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21 de may. de 2024 · It is powered by eight jet engines mounted under the wings in four twin pods. The plane’s maximum speed at 55,000 feet (17,000 metres) is Mach 0.9 (595 miles per hour, or 960 km/hr). At only a few hundred feet above the ground, it can fly at Mach 0.5 (375 miles per hour, or 600 km/hr).
Hace 6 días · 508 Views. The Avro Lancaster is a British Second World War heavy bomber. It was designed and manufactured by Avro as a contemporary of the Handley Page Halifax, both bombers having been developed to the same specification, as well as the Short Stirling, all three aircraft being four-engined heavy bombers adopted by the Royal Air ...
23 de may. de 2024 · May 23, 2024. The most iconic heavy bomber of World War II. The four-engined Avro Lancaster heavy bomber was designed and built by AV Roe & Company for the RAF during the Second World War. Entering service with RAF Bomber Command in 1942, it soon became their main heavy bomber. Wilf G. White.
7 de may. de 2024 · Description. The Lancaster had a wingspan of 31 m and a length of 21 m. Each of its engines provided 1,460 horsepower, which gave it a maximum speed of 450 km/h and a ceiling of 7,500 m. It could carry 6,350 kg of bombs with a range of 2,670 km at 320 km/h.
12 de may. de 2024 · On the morning of 6 June 1944, Avro Lancaster bombers of 617 Squadron (the Dam Busters) played a central role in Operation Taxable. Their mission was to create a diversion by simulating an invasion fleet on enemy radar screens, misleading the Germans about the actual location of the D-Day invasion.
28 de may. de 2024 · Lancaster NX611 ‘Just Jane’ – Restoration Update 221. Avro Lancaster B.VII NX611 Just Jane is being restored to airworthy condition by the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre at the former RAF East Kirkby airfield in Lincolnshire, England. The restoration team has made remarkable progress, and we are pleased to share a recent ...
9 de may. de 2024 · Seventy-five years ago, on the night of 3rd/4th May 1944, 346 Avro Lancasters and 16 de Havilland Mosquitoes of RAF Bomber Command’s Nos 1 and 5 Groups mounted an attack on the German Wehrmacht barracks and battle-tank depot near the French village of Mailly-Le-Camp, 85 miles east of Paris.
