more so because my uncle was a pilot for BSAA and flew Lancastrians.

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

That's fantastic, thanks for sharing!

[@David_Walker16-3-51]

I live a mile or so from RAF Hucknall, Royce’s flight test base. The airfield has been closed for several years now and they are building houses on it, sacrilege! I still get a lot of pleasure from my own memories and from knowing the history that was created there. I don’t really miss the outdoor test rig where the RR Trent achieved certification. Even with the large earth bank they built, it was a noisy beast.

[@silverstreettalks343]

My life only overlapped a little with the life of the Lancastrian, but it was very familiar to me, as both my younger brother and I had cast metal model Lancastrians when we were quite young. I remember their being around the house for many years though with broken propellors by that time.

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Thank you for sharing!

[@royfearn4345]

I never realised the Lancastrian was so widely used. I was aware of BOAC/Qantas and BSAA but the other operators were a revelation. Thank you for this information.

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

You are very welcome!

[@garyhooper1820]

Interesting video on an aspect of this great aircraft, I had no idea existed .

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Glad you liked it!

[@henrybartlett1986]

Amazing. This was a lot of work.

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Yes it was! Thanks for watching

[@kevinallsop1628]

I live at the end of the runway at Rolls Royce's Flight Test Facility - which now has houses built on it. I've lived here for 47 years and can remember all sorts of "oddball" test aircraft going over. The best was a Vulcan that came in on engine test. It didn't land but did a few fly pasts before going to do a full throttle spiraling vertical climb up to maximum altitude.

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Thanks for sharing Kevin!

[@aeroflopper]

did you do 1/8th off road rc car's?

[@aeroflopper]

did you do 1/8th off road rc car's?

[@sweetpeaz61]

Absolutely fascinating, thankyou

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@ianwootton2690]

My Grandfather worked at the Avro plant in Yeadon UK where he helped build Lancasters, Yorks, Ansons and the Tudor

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Thanks for watching

[@jackthebassman1]

Another brilliant and informative post Brian, and yes I find everything you Post extremely interesting.

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Thanks so much, I have more videos coming!

[@petersmith7126]

Fascinating video. I knew of the Lancastrian and it's use as an engine test bed but the rest was quite new, especially to the numbers constructed

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Thanks for watching, I'm so pleased you have enjoyed my video!

[@petersmith7126]

@@ukaircraftexplored6556 ... You're welcome, I thoroughly enjoyed it

[@kerriepentley480]

This is great 👍

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Thank you very much for watching Kerrie!

[@kerriepentley480]

@@ukaircraftexplored6556 It's Chloe silly!! xx

[@unclefart5527]

I knew an engineer on the Avro Arrow project. They mounted an Orenda for flight test on the rear fuselage of a Lancaster. He maintained that when they shut the Merlins down that if any airman had heard the creaks and groans from the Lanc airframe no one would have stepped into a Lanc in WW2.

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Thanks for sharing

[@gardenbasha22.0]

My father was stationed with the Viceroy flight at RAF Mauripur now Masroor air base PAF I have a monochrome photo taken with a Kodak Box camera of Aries 2 on said airfield.

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Thanks for sharing!

[@powellriver100]

Most enjoyable video about little known facts of this remarcable aircraft

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Thanks for watching!

[@watcherzero5256]

Fascinating, you hear all the time about the Boeing bombers converted to passenger liners post war but I had never heard of the Lancastrian.

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

I'm so pleased you enjoyed the video.

[@simonjones7727]

Lovely. Went to bed dreaming about being a passenger on one of these!

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Sweet Dreams!

[@NathanEllisBodi]

This is a wonderful video. I only found this because I was looking through a model kit website and came across a model of this (with 4 prop engines) and I think I'll never read about all the aircraft produced before I snuff it. Thank you.

[@AdmV0rl0n]

Splendid work. Really really good stuff!

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Thank you!

[@pennycarvalho1223]

Very cool and interesting video, never actually heard of this project and models before.

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Many thanks!

[@stuartmorris-cr8cz]

My Uncle was a navigator in R for Roger. I believe it was shot down after he completed his tours. Mentioned to me how he saw a jet powered Lancaster. His impression was that it "Took off like a fighter". Very impressive and informative documentary. Keep it up.

[@theolder_man5768]

Wow, Yeadon got a mention on youtube. PS the AVRO shadow factory still exists, and is used for warehousing.

[@angusclark8330]

👍

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Good 'ol Yeadon! Thanks for sharing!

[@coptertim]

Modifying the Lancaster was a great idea, taking advantage of an inexpensive airframe and massive parts inventory, however; of the 69 produced, 26 were lost with 81 fatalities. Not the best record but people still used them until the 1960s. Not bad!! I knew little about the aircraft until now, thanks for an outstanding presentation.

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

You're very welcome.

