Мировая Авиация 41

Первый Lancastrian британского производства с номером VB873 поступил в авиакомпанию BOAC в 1945 году. Он выглядел более изящно, чем его предшественник - переделанный в Канаде Lancaster B.Mk X.

Мировая Авиация 144

Lancastrian создавался как транспортный самолет для авиакомпаний и для ВВС, в которых машины (на фотографии - из 24-й эскадрильи) недолго эксплуатировались в интересах Транспортного командования.

Aeroplane Monthly 1981-05 / R.Riding - Avro's stopgap airliner (2)

Lancastrian 3 of British South American Airways

Aeroplane Monthly 1981-05 / R.Riding - Avro's stopgap airliner (2)

Lancaster XPP of Trans Canada Airlines

Мировая Авиация 144

Воздушные танкеры Lancastrian компании BSAA активно использовались во время Берлинского воздушного моста.

Мировая Авиация 144

Летающие лаборатории. После того, как Lancastrian стали списывать военные и гражданские эксплуатанты, часть машин была переоборудована в летающие лаборатории для отработки различных турбовинтовых и турбореактивных двигателей. Среди прочих на Lancastrian проходили испытания ТРД Rolls-Royce Nene (на фото) и Avon, de Havilland Ghost и Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire, а также с десяток вариантов поршневых двигателей Merlin и Griffon.

Мировая Авиация 38

После войны бомбардировщики переоборудовались в авиалайнеры Lancastrian, способные перевозить 13 пассажиров, или же в грузовые самолеты. Однако, обладая высокой скоростью и значительной дальностью полета, Lancastrian оказался слишком дорогим и сложным для гражданских эксплуатантов.

Мировая Авиация 41

Несмотря на высокую стоимость эксплуатации, Lancastrian пользовался успехом в первые послевоенные годы в качестве транспортного самолета большой дальности. Королевские ВВС заказали 33 экземпляра Lancastrian С.Mk 2 (на снимке).

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1946 / 03 - All the world's aeroplanes

The Avro Lancastrian Long-range Transport (four Rolls-Royce Merlin 24 engines).

Авиация и Время 2011-04 / А.Харук - Лучший бомбардировщик Королевства

Самолет Авро "Ланкастриан" C Mk.II из 231 -й эскадрильи RAF

Aeroplane Monthly 1981-04 / R.Riding - Avro's stopgap airliner (1)

Avro Lancastrian G-AGLF was the first of BOAC's fleet of 21 Mk Is and was lost in a crash in the Syrian Desert in May 1947.

Air Enthusiast 1998-01 / A.Wood - Back to the Farm

Lancastrian prototype, G-AGLF, first flown in December 1944.

Air Pictorial 1995-04 / ??? - Military aircraft markings (2)

Between April 23 and 27, 1945, the first of BOAC’s fleet of 21 Avro Lancastrian Mk Is, G-AGLF, made a record flight to Auckland, NZ, covering the 13,380 miles in 53 hr 13 min.

Aeroplane Monthly 1988-06 / Personal album. Civil

Avro 691 Lancastrian G-AGLS landing at Heathrow in March 1949. Ex-VD238 and registered to BOAC in March 1945, 'LS was named Nelson. It made the first westbound flight of the BOAC/QANTAS Kangaroo service, flown by Capt E. Palmer on June 2, 1945. The inaugural flight from the UK was made in G-AGLV on May 31. G-AGLS also made the first all-cargo flight on this route, on December 2, 1947. The aircraft was scrapped at Hurn in January 1951. The Lancastrian 1 had a crew of five and carried nine passengers.

Aviation Historian 28 / B.Livingstone - The Longest Hop (2)

Lancastrian G-AGLS (with callsign OKZS prominent on the rear fuselage) arrives at Mascot, Sydney, on April 17, 1945, with Capt Tapp at the controls at the end of its flight from the UK. The aircraft was used at Mascot for Qantas crew training before it flew the first post-war Australia-UK service, departing Sydney on June 2, 1945.

