3 results found
| Registration / Serial: | VM726 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Avro 683 Lancaster |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Avro 683/691 Lancaster/Lancastrian |
| Aircraft Version: | Avro 691 Lancastrian C2 |
| C/n (msn): | [ VM726 ] |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Photo Date: | March 1946 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 738733Submit Correction |
| View count: | 188 |
In March 1946, Lancastrian VM726 set a record of 62 hours and 8 minutes between the UK and New Zealand. Photo from: Air Force Museum of New Zealand
| Registration / Serial: | VM726 |
| Aircraft Version: | Avro 691 Lancastrian C2 |
| C/n (msn): | [ VM726 ] |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map | Country: | New Zealand |
| Photo Date: | March 1946 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | VM726 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Avro 683 Lancaster |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Avro 683/691 Lancaster/Lancastrian |
| Aircraft Version: | Avro 691 Lancastrian C2 |
| C/n (msn): | [ VM726 ] |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Photo Date: | March 1946 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 738733Submit Correction |
| View count: | 188 |
In March 1946, Lancastrian VM726 set a record of 62 hours and 8 minutes between the UK and New Zealand. Photo from: Air Force Museum of New Zealand
| Registration / Serial: | VM726 |
| Aircraft Version: | Avro 691 Lancastrian C2 |
| C/n (msn): | [ VM726 ] |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map | Country: | New Zealand |
| Photo Date: | March 1946 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | VM735 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Avro 683 Lancaster |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Avro 683/691 Lancaster/Lancastrian |
| Aircraft Version: | Avro 691 Lancastrian C2 |
| C/n (msn): | [ VM735 ] |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Photo Date: | 26 November 1946 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 437070Submit Correction |
| View count: | 762 |
Acquired by Hants and Sussex Aviation in January, 1950. Believed to have been scrapped after being stripped of useful parts. Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library
| Registration / Serial: | VM735 |
| Aircraft Version: | Avro 691 Lancastrian C2 |
| C/n (msn): | [ VM735 ] |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map | Country: | New Zealand |
| Photo Date: | 26 November 1946 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | VM735 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Avro 683 Lancaster |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Avro 683/691 Lancaster/Lancastrian |
| Aircraft Version: | Avro 691 Lancastrian C2 |
| C/n (msn): | [ VM735 ] |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Photo Date: | 26 November 1946 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 437070Submit Correction |
| View count: | 762 |
Acquired by Hants and Sussex Aviation in January, 1950. Believed to have been scrapped after being stripped of useful parts. Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library
| Registration / Serial: | VM735 |
| Aircraft Version: | Avro 691 Lancastrian C2 |
| C/n (msn): | [ VM735 ] |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map | Country: | New Zealand |
| Photo Date: | 26 November 1946 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | VM733 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Avro 683 Lancaster |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Avro 683/691 Lancaster/Lancastrian |
| Aircraft Version: | Avro 691 Lancastrian C2 |
| C/n (msn): | [ VM733 ] |
| City / Airport: | Coventry - Baginton (EGBE / CVT)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Event: | Coventry Air Show 1954 |
| Photo Date: | 19 June 1954 |
| Photo by: | R.A.Scholefield |
| Photo ID: | 32779Submit Correction |
| View count: | 494 |
The Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire jet engine test bed performs for the crowd using only its two outer motors, the inner Merlins being shut down. This is believed to have been the last Lancastrian to survive in service. No example of the type survives.
| Registration / Serial: | VM733 |
| Aircraft Version: | Avro 691 Lancastrian C2 |
| C/n (msn): | [ VM733 ] |
| City / Airport: | Coventry - Baginton (EGBE / CVT)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 19 June 1954 |
| Photo by: | R.A.Scholefield |
| Registration / Serial: | VM733 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Avro 683 Lancaster |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Avro 683/691 Lancaster/Lancastrian |
| Aircraft Version: | Avro 691 Lancastrian C2 |
| C/n (msn): | [ VM733 ] |
| City / Airport: | Coventry - Baginton (EGBE / CVT)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Event: | Coventry Air Show 1954 |
| Photo Date: | 19 June 1954 |
| Photo by: | R.A.Scholefield |
| Photo ID: | 32779Submit Correction |
| View count: | 494 |
The Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire jet engine test bed performs for the crowd using only its two outer motors, the inner Merlins being shut down. This is believed to have been the last Lancastrian to survive in service. No example of the type survives.
| Registration / Serial: | VM733 |
| Aircraft Version: | Avro 691 Lancastrian C2 |
| C/n (msn): | [ VM733 ] |
| City / Airport: | Coventry - Baginton (EGBE / CVT)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 19 June 1954 |
| Photo by: | R.A.Scholefield |