[@simonblaxall1008]

Thank you for this; I was completely unaware of the Lancastrian, despite being an aviation fan for almost half a century. I once had the privilege of taking the controls of a Lancaster and am now living very close to Hurn.

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Thank you for sharing Simon, and for watching

[@MrDaiseymay]

Extremely well presented, in every way. Despite Britain being vertually banKrupt by WW2, we still had the skills and knowledge that War production forced us to maintain. As always, Britain was among the first with progressive ideas; I had no idea about our early attempts at Jet propulsion in the civil Airliner field, thinking the Commet was our only attempt. What I'd like to have had mentioned (if possible ) is the noise levels in the passenger area. My first flight was in a 'Bristol Brittannia' , which puzzlingly was called ''The wispering Giant'. My crossing of the Atlantic, in 1966, was all BUT---whispering.

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Thanks for sharing!

[@harryjohnson9215]

On top of that the Lancaster could carry a 22,000Ib bomb

[@robshirewood5060]

My father as an ATC cadet flew in Britannia's from RAF Lyneham, he said they had a cargo area and passenger area with rearward facing seats, and no internal division between the two areas, mainly for service personnel going overseas to the Mediterranean and Far East stations. He called it the Whispering Giant too, but he said it had the loudest whisper he had ever heard lol and that it was a very tall aircraft with a high entrance step platform.

[@bennybenitez2461]

Utterly brilliant! Well researched and presented. Jolly good work!

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Thank you so much 😀

[@colvinator1611]

Very interesting indeed. This is a great part of aviation history and development. Thanks a lot.

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@carlwilson6631]

Wow. Just WOW! I just found this channel and its is a godsend to me. I just bought the Border Models 1/32 Lancaster bomber. There are no colour callouts/indications for any of the interior. I have other Lancasters in my stash and I could use some of their references for painting. However this channel answers all my prayers. Thank you so much for putting this channel up. It is extremely interesting and fantastically informative. Well done UK Aircraft Explored, jolly good show old chap!

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

You are very welcome Carl, I hope your Lancaster build goes well.

[@perrydowd9285]

I just found you. Subbed ¼ way through the vid. You are so comprehensive and your research is second to none. Love this channel. 👍👍👍👍

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Awesome, thank you!

[@websitesthatneedanem]

Great research! ( Love the steady paced, calm delivery ) 👍

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@mikeburnitt403]

Another excellent video.

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

I appreciate that, there was a lot of research involved on this one!

[@narlokeill736]

Very well researched and presented. Well done! You put a lot of work into this.

[@RickB50SS]

Dad completed 2 tours of ops WW2 on Lancs ect. He had no desire to visit europe post war. He loved the Lancs more as he got older.

[@davidbates7920]

Around 1946 there was a rocket assisted Lancaster . It still had its 4 engines but it was fitted with a 2 rocket engines one under each wing. The idea was to use these to assist the take off with the main engine’s throttled to less than 100% to save fuel and give increased range. I don’t know if they would then be jettisoned or remain with the Lancaster. They were high test peroxide with I believe a silver catalyst pack. This converts H2 O2 ( HTP ) to H2 O , water enriched with oxygen, The exhaust is super heated steam. You can inject a combustible fuel into this exhaust to increase thrust but I believe that the pods on the Lancaster just relied on the thrust from the decomposed HTP. Some or possibly all of the trials were carried out at what became Rocket propulsion Establishment Westcott . I have 3 pictures of my father fuelling the rocket pods.

[@robshirewood5060]

My father as an ATC cadet flew in a Shackleton Mk3 from RAF Kinloss, which had 4 Griffon engines and two jets, Vipers. They operated with 120, 201, 206 Squadrons, he won a shield from 206 Squadron. Fascinating to read your post another thing i had never heard of, thanks.

[@tango6nf477]

I have just stumbled on your channel and having watched this excellent video have subscribed. Thank you and I look forward to seeing your others.

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Thanks and welcome! Many more videos to come!

[@Sonofdonald2024]

Great stuff..Keep up the good work :)

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Thanks, will do!

[@billyblunt4716]

Wow! I never knew they had a jet powered Lancaster. Thank you for this. Well done!

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Glad you liked it!

[@donciparis5952]

Utterly fabulous documentary of an incredible aviation story, the likes of which you will never see Hollywood do a depiction of. CDN Victory Aircraft fans may know that supposedly the Allies were going to use a Malton, Ontario Lancaster aircraft for the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki because of the superior performance characteristics of the Malton aircraft. The U.S. reaction to the idea was that no U.S. bomb would ever be dropped by a non-U.S. aircraft. U.S. aircraft with these payload requirements were questionable at the time. Congrats to those involved in this superb bit of aviation journalism.

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Thanks Don, very kind of you. It was just me and a great deal of research and graphics work. I'm so pleased you like the video.