Aviation Historian 28 / B.Livingstone - The Longest Hop (2)

The hangar and ramp at Guildford in April 1945, including, from left to right: Lancastrian G-AGLS (callsign OKZS), freshly arrived from the UK; Lancaster Mk III A66-1 (built in Manchester for the RAF as ED930), which was used for training Qantas Lancastrian crews with No 7 OTU, and Liberator G-AGKU.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Avro Lancaster / Type 683 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1941Consolidated C-87/C-109 Liberator Express - СШАUSA - 1942

Aviation Historian 28 / B.Livingstone - The Longest Hop (2)

Delivered to BOAC at Croydon by Air Transport Auxiliary pilot Lattice Curtis at the end of April 1945, Lancastrian G-AGLV (callsign OKZV, unmarked) is seen here at Hurn before undertaking the first post-war service from the UK to Australia, with BOAC’s Capt E. Palmer at the controls. The flight took a total flying time of 63hr.

Aeroplane Monthly 1988-06 / Personal album. Civil

Avro 691 Lancastrian 1 G-AGLW, ex-VF164, at Heathrow in March 1949. Registered to BOAC in April 1945 and named Northampton, 'LW was used on the BOAC/QANTAS Kangaroo service.

Aeroplane Monthly 1979-10 / Croydon /Gone but not forgotten/ (5)

For a short while BOAC’s Lancastrians called into Croydon. This one, G-AGLW Northampton, is seen there in the late '40s, and was scrapped at Hurn in January 1951.

Aeroplane Monthly 1981-05 / Skywriters

Luckier than its sister aircraft was Lancastrian G-AGLW which survived until January 1951, when it was scrapped at Hurn.

Aeroplane Monthly 1981-04 / R.Riding - Avro's stopgap airliner (1)

Aeroplane Monthly 1981-04 / R.Riding - Avro's stopgap airliner (1)

Более половины из первых 60 самолетов Lancastrian, заказанных британскими ВВС, поступили в BOAC, включая и данную машину. В мае 1945 года один из них открыл полеты между метрополией и Австралией.
The Avro Lancastrian I Transport (four 1,620 h.p. Rolls-Royce Merlin 24 engines).
BOAC's Lancastrian G-AGMD, named Nairn, was sold to QANTAS in July 1947 and became VH-EAS. It was destroyed by fire at Dubbo, NSW on April 7, 1949.

Aeroplane Monthly 1981-04 / R.Riding - Avro's stopgap airliner (1)

BOAC’s Lancastrian G-AGME, named Newhaven, climbs out of Heathrow.

Aviation Historian 20 / N.Stroud - Heathrow. The Roaring Forties /The John Stroud Archive/

Lancastrian 1 G-AGMJ, named Naseby in BOAC service, was one of 20 taken from the tail end of Lancaster production and converted for civil use for the airline. The type was far from economical, being fitted with only nine seats, but earned a high degree of prestige by offering a three-day service from London to Sydney.

Aeroplane Monthly 1988-06 / Personal album. Civil

Avro Lancaster G-AGUJ, ex-PP689, is seen at Heathrow in December 1949. One of 300 built by Vickers-Armstrongs at Castle Bromwich in 1945, it was registered to British South American airways in March 1946 and was named Star Pilot. Devoid of the Lancastrian's fuselage windows and lacking a tail cone, 'UJ was used for flying freight, mostly perishable goods, for about a year. In September 1949 it was acquired by BOAC but was dismantled at Langley three months later.

Aeroplane Monthly 1981-04 / R.Riding - Avro's stopgap airliner (1)

British South American Airways' Avro Lancaster freighter G-AGUL, Star Watch, at Heathrow in 1946.

Aviation Historian 6 / G.Skillen - Terminal Velocity

One of 100 Lancaster Mk Is built during February-August 1945 by Vickers-Armstrongs at Castle Bromwich, G-AGUM was initially given the RAF serial PP751. Converted for civil use by Avro, the aircraft was fitted with the Lancastrian’s elongated freight nose, but lacked the latter’s windows and faired tailcone.

Aeroplane Monthly 1988-06 / Personal album. Civil

Avro 683 Lancaster G-AGUM, ex-PP751, seen at Heathrow in October 1949. It was registered to BSAA in May 1946 and was named Star Ward Following a short period as a freighter with the company, 'UM went to Airtech Ltd at Thame, were it was fitted with an enormous belly pannier for carrying vehicles and odd-shaped loads during the Berlin Airlift.

