Adam Maas wrote:
> Doug Franklin wrote:
>
>>Adam Maas wrote:
>>
>>
>>>If you want a great sounding bird, very little
beats a Lancaster, with
>>>it's 4 Merlins.
>>
>>I've never been near a running Lanc, though I've
seen them on static
>>display several times. I have had a B-17 and B-24
go overhead at around
>>1,000 feet. Heard them coming and going for
_miles_. Nothing really
>>sounds like a four-piston-engined bird.
>>
>
>
> There's only 2 flying Lanc's, 1 in the UK and one here
in Canada, based
> out of Hamilton, about an hour west of Toronto. A
beautiful bird, but
> small by todays standards.
Small but effective. I think it has three or four times the
payload
capacity of the B17. No armour except for the
cockpit........
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