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: 444
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: 444
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