Aviation Historian 6 / G.Skillen - Terminal Velocity

One of the few photographs taken of G-AGUM with its short-lived Airtech pannier. It is not known whether this was taken at Thame during the pannier’s fitting or at Farnborough during the trials. By the end of 1949 the aircraft had been scrapped at Dunsfold. No pictures have been traced showing the pannier after its blow-out - if you know of any, the Editor would like to see them!

Aeroplane Monthly 1981-08 / Skywriters

The photograph of G-AGUM taken sometime in 1949.

Aviation Historian 6 / G.Skillen - Terminal Velocity

Lancaster G-AGUM with the inelegant ventral pannier fitted by Airtech at Thame. The pannier was approximately 8ft x 8ft (2-4 x 2-4 m) in section and 20ft (6m) long. Of parallel box section, it had a rounded nose which formed a pair of doors, and a tapered tail.

Aeroplane Monthly 1981-07 / R.Riding - Lancs in Mufti

After a short term with BSAAC Lancaster G-AGVM was fitted with an outsize belly panier by Airtech Ltd at Thame and used to fly awkward loads on the Berlin airlift.

Aviation Historian 6 / G.Skillen - Terminal Velocity

The Lancaster during the trials. Named Star Ward, G-AGUM had operated with British South American Airways from 1946, carrying perishable goods on long routes over the South Atlantic. The pannier was designed to have a capacity of some 1,000 ft3 (28 m3) and be able to carry a load of 10,000 lb (4,535kg).

Aeroplane Monthly 1981-04 / R.Riding - Avro's stopgap airliner (1)

The Avro Lancastrian III Long-range Transport (four 1,620 h.p. Rolls-Royce Merlin 24 engines).
British South American Airways' Lancastrian 3 G-AGWH, named Star Dust, was lost over the Andes on August 2, 1947.

Air Enthusiast 2001-01 / T.Singfield - The Free Air of Heaven

British South American Airways' Lancastrian G-AGWI 'Star Land' became the first BSAA aircraft to visit Bermuda on July 16, 1946, while en route to the Caribbean

Aeroplane Monthly 1981-04 / R.Riding - Avro's stopgap airliner (1)

British South American Airways Lancastrian 3, G-AGWJ Star Glow.

Aeroplane Monthly 1981-05 / R.Riding - Avro's stopgap airliner (2)

BSAA’s Lancastrian 3 G-AGWK, Star Trail, with wheels retracting immediately after take-off.

Aeroplane Monthly 1988-06 / Personal album. Civil

British South American Airways Corporation's Avro 691 Lancastrian 3 G-AGWL photographed at Heathrow in August 1948. The Mk 3 carried five crew and 13 passengers and BSAA's Lancastrian fleet was initially operated on the South American service. In January 1949 'WL was sold to the Tarrant Rushton-based Flight Refuelling Ltd. In company with a dozen other Lancastrians it was fitted with sufficient tankage to carry up to 2,500gal of liquid fuel for use on the Berlin Airlift.

Мировая Авиация 144

Avro Lancastrian активно эксплуатировались авиакомпанией BOAC в первые послевоенные годы, в том числе и на многих дальних маршрутах. Последние машины были сняты с полетов в начале 1950-х годов.

Aeroplane Monthly 1981-05 / R.Riding - Avro's stopgap airliner (2)

Skyways' Lancastrian G-AHBU.

Aeroplane Monthly 1981-05 / R.Riding - Avro's stopgap airliner (2)

Silver City Lancastrian 3s G-AHBV and G-AHBW were based at Dunsfold.

Aeroplane Monthly 1977-05 / H.Seabrook-Smith - Berlin air lift (2)

Avro Lancastrian G-AKDR about to discharge fuel via a pipe into an underground tank. Owned by Flight Refuelling Ltd, this aircraft was withdrawn from use in May 1951.

Мировая Авиация 144

Компания BSAA переоборудовала часть Lancastrian в воздушные танкеры, как этот G-AKDR, чтобы обеспечить беспосадочные перелеты из Великобритании на Бермуды.

