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Avro Lancaster takes flight: Marking 85 years since the prototype's maiden airborne test

This January marks the 85th anniversary of a milestone in British aviation history: the maiden flight of the Avro Lancaster prototype. On January 9, 1941, the aircraft-then known as the Avro 683-made ...
The Aviationist

BBMF’s Avro Lancaster Begins Major Maintenance Overhaul

The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight’s Avro Lancaster has flown to Duxford to begin a planned period of maintenance that will see it miss the 2026 display season. Avro Lancaster PA474 was built in ...
CBC.ca

Canada's last airworthy Avro Lancaster embarks on U.K. tour

After overnight repairs and last-minute runway switch, Canada's last airworthy Avro Lancaster bomber successfully took off from Hamilton this morning to embark on its journey to the U.K. The Second ...
The Aviationist

Unusual (and stunning) view of an Avro Vulcan from a Lancaster’s rear turret

The following image shows Avro Vulcan XH558 (carrying civil registration G-VLCN), the only airworthy bomber of a fleet of 134 Vulcan V bombers operated by the Royal Air Force from 1953 until 1984.

'Our dad built exact replica of WW2 bomber cockpit'

When Léon Ellison watched the World War Two epic The Dam Busters as a child, it triggered a lifelong obsession with the famous raid. He would go on to spend decades researching the Avro Lancaster ...