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Friday | BBC News

Dambusters: Death and glory

The experimental four-tonne bomb had to be dropped at the right height, at the right speed, at exactly the right distance from the target, to allow it to achieve the improbable feat of skipping across water.

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Related Topix: Aircraft, Avro Lancaster, Military Aircraft, World News, Germany

Thu May 16, 2013

Daily Mail

Dambusters: Lancaster bomber to perform flypast over reservoir used for WWII practice runs

A sight to make the heart swell: Britain's only airworthy Lancaster rolls back the years as it skims over Derwent Reservoir where Dambuster crews trained for famous raid 70 years ago A Lancaster bomber performed a flypast at Derwent Reservoir today as part of events to mark the 70th anniversary of the war-time Dambusters air raid.

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Related Topix: Aircraft, Avro Lancaster, Military Aircraft, