Timeline for Why are there so few Lancasters still flying?
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| Feb 18, 2017 at 21:30 | comment | added | Ross Ridge | @Moo Aside from the 3,249 that were lost in action during World War II. | |
| Feb 18, 2017 at 17:13 | comment | added | Moo | Pretty much all the Lancasters built were either scrapped or used until their life expired - both the RAF and CWHM Lancasters have had significant structural parts replaced during their lives. | |
| Feb 18, 2017 at 16:46 | vote | accept | Notts90 | ||
| Feb 18, 2017 at 13:44 | comment | added | Magoo | A number of Lancasters were converted to Lancastrians for civil use - and used until 1960. No doubt many were cannibalised to keep them flying, too. Same thing happened to Halifaxes. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Lancastrian | |
| Feb 18, 2017 at 8:35 | comment | added | Notts90 | +1 So from that I take it there are simply less airframes available than the Spitfire and because of the size, more parts are required which makes it significantly harder/more expensive, with less interest it's rather inevitable there's a big difference. Also I imagine a private investigator is more willing to spend money on a solo aircraft than one requiring a crew. | |
| Feb 18, 2017 at 3:16 | comment | added | alephzero | There's a third Lanc being restored to flying condtion in the UK. They have got to the stage of funding the project by offering taxi rides along the runway at £300-£400 a head (and the approved emergency drill in case of brake failure is to take off, which says how close they are to completing the project). There is certainly interest, especially for events like both airworthy Lancs flying together in the UK in 2016. lincsaviation.co.uk | |
| Feb 17, 2017 at 23:49 | comment | added | Jae Carr | The Commemorative Air Force put out a video on FiFi a couple years ago. They mentioned that it costs roughly $10,000/flying hour to maintain.... Definitely not cheap. Not sure how much a P-51D is. | |
| Feb 17, 2017 at 21:57 | history | answered | voretaq7 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |