Lancaster Bomber

[Pete]

Sorry, the title is incorrect, this is a Wellington bomber (thanks, BB!)

At the Brooklands Air Museum. A complete airplane, partially clothed in new canvas, but most of it is bare airframe to show off the wonderful latticework.

1.

http://www.the-aperture.com/EE/photos/normal/fcc_IMG_1809.jpg

2.
http://www.the-aperture.com/EE/photos/normal/IMG_1720.jpg

3.
http://www.the-aperture.com/EE/photos/normal/5f7_IMG_1725.jpg

And a couple of Barnes Wallace's bombs - The "TallBoy" (6 tons), and the "Grand Slam" (10 tons). Both deep penetration "earthquake" bombs...
http://www.the-aperture.com/EE/photos/normal/16d_IMG_1724.jpg

[Box Brownie]

Hi Pete

Nice interior shots! Unless they changed the hanger lighting I recall it was not great for getting the best images.

However, one thing she is not a Lancaster but a Wellington bomber ~ I believe the main differences are fuselage length and two engines rather than 4 of the Lanc. I think this is the one they rescued from the bottom of Loch Ness ;)

[Pete]

Entirely correct there, sorry for not doing my research correctly. And yes, it's the Loch Ness one.

I knew that lighting might be an issue, so these shots were taken with fill-in flash.

[shaunknee]

Great shot of the prop. Thanks for posting

[gkwood]

Great shots Pete think the second shot shows how poor the lighting is the sky light are so dirty , I guess its an old building its housed in

[PhilHannah]

A good shot of the Geodesic design invented by Barnes Wallis, who invented the 'Bouncing bomb' and envisaged the ' Swingwing' jet fighter..
I recently found a piece of fuselage of a Welllington in Angus ,Scotland- a section of the aluminium strutting-I was amazed at how light it was..
This Ac crashed on a training flight in 1942.