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Offline Tupac

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Lancaster wingtip detaches in flight
« on: April 17, 2012, 05:35:00 PM »
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Re: Lancaster wingtip detaches in flight
« Reply #1 on: April 17, 2012, 06:35:14 PM »
jeez just the thought of having to bail out of a lanc at 5k when no one has done that for 65yrs, when its one of the only 2 left that will fly ... :uhoh
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Re: Lancaster wingtip detaches in flight
« Reply #2 on: April 17, 2012, 08:44:44 PM »
I wonder just how much of the wing tip actually departed.
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Re: Lancaster wingtip detaches in flight
« Reply #3 on: April 18, 2012, 12:07:25 AM »
Seems a lot of ww2 birds are going down or suffering some kind of damage lately... or is just me?
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Re: Lancaster wingtip detaches in flight
« Reply #4 on: April 18, 2012, 04:33:46 AM »
Well Lancasters took a lot more damage than slightly detached wingtip and still flew 3 hours backs to base during the war. I wouldn't worry overmuch.
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Re: Lancaster wingtip detaches in flight
« Reply #5 on: April 18, 2012, 04:39:40 AM »
thank god they all made it down safe.    :salute

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Re: Lancaster wingtip detaches in flight
« Reply #6 on: April 18, 2012, 07:12:32 AM »
Quote from: colmbo on April 17, 2012, 08:44:44 PM
I wonder just how much of the wing tip actually departed.

From the picture I saw, I'd guess about 4-5'.
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Re: Lancaster wingtip detaches in flight
« Reply #7 on: April 18, 2012, 02:46:26 PM »
Do share, please.
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Re: Lancaster wingtip detaches in flight
« Reply #8 on: April 18, 2012, 03:10:23 PM »
Quote from: B4Buster on April 18, 2012, 07:12:32 AM
From the picture I saw, I'd guess about 4-5'.

Pics or it didn't happen.
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Offline Maverick

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Re: Lancaster wingtip detaches in flight
« Reply #9 on: April 18, 2012, 08:42:29 PM »
I'm glad they brought her back safe, kudos to the flight crew.
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Re: Lancaster wingtip detaches in flight
« Reply #10 on: April 19, 2012, 08:13:20 AM »
There was a picture of it in an online news article. Sorry, I don't remember which it was.


Quote from: curry1 on April 18, 2012, 03:10:23 PM
Pics or it didn't happen.

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Re: Lancaster wingtip detaches in flight
« Reply #11 on: April 19, 2012, 12:17:56 PM »
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Re: Lancaster wingtip detaches in flight
« Reply #12 on: April 19, 2012, 12:51:19 PM »
Quote from: Waldo on April 19, 2012, 12:17:56 PM
Glad they made it down OK.  :salute

 http://www.chch.com/index.php/home/item/7795-lanc-damaged-probe-underway
:O Glad they made it down, would have been terrible if something that small would have brought a bird down
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Re: Lancaster wingtip detaches in flight
« Reply #13 on: April 19, 2012, 12:59:56 PM »
 :salute The Crew
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Re: Lancaster wingtip detaches in flight
« Reply #14 on: April 19, 2012, 05:26:52 PM »
Yipe... closer to 3-4' imho, but worse still seems the handling must of been wild since it didn't fully detach...  where's the wishlist forum!

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