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Title: Lancaster wingtip detaches in flight
Post by: Tupac on April 17, 2012, 05:35:00 PM: http://www.thespec.com/news/local/article/706925--historic-bomber-forced-to-make-emergency-landing-as-wing-tip-detaches

Scurry stuff.
Title: Re: Lancaster wingtip detaches in flight
Post by: RTHolmes 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
Title: Re: Lancaster wingtip detaches in flight
Post by: colmbo on April 17, 2012, 08:44:44 PM: I wonder just how much of the wing tip actually departed.
Title: Re: Lancaster wingtip detaches in flight
Post by: F22RaptorDude 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?
Title: Re: Lancaster wingtip detaches in flight
Post by: cpxxx 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.
Title: Re: Lancaster wingtip detaches in flight
Post by: Bruv119 on April 18, 2012, 04:39:40 AM: thank god they all made it down safe. :salute
Title: Re: Lancaster wingtip detaches in flight
Post by: B4Buster 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'.
Title: Re: Lancaster wingtip detaches in flight
Post by: Babalonian on April 18, 2012, 02:46:26 PM: Do share, please.
Title: Re: Lancaster wingtip detaches in flight
Post by: curry1 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.
Title: Re: Lancaster wingtip detaches in flight
Post by: Maverick on April 18, 2012, 08:42:29 PM: I'm glad they brought her back safe, kudos to the flight crew.
Title: Re: Lancaster wingtip detaches in flight
Post by: B4Buster 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.

:rofl
Title: Re: Lancaster wingtip detaches in flight
Post by: 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
Title: Re: Lancaster wingtip detaches in flight
Post by: F22RaptorDude 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
Title: Re: Lancaster wingtip detaches in flight
Post by: danny76 on April 19, 2012, 12:59:56 PM: :salute The Crew
Title: Re: Lancaster wingtip detaches in flight
Post by: Babalonian 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!

(http://chch.com/images/content/2012/04/17/2012-0417-Lanc.jpg)
Title: Re: Lancaster wingtip detaches in flight
Post by: colmbo on April 19, 2012, 06:44:39 PM: Quote from: B4Buster on April 18, 2012, 07:12:32 AM
From the picture I saw, I'd guess about 4-5'.

From other articles I found nothing departed the aircraft, bracket failed and wingtip was loose/moved a bit but stayed with the plane.
Title: Re: Lancaster wingtip detaches in flight
Post by: colmbo on April 19, 2012, 06:46:17 PM: From the looks of the pic I'm wondering if this has anything to do with the Wishlist post for bombers enabled on CVs. :t
Title: Re: Lancaster wingtip detaches in flight
Post by: B4Buster on April 19, 2012, 09:11:55 PM: Quote from: colmbo on April 19, 2012, 06:44:39 PM
From other articles I found nothing departed the aircraft, bracket failed and wingtip was loose/moved a bit but stayed with the plane.

Yeah, I saw the same.

Quote from: colmbo on April 19, 2012, 06:46:17 PM
From the looks of the pic I'm wondering if this has anything to do with the Wishlist post for bombers enabled on CVs. :t

:lol

edit: doh! someone posted a pic of it in this thread.
Title: Re: Lancaster wingtip detaches in flight
Post by: Jayhawk on April 19, 2012, 10:09:51 PM: Someone pushed the wrong button. :confused:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cx2K0VBIQE4
Title: Re: Lancaster wingtip detaches in flight
Post by: morfiend on April 19, 2012, 10:14:39 PM: Quote from: colmbo on April 19, 2012, 06:44:39 PM
From other articles I found nothing departed the aircraft, bracket failed and wingtip was loose/moved a bit but stayed with the plane.

This is what I read also,I've seen this bird many times as I live about an hour from where it's kept.

Would be a real shame to loose her,I wonder what will happen with the up comming airshow season?

:salute
Title: Re: Lancaster wingtip detaches in flight
Post by: 1sum41 on April 19, 2012, 11:22:10 PM: Quote from: Jayhawk on April 19, 2012, 10:09:51 PM
Someone pushed the wrong button. :confused:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cx2K0VBIQE4
:rofl
Title: Re: Lancaster wingtip detaches in flight
Post by: Babalonian on April 20, 2012, 03:21:55 PM: Quote from: colmbo on April 19, 2012, 06:46:17 PM
From the looks of the pic I'm wondering if this has anything to do with the Wishlist post for bombers enabled on CVs. :t

Must of been a bigger carrier than what we have in-game to only nip off that little bit/ :aok
Title: Re: Lancaster wingtip detaches in flight
Post by: Seanaldinho on April 20, 2012, 03:27:25 PM: Quote from: Babalonian 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!

(http://chch.com/images/content/2012/04/17/2012-0417-Lanc.jpg)

i was gonna say isnt that the carrier version