Video 272 Restoration of Lancaster NX611 Year 7

Engineers at Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre, Ade and John on the oxygen supply to the gun turrets, and the amount of parts in a wing rib respectively. Norman and Terrey work on the frame of the rear fuselage.

[brianscott]

The dedication and shear craftmanship in this restoration is simply out of this world, all credit to to you Neville as well .

[earlchapman]

Thank you Neville for another wonderful update! I genuinely appreciate all the effort you put into making these. Your questions to the restoration crew are great as they result in meaningful responses and they don’t dumb it down. Well done again.

[arnhemseptember]

The complexity of the Lancaster never fails to amaze me.

[mikepocock]

Its lovely seeing work done by hand as in the old days, these lads really know their stuff.Thanks again Nev for another cracking video thats keeping us up to date. Take care mate.

[timeslip]

In recent weeks somewhat negative comments have been made about the apparent lack of progress and that work is now being carried out "at a snails pace". Also, the suggestion that Neville Wheeldon is simply repeating and rehashing old videos (or words to that effect) just to produce a weekly update. Not only do l believe these comments to be incorrect l also feel they are being disrespectful to the skilled and dedicated personnel involved. Comments of this nature are usually made by individuals with little or no understanding of just how long vintage/classic aircraft restorations to flying condition can take and have taken in the past. For example Messerschmitt 109 'Black 6' restored by the late Russ Snadden and his team took 19 years, the Shuttleworth Collections Hawker Hind took 9 years, Duxfords first Bristol Blenhiem restoration also took 9 years and the Canadian Lancaster FM213 took around 10 years l believe, indeed l would think there have been numerous air worthy restorations that could even eclipse the examples named above. Believe you me just because it visually doesn't appear in a video it doesn't mean that progress behind the scenes isn't being made, the logistics and paperwork alone must be both immense and time consuming. So lets just let these guys and Neville get on with the job in hand...however long it takes!

[davidravenhill]

Thanks for an interesting video, Neville. I found it interesting about the turret and the oxygen system for the gunner 👍

[johnbradshaw]

Great update Neville thank you. Great work continues and progress.

[barbluesful]

Thanks Neville. It’s the simple things that were obviously necessary, but were thought about, designed and manufactured, such as the oxygen economiser…..fascinating.

[johnbishop]

Great video as always. I always look forward to the Saturday evening video update. 😊

[zoebaldwin-me]

Another great blog Neville I look forward to watching them

[davidlawrencebanks]

Thank you Neville 👍 it's coming along 👍😉

[Todd-pt]

Excellent as always Neville! The crew are also so nice too. Keep on showing us what it takes to help this jewel shine brightly in the sun again. Just a question, but have you ever done a live update?

[mischef]

Enjoyed this update bro, interesting regarding the oxygen thing. Safe travels. Ken.

[peterwilson]

It will be better than new when completed.

[simonetherington]

Reference the front turret seat contact the RAAFA museum in Perth Western Australia they have Lancaster NX622 the exact same model as Just Jane. I sat in the front turret in 1976 it has a seat everything worked in the turret at that time as I pushed every button cranked every handle i could find. It came from the French Aeronaval at Noumea Island to Perth in 1962. Just Jane went to Queensland at the same time. So the French retained the seats in their Lancaster's in 1962. There is a wealth of information available there.

[James-N]

Great to have more turret updates, and I love that the 1945 part still needs 'finishing' (but then it wasnt expected to last this long was it?)

Thanks Neville.

[keithlawrence]

Thanks nev 😊 look forward to blogs every week😊 can't wait to come back again and visit. P.s what happened to u touring ww2 airfield and telling us about the history of them ☺️

[petejones]

Nice video update, just one thing - it’s NAAFI (Navy, Army & Air Force Institute) and not Naffi

[johndavey]

Great content Neville . The "ecomoniser " . Was it made of bakelite Neville ? It didn't look like metal . And the cost of the turret alone must have been thousands Thanks Neville.

[paulcrawley]

Another great video there Neville. With regards to the rib lettering can they not take a picture of it and once paint stripped and repainted can they not have a stencil made up and resprayed back in?? Just a thought.