Aeroplane Monthly 1981-05 / R.Riding - Avro's stopgap airliner (2)

Flight Refuellings' Lancastrian 4 G-AKFG was previously owed by Skyways and BSAA and was scrapped at Tarrant Rushton in September 1951.

Aeroplane Monthly 1982-01 / Skywriters

Following up the incident mentioned in Richard Riding’s article on the Lancastrian, May 1981, concerning Lancastrian 2, G-AKFH, when it crashed at Gatow on June 26, 1949, the author describes the aircraft making a rough landing, its cargo of fuel catching fire, the three crew escaping and then watching the frantic efforts of the fire crew, who hadn’t seen them escape, to rescue the crew.

Aeroplane Monthly 1981-05 / R.Riding - Avro's stopgap airliner (2)

Skyways' Lancastrian G-AKFI, Sky Consort, was later re-registered G-AJPP.

Aeroplane Monthly 1981-05 / R.Riding - Avro's stopgap airliner (2)

Skyways' Lancastrian 4, Sky Envoy, was sold in Pakistan in July 1948.

Aviation Historian 4 / J.Watson - Gun Cotton

A poor-quality but rare photograph of Lancastrian 4 G-AKJO, still wearing its British registration, at Karachi in 1948. It became AP-ACO in service with Cotton’s OnzeAir organisation but by 1949 was back in the UK, where it was probably scrapped.

Aeroplane Monthly 1988-06 / Personal album. Civil

Avro Lancastrian 2 G-AKSN seen at Blackbushe in February 1949. Built for the RAF as VD973, it joined the Skyways fleet as Sky Consort and was used on the Berlin Airlift.

Aeroplane Monthly 1981-05 / R.Riding - Avro's stopgap airliner (2)

Skyways' Lancastrian 2, G-AKSO, seen before conversion, note the RAF roundel and code Z just visible under the registration letters.

Aviation Historian 20 / N.Stroud - Heathrow. The Roaring Forties /The John Stroud Archive/

Delivered to the RAF in March 1946, Avro Lancastrian C.2 VM738 served with No 231 Sqn before being sold to BSAA on February 18, 1948. Bearing civil registration G-AKTB and named Star Glory, it is seen here at LAP on August 31, 1948, in an unusual colour scheme. It went to Flight Refuelling Ltd in 1949 and was scrapped in 1951.

Авиация и Космонавтика 2010-05 / В.Котельников - Авро: от "Манчестера" к "Ланкастеру" (2)

Транспортный самолет "Ланкастриан"

Мировая Авиация 144

Канадцы в 1945 году переоборудовали часть Lancaster B.Mk I под стандарт Lancastrian, а представленный здесь самолет, имевший остекленную носовую часть, разбился во время испытательного полета 1 июня 1945 года.

Aeroplane Monthly 1981-04 / R.Riding - Avro's stopgap airliner (1)

Avro Canada Lancaster XPP, CF-CMT, of TCA seen at Uplands, Ontario, in January 1946.

Aeroplane Monthly 1981-04 / R.Riding - Avro's stopgap airliner (1)

Avro Lancaster XPP, CF-CMV, of TCA was purchased by Flight Refuelling Ltd in September 1947 and became G-AKDO.

Aviation Historian 4 / J.Watson - Gun Cotton

Avro Lancaster XPP CF-CMW was one of nine Lancasters converted for civil use by Victory Aircraft in Canada. It was later acquired by Sidney Cotton for his nefarious activities in Hyderabad.

Aeroplane Monthly 1981-04 / R.Riding - Avro's stopgap airliner (1)

TCA’s Lancaster XPP CF-CMW.

Aviation Historian 4 / J.Watson - Gun Cotton

The other Lancaster XPP acquired by Cotton was CF-CMX, which was registered to OnzeAir in Pakistan as AP-ACL in 1948. Unlike its sister, it survived the gun-running operation and was returned to the UK in late 1948, after which it was scrapped.

Aeroplane Monthly 1981-04 / R.Riding - Avro's stopgap airliner (1)

TCA’s Avro Canada Lancaster XPP, CF-CNA, seen at Uplands, Ontario in June 1946.

