Lancaster bomber.
- Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
21 August 2011 16:03122218did any one see the above aeroplane this afternoon around 3.30pm this afternoon,it was flying low around the aycliffe area.it flew from the battle of britan site done a full circle over the western entrance the flew at low level back towards folkestone.
for those who didnt see it,it was a great spectical to see at such close quaters.
- 21 August 2011 16:46122231I saw it go overhead , I initially heard the engines they sound so different to anything flying today , magnificent sight ( and sound )
- 21 August 2011 16:55122232Yes Brian I saw it but was up the other end by the Gateway flats. Unfortunately I couldn't get my camera out quickly enough to take a photo or video - gutted! Wow what a whopper though - wonderful sight and sound as Sarah said. Actually we went to St Martins battery first but it was full up so we went to the seafront instead - maybe they knew about the plane?
Wonder if Paul Wells or Phil Eyden were about to take pics of it.There's always a little truth behind every "Just kidding", a little emotion behind every "I don't care" and a little pain behind every "I'm ok". - 21 August 2011 17:08122234I was lucky enough to be by the clock tower when it flew over, so low as well. No mistaking the sound that plane makes, impressive
Keeps politics to myself - 21 August 2011 17:29122236A famous relic from ww2, I'm proud to have known one of my relatives was the Flight sergeant of Guy gibsons air crew of the Dam Busters. John Pulford.grass grows by the inches but dies by the feet.
- 21 August 2011 18:50122255I heard it but was in the Western Heights moats so didn't see it, though the sounds was so distictive!!
(Carpark was full of cars for our used walk
)Been nice knowing you :) - Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
21 August 2011 19:06122257yes agreed,a very rare site these days but a wonderfull site to see so close up. - 21 August 2011 19:33122273heard it but didn't see it, found this photo on the interweb thingy of the first one to complete 50 missions, taken in 1943.