[@donciparis5952]

@@ukaircraftexplored6556 My father-in-law was a mid-upper gunner on a Lanc and he was one of the fortunate few to be able to walk away at the end of his tour. Our family has some reverence for that plane.

[@ptonpc]

Fascinating video as always. Thank you.

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@BSAA1947]

Very interesting video Bryan! I have a particular interest in BSAA and the Lancastrian having co-written 'Fly With The Stars' with my sister Susan, so was delighted to find your video. I particularly enjoyed your fine illustration of 'Star Glow'. Ian

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

I'm pleased you liked 'Star Glow'. Thanks for watching, your book sound very interesting.

[@dougmccoy100]

A well researched & presented video, thank you! 👍

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@louishiggins8881]

I didn't know anything about the "civilian" Lancaster - thanks - really interesting video.

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Thanks for watching

[@darrylrossetti394]

As a canadian i have a special place in my heart for avro

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

I'm pleased you have. Thanks for watching

[@jorgehidalgo4792]

Never her of this plane. Thank you for the video, a delight to watch. Hope that at least one plane survive.

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Thanks for watching!

[@daverose8082]

What a great video, beautiful illustrations. My mother and I flew to Khartoum in 1953/4 in a York Transport so this video has been special, thank you.

[@cicero2]

Very interesting and comprehensive. Thank you.

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Thanks for watching

[@kenjackson5685]

1st class...thanks for sharing

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Most welcome 😊

[@ollivud63]

Very interesting! I am airline pilot and I really enjoy to watch your videos. Thank you for posting

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@alanwilson6367]

Wonderful video. Thank you😊

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Bellakelpie]

A B.O.A.C. Lancastrian, G-AGLX , flown by a Qantas flight crew, disappeared without trace somewhere over the Indian Ocean between Karachi and Cocos Island, on March 23rd 1946, while on a flight from London to Australia. The aircraft departed Karachi with 5 crew and 15 passengers onboard.

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Very sad. Thanks for sharing

[@ThomasDoubting5]

Whaaaaaaat ? I thought I knew about aircraft but every week there's more to learn .

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Thanks for watching

[@ianbell5611]

Just discovered your channel. Brilliant

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Awesome, thank you!

[@johnster1964]

Great documentary, thank-you !

[@mateobravo9212]

New to channel - love the calming pace and thorough detail. Subscribed!

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Thanks Mathew and welcome aboard. There is much more to come!

[@robertpentley8318]

Another great video Bryan!

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

I appreciate that, Thanks

[@chloepentley]

Hey dad

[@toucan221]

Definitely interesting. who would of thought it! A Lancaster with Jet engines.

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Thanks for watching

[@CaptHollister]

I would expect that the Lancastrian suffered from the same flaw as the later Canadair Northstar: the Merlin was a superlative engine for military use, but for civilian use it was far too loud which caused great discomfort to the passengers.

[@angusclark8330]

Hmm. But the same applied to every attempt at conversion, didn't it?

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Cabin noise was something that had to be accepted in those days. Thanks for watching.

[@CaptHollister]

@@ukaircraftexplored6556 There's noise and there's noise. In the North Star, modified exhausts were able to *reduce* the noise level to 102 decibels. Aircraft with radial engines, though still droning, didn't approach this level of noise.

[@ZilogBob]

@@CaptHollister I've been on a DC-6B. It was pretty loud.

[@DireWolf505]

Excellent stuff.

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Thank you

[@martkbanjoboy8853]

Whenever I want quality documentary content about Canadian history I turn to UK researchers. You are carrying on with a great tradition, & thanks for this! 😊

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Wow, thank you!

[@donciparis5952]

@@ukaircraftexplored6556 Couldn't agree more martK. If you want to know what happened to the Avro Arrow 202, read BBC Futures story on the same and the RAF Kent base.

[@francishruszka877]

Really interesting history! Thankyou., 👍

[@dhroman4564]

Excellent research and great presentation, very much enjoyed.

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@stuman01]

Fascinating history

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

It certainly is!

[@harryjarvis3143]

very nice video all ways wondered what developments was made after the lancaster bomber.

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Thanks for watching

[@simonbertioli4696]

Nice respectful video.. Good planes....that served us well.

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Thanks a lot!

[@chrisdobbing3403]

Very good information indeed. Thank you 😊

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Cheezsoup]

Chapeau ! Must take a LOT of research to produce videos as informative as this one.

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

It certainly does. Many hours of work, I'm glad you enjoyed watching it.

[@Cheezsoup]

@@ukaircraftexplored6556 Sure did. Thank you.

[@alanwitton5980]

Great video very informative thanks for uploading it

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@P61guy61]

Excellent. Thank you for posting

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@davidray7782]

This was brilliant. I fly a home simulator and everything was familiar to me. Not sure I could do it all under pressure but it all seems ok. Thanks for showing how it's really done!

