The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum's Second World War Lancaster bomber will soon be flying across the Atlantic to join the only other airworthy plane of its kind for a series of special flights over the U.K. - and it will only cost you $40,000 or so to
Plus...no heads and there's no place along the way to pull over and go
I got the chance to fly in a B-17 once(for the price of about $1/minute). It was cramped, it was drafty and it was friggin' . BUT, I don't know if I would have wanted to be in one long enough to cross the ocean. I've been inside of a Lanc just not in the air, and the crew conditions were comparable.
Plus...no heads and there's no place along the way to pull over and go
Yes, crew comfort was not a big priority when these aircraft were designed.
Imagine all of that discomfort for hours while getting shot at.
Dis the Lancs have a ball turrent like the b-17?
No ball turret in the belly of a Lanc.
For just over $3,000 US an hour, you can fly a P51 if you don't have the $40,000.
Dis the Lancs have a ball turrent like the b-17?
No ball turret in the belly of a Lanc.
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That is how the German night fighters used to get them. They would fly up from underneath, guided by their Freya radar until the were close enough and at the right attitude to shoot.