She's almost ready to leave for UK.................

[DavidWomby]

So here she is Wednesday July 30 being prepared for her flight to the UK.



She leaves Hamilton on Monday and, according to a volunteer I spoke to, her route is now via Newfoundland and then straight to Iceland. In Iceland there is some sort of ceremony as this will be the first Lancaster to land there for over 60 years. There she picks up an RAF navigator and flies on to UK. She will apparently be escorted by a BBMF Spitfire and Hurricane for the last part of the journey to Coninsgby.



Today they ran up all four engines for a test and when I left the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum they had wheeled he back into the hanger and were re-installing the cowlings.







Enjoy her, UK.

David

[despondman]

Nice photos - thanks for posting.
Tremendous amount of interest and excitement here to see the 2 Lancasters together.

[bilby1968]

Great photos and I wish them evry success on their journey.

I expect lots of pics from our English counterparts when she arrives for her UK season

Dave

[DazDaMan]

I'm really hoping I can get to see the two of them at Prestwick!

[lancfan]

This is the BBC news online film of the arrival- http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-28705088;


David.

[ronbow]

It great TO THINK OF THEM flying together what a shame there arnt more of these great aircraft in the air!

[Chuck E]

Looking forward to seeing her at Teesside ( Durham Tess Valley Airport ) on Thursday. This was originally RAF Middleton-St-George ( Formerly Goosepool ) and where Mynarski flew from.