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@blackcorp0001]

You Sir are amazing 👏 🙌 ❤️ 🙏

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Thank you so much!

[@petermainwaringsx]

That was a very interesting video. Liked and subscribed. Thanks for your efforts.

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Thanks for the sub!

[@mrcpu9999]

Enjoyed this. Keep 'em coming.

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Thanks, will do!

[@joannemason5581]

Very interesting video, thank you.

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Thank you too!

[@stevenbreach2561]

Those jet nascelles look like direct copies of those on the ME262!!

[@kris8742]

Not

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

The were designed via Rolls-Royce

[@henrygonzalez1127]

thanks. well done.

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Thanks

[@timhancock6626]

The Lancaster in the early shots had a ventral gun turret. That was very unusual and covered the aircraft's main defensive weakness against night fighters. There must be a back story to this fitment and why it didn't become standard given the high loss rate to this type of attack. Otherwise that was very informative about the Lancastrian. I'm not very far from the old Avro shadow factory at Yeadon, which still exists as a logistics depot. I once met an elderly Halifax bomber flight engineer. After WW2 he told me he and his crew briefly ran two Halifaxes as transport aircraft (one for flying, one for spares). Then the CAA knocked on their door with a big book of regulations and operations ceased. He moved to BOAC.

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Thanks for sharing

[@davesherry5384]

H2S radar mostly

[@sclarke1721]

I imagine the reason why the Lancaster did not have a ventral turret in squadron service was to retain the one piece bomb bay that allowed it the versatility to carry every bomb in the Airforces inventory including bombs such as the Tall boy with a minimum of modifications, As a sideline the USAAF gave serious thought to using the Lancaster to deliver the two Atom bombs over Japan because American strategic bombers all carried a ventral turret which did not leave enough space to carry the Weapon , Politics prevailed and as most B29s by this stage of the war had all the armament removed anyway Boeing reengineered the fuselage to change the twin bomb bays into a single bomb bay large enough to carry the BOMB.

[@jp-um2fr]

I didn't know any of this - thanks mate.

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

You're very welcome!

[@fredtedstedman]

Interesting and characterful aircraft !

[@braintransplantdonor]

My mum died a couple of years ago aged 97; while I was going through all her old family photos, trying to work out which aunt or uncle was which, I came across a photo of the nose section of "Aries", taken while the plane was on the ground. When I looked at the back of the photo, the caption just read "Karachi", meaning it must have been taken by my uncle (her brother-in-law) who ended up serving in the Far East with the RAF after being on Malta for the duration of the siege.

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Thanks for sharing

[@rogerhudson2814]

A high quality video, thanks!

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Glad you liked it!

[@stephencummins7589]

Amazing report. I bit before my time as I was born late 40’s but I never heard of this very important development of aviation history, and the creation of the BOAC.

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

So pleased you enjoyed the video!

[@johannesbols57]

Brilliant.

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Thanks for watching

[@oculusangelicus8978]

I knew that Lancasters were converted to airliners and freighters but I had No idea that they were converted by a Canadian company! This is quite the contribution to post war aviation and the development of jet engines that were put on the Lancastrians for R&D purposes. This is so cool! Being Canadian, and having a genetic predisposition for anger over the cancelling of the Avro Arrow, Canada was at the forefront of aviation development and that is proven by the way US president Eisenhower forced Canadian Prime Minister Diefenbaker to cancel the Avro Arrow program. It scared the crap out of them and they were afraid that Canada would sell the aircraft to America's enemies, despite the fact the Canada was a sworn ally! Still anger Canadians every time we think about it. the US is always sticking their nose into other's business. The Arrow had performance like no other aircraft had at that time. Anyways, it's very nice to learn more about how Canadian Aviation contributed to aviation in the commonwealth and in general. Thanks for sharing!!!

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Thanks for sharing

[@sergeykoshelev4566]

Thank You.

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

You're welcome

[@mikeprzyrembel]

Good view at 1:10 of the FN64 ventral turret that was fitted to some early Lancasters. Did the jet engines have a kerosene supply or did they run them on avgas like the Shackleton Viper jets?

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

I haven't that information, can anyone answer this?

[@weylandyutani7973]

Well done! I knew about the Lancastrian, but not about the Nene engines. Also, I very much appreciate the quiet delivery, and the absence of music.

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Thanks for watching

[@mrtommyboy926]

Brilliant, thanks

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You're welcome!

[@howardchambers9679]

I'm glad arrows were added pointing at the jet engines, I might have thought the propellers had fallen off the two outer engines otherwise 🙄

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Thanks for watching!

[@Stupot2]

Interesting video. Thanks

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You're welcome

[@kevlaws460]

Great vid. never seen this before,

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Glad you enjoyed it