Thanks again Neville for keeping your avid fans in touch over the ups and downs of 23. Your videos are really appreciated and are instrumental in us learning about the lanc. We wish you and and all the lads and lassies a happy, healthy and prosperous 2024
Hi Nev, thanks for all Just Jane updates this year as it i s invaluable to enthusiasts like myself. I am building a HK models 1/32 scale Lancaster and the colour info for certain parts of the interior and airframe has been priceless, thanks, can I wish you and you family a very very happy new year. 👌
Hi Nev hope you and your family had a great Christmas and i would like to wish you a very happy New year.Thankyou once again for another wonderful video the lads are really doing a great job and without your updates we would be missing so much.So once again thankyou,take care mate can,t wait for your next one.
Interestingly the second set of pedals get stored in clips on the rear of the front turret fairing just to the right of the brake pressure air tank in the nose
G'day Neville if you haven't already seen it there are a few videos of a restored and operating FN-20 Rear Turret belonging to the Canadian Bomber Command Museum. Attached to a section of rear fuselage, operated by museum volunteer's for tourists groups it shows you how quick it is when operated.
Thank you Neville for all your hard work on keeping us updated with your videos I think about the flooring to go over the existing floor and and a little wider would be a great idea as I was on just Jane not long ago and I was always looking and thinking about were l put my feet as you both said this can be taken off when just Jane does fly Happy New Year and please keep your videos coming 😊
Thanks for the update Neville and for all of your updates throughout the year. Really has been a joy to follow the restoration as it is happening week by week. Really do appreciate all the time and effort you have put into these updates. Wishing you, your family and all the gang at East Kirkby a very Happy New Year. 👍
Last update for 2023 bro and was a good one too. 5 hours to go till 2024 rolls over here so all the very best. Rained so hard here this afternoon I have a duck pond on my back lawn yet tomorrow is showing wall to wall sunshine go figure. Safe travels. Ken.
A very happy New Year to you and your family. I look forward to your videos. Instead of the usual hot dry Christmas period we have had wild storms, floods and hurricane force winds all down the Australian east coast. Looking forward to what 2024 brings for Just Jane. Regards Jeff
It really is great to see the progress Jacob is making. His enthusiasm is clear to see, keep up the good work Jacob. Happy new year to you Nev and all the crew at E kirkby.
Happy new year to you Neville. Your efforts all year are very much appreciated. Without these videos I would never see this work. You take care mate 👍 👍 👍
Happy new year nev 😊loving the videos please keep them coming. Wish I lived closer. Please keep up the good work 😊 and a happy new year to all at East kirby.
Thank you for another very interesting update Neville. I think as others do that, your documentation is so vital in recording Just Janes return to full Airworthy status and in turn her supporter network only gets bigger and bigger. Looking forward to your next update and Happy New Year.
@10:30 he is explaining the use of an ice pick to line up the holes in the skin with the rib. I have a whole box of ice picks for this very same purpose. I have to explain to new fitters that a company here in the US still supplies brand new ice picks. I find it ironic that I haven’t seen someone use an ice pick to chip an ice block in over 60 years.
In the old days all the fitters had podgers which were similar and were made locally as times were hard and we couldn’t afford luxuries and a lot of panels were made without jigs so they were all slightly different so taking them off and refitting during maintenance was a work of art made possible by the Podger and expletives.
At 9:41 Jacob is showing his work on the wing and there is evidence of rippling of the metal when it was heaved into place. Will this be left as it is and, if not how will it be smoothed out?
They must have used a cockpit section with the nose removed, to film the cockpit flying sequences of The Dambusters? Does anyone at the center know anything about this? There would have been a few aircraft around to break up for filming purposes, rather than build a set.
From my Book "Filming the Dambusters" by Jonathan Falconer 2005. A complete Lancaster cockpit section (minus nose section) was mounted on a pivoting platform, technician Harold Payne devised the machinery that replicated the movements of an aircraft in flight in the studio. The cockpit controls were linked to a motor beneath the platform to create what was in essence a simple flight simulator. When the control column was moved the platform moved too., thereby creating a realistic flying movement of the aircraft nose section when viewed later on screen. Actor Richard Todd who played Gibson spent hours in the nose section filming scenes until the director was happy with the final result. Between takes Todd was even taught how to fly the platform correctly by an RAF instructor and how to operate a Lancaster up to take off speed. For filming of ground scenes with a complete aircraft they used a "pantechnicon" (a large van for transporting furniture) which doubled as a camera platform with tripod mounted cameras mounted on top for filming close up scenes of the cockpit during engine start up and close down procedures. Just a little movie trivia I thought Id throw in from a great classic film. Cheers.
Fantastic video again Nev, wishing you and the EK team a very Happy New Year. One question regards dual controls, I'm of the understanding that they were original to the design rather than a mod. Bomber Command had co-pilots up to a certain point in 1942, and all the heavy bombers such as the Halifax and the Manchester had to have dual controls included. You'll nearly always see dual controls in any Manchester cockpit shots, and this was obviously carried over into the Lancaster, although usually removed on front line aircraft when co pilot position was made redundant in 42. This is my understanding of the history, perhaps you could ask the guys at the centre next time for some details on this to confirm?? Anyway,fantastic vid as always.
Hi RCR1, I believe the removable controls for the co pilot were stored in the nose of the Lancaster but will check. I hope to record this question and answer on video
I wonder if Kermit Weeks can help in anyway. Trouble is, him being based on the other side of the world & shipping , things can get lost & damaged in transit
Another outstanding video Neville. Thank you for all your wonderful work, and all the best for 2024. One question, I presume when NX611 returns to flight, she'll be dual control-two pilot, or will she be the only single pilot flying Lanc?
Spaghetti junction.i hope I live long enough to see this girl up flying.seems for ever to keep the British red tape at bay. I'm 16. Not really.....55.keeo them going Nev.informative as ever..does anyone use a 3d printer yet?
The pin is only good for ground taxiing! It's not air-worthy otherwise? Surely the only time the pin is being used is when the aircraft is on the ground and the plane is taxiing around? Admittedly the last bit of "taxiing" would be done at speed i.e. going down the runway before taking off, but it's still on the ground and not in the air?
True however the pin would be carrying much higher loads and stresses if the aircraft was flying (specifically during landings) and although the current pins would ‘probably’ be ok, new, unblemished pins would almost ‘certainly’ be ok. That’s the main difference between ground use and airworthy components.
