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Re: The Toronto Lanc
Posted by Andrew on Tue Aug 20, 2002 07:23:41 AM
In reply top Re: The Toronto Lanc posted by dumaresqc on Mon Aug 19, 2002 04:24:04 PM
: : Hi all,
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: : I visited the Toronto Aerospace Museum a couple of weeks
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: : go to see FM104 and it is on display but in a sections.
: It
: : was broken down in order to transport back and store at
: t
: : he former CFB Downsview, the location of TAM. They say t
: he
: : restoration will take 12 years and from the looks of it
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: : hat might be true. It has a fair amount of corrision in
: th
: : e floors and the interior is pretty much gutted. I like
: it
: : was taken down just in the nick of time. The engines ar
: e
: : mostly complete, and they had broken down one engine dow
: n
: : to the crank and all did seem pretty clean. They are loo
: ki
: : ng for volunters and funds to help save the Lanc. So far
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: : ot much restoration has been started, it appears to be p
: re
: : tty much in the "being disassembled phase" of it's resto
: ra
: : tion.
: :
: : Just a side note..Winsdor ONT Lancaster FM212 seems to b
: e
: : fairing alot better on it's pole.
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: : Regards
: :
:
: I didn't know that there was another Lancaster in Windsor.
: I've never made it down there. Soemthing tells me that
: there should be a movement afoot to get that one under cov
: er too. Those aircraft are now just to rare and too valua
: ble to be sitting outside on pylons like that. Leave them
: out there and soon they'll be gone, just like the veteran
: s they are intended to help commenorate.
:
: Charles
Charles,
There is a group that have been trying for a while to get FM212 down from her pole, but I believe that the City of Windsor(her owners) had decided to have left up on her pole for the time being. It appears that the engineers from the city have determined her to be in safe shape and in no immediate danger. I just hope they don't wait till she is in the same condition as FM104 before she is brought down.
FM212 has a web site. (www.lancasterfm212.freeservers.com)
Cheers.
Andrew