Aeroplane Monthly 1981-05 / R.Riding - Avro's stopgap airliner (2)

HAROLD G. MARTIN'S superb photograph of Lancaster XPP CF-CNA was taken at Dorval, Montreal, in 1946.

Aeroplane Monthly 1981-05 / R.Riding - Avro's stopgap airliner (2)

Alitalia's Lancastrian 3 l-AHBY, ex G-AHBY and named Libeccio.

Aeroplane Monthly 1981-05 / R.Riding - Avro's stopgap airliner (2)

Alitalia's Lancastrian 3 I-DALR. ex G-AHCE and named Borea.

Aviation Historian 33 / M.Wickstead - Italy's forgotten airlines (3)

Alitalia’s British partner BEA provided the Italian airline with one Avro Lancaster (for training) and five Lancastrian 3s for its long-distance routes. Formerly G-AHCE, Lancastrian I-DALR, named Borea, operated Alitalia’s inaugural Milan-Buenos Aires service via Dakar, Natal, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo on June 2, 1948.

Air Enthusiast 2001-09 / A.Marino, V.Celleto, J.Mosquera - Argentina's 'Heavies' (1)

The first of three Lancastrian IVs converted for FAMA by Avro was LV-ACS. This was tragically lost on its third operational flight to London for the FAMA service, crashing in bad weather at Natal (Brasil) on June 10, 1947. The other two went on to serve with the FAA.

Мировая Авиация 144

4 июня 1945 года Lancastrian поступил в эксплуатацию в компанию QANTAS. Лайнеры имели салон на 9 мест, иллюминаторов на левом борту не было.

Aeroplane Monthly 1981-05 / R.Riding - Avro's stopgap airliner (2)

Lancastrians during the Berlin Airlift with one of Flight Refuelling's tanker aircraft in the foreground. Many ex-BOAC and BSAA Lancastrians were fitted with large tanks capable of carrying 2,500 gal of petrol or diesel oil.

Air Enthusiast 2001-09 / A.Marino, V.Celleto, J.Mosquera - Argentina's 'Heavies' (1)

Lancastrian T-65 visiting the USA in 1947. The aircraft had a short operational life with the FAA.

Авиация и Время 2011-04 / А.Харук - Лучший бомбардировщик Королевства

Один из аргентинских гражданских "Ланкастрианов". Самолет еще несет бортовой номер и опознавательные знаки ВВС своей страны

Air Enthusiast 2001-09 / A.Marino, V.Celleto, J.Mosquera - Argentina's 'Heavies' (1)

The hybrid transport Lancaster-Lancastrian T-102.

Мировая Авиация 144

Принадлежавшая компании "Rolls-Royce" летающая лаборатория Lancastrian Mk II, VM704, предназначалась для испытаний турбовинтового двигателя Clyde, однако в итоге на ней испытывали двигатели Griffon 57 (устанавливались на внутренних пилонах), предназначенные для Avro Shackleton британских ВВС, и Merlin 628, предназначенные для Avro Tudor.

Air Enthusiast 1998-11 / F.Prins - World Beater

Avro Lancastrian VM703 with DH Ghosts fitted in place of the outer RR Merlins during early ground runs at Hatfield.

Мировая Авиация 113

1940-1950-е годы - испытания ТРД. После Второй мировой войны стали доступны большие четырехмоторные бомбардировщики и транспортные самолеты. Их широко использовали в качестве летающих лабораторий. Например, Avro Lancastrian (фото) был оснащен парой ТРД de Havilland Ghost вместо внешних двигателей Merlin. На испытаниях поршневые двигатели выключались.

Aeroplane Monthly 1974-02

A later engine test-bed was this Avro Lancastrian II <...>

Aeroplane Monthly 1980-03 / B.Turpin - Turbine Test Beds (2)

Lancastrian VM703 flying on the de Havilland Ghosts in its outer nacelles.

Aeroplane Monthly 1979-11

The photograph depicts Rolls-Royce chief test pilot, Capt R. T. Shepherd, demonstrating the pure-jet performance of Avro Lancastrian VH742, fitted with a pair of Nene RN1 jet engines in the outboard nacelles. First flight took place on August 14, 1946.

Aeroplane Monthly 1980-03 / B.Turpin - Turbine Test Beds (2)

Авиация и Время 2011-04 / А.Харук - Лучший бомбардировщик Королевства

ЛЛ на базе "Ланкастриана" (per. № VH742) для испытаний ТРД "Нин"

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1947 / All the world's aeroplanes

The Avro Nene-Lancastrian powered by two Rolls-Royce Nene turbo-jet units and two Merlin reciprocating engines.

Aeroplane Monthly 1980-03 / B.Turpin - Turbine Test Beds (2)

Lancastrian VH742 flies by Nene-power. It was the world's first commercial aircraft to fly on jets alone, first flight after conversion taking place on August 14, 1946.

Aeroplane Monthly 1980-03 / B.Turpin - Turbine Test Beds (2)

Lancastrian 2 VM732 with Rolls-Royce Avons in its outer nacelles.

Aeroplane Monthly 1986-09 / ??? - At last! the 1948 show

Avro Lancastrian VM732 used as an engine testbed and fitted with two Rolls-Royce Avons.

Aeroplane Monthly 1980-02 / B.Turpin - Turbine Test Beds (1)

Lancastrian VM733 with Armstrong Siddeley Sapphires in the outboard nacelles.

Aviation Historian 11 / K.Hayward - High Anxiety

NEWLY-APPOINTED TAH Editorial Board member Gregory Alegi recently found this photograph while looking for something else. We are sure we’ve seen it before, but cannot recall the occasion or the story behind it. Can anyone from the readership provide chapter and verse? If so, please contact the Editor or the Managing Editor.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: De Havilland Mosquito F - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1941De Havilland Vampire / D.H.100 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1943Gloster Meteor / G.41 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1943

Aeroplane Monthly 1980-10 / D.Middleton - J.H.'Jimmy' Orrell /Test Pilot Profile/ (1)

Capt J. H. Orrell at the controls of an Avro Lancastrian in January 1945.

Aviation Historian 4 / J.Watson - Gun Cotton

Aeroplane Monthly 1981-04 / R.Riding - Avro's stopgap airliner (1)

Contrasts in Lancastrian passenger comfort. Left, the nine seat cabin of a TCA Lancastrian is very spartan compared to the later mark, right.

Aviation Historian 28 / B.Livingstone - The Longest Hop (2)

The Avro Lancaster had barely entered service in February 1942 when plans were put in place to create a transport variant for transatlantic services between the UK and Canada. A Mk III was converted to carry passengers and mail, which set a record flight time of 12hr 26min from Dorval to Prestwick in July 1943. Nine Mk Xs were similarly converted by Victory Aircraft in Canada and designated XPPs in Trans-Canada Air Lines service. After the war Avro put the transport variant into production as the Lancastrian, 82 of which were built in four variants.
In the Lancastrian C.I, as used by QEA, a nine-passenger day layout incorporated seating on the port side only, facing outwards towards the starboard wing, as in this view looking towards the front of the aircraft. The seats could be converted into bunks, with further bunks folding down from the panels above, for a six-passenger night configuration

Aeroplane Monthly 1981-04 / R.Riding - Avro's stopgap airliner (1)

the layout of the sleeper BOAC/QANTAS Kangaroo service Lancastrians.

Air Enthusiast 1998-01 / A.Wood - Back to the Farm

The interior of Lancastrian G-AGLF showing the sideways-facing seats and the cramped conditions - looking forward.

Aeroplane Monthly 1981-08 / Skywriters

Mr Haigh’s two photographs of the Lancastrian G-AGMB after its landing incident at RAF Tengah.

Aviation Historian 28 / B.Livingstone - The Longest Hop (2)

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1946 / 03 - All the world's aeroplanes

The Avro Lancastrian Long-range Transport.

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1947 / All the world's aeroplanes

The Avro Lancastrian III Transport.

Aeroplane Monthly 1981-05 / R.Riding - Avro's stopgap airliner (2)

Avro 691 Lancastrian I of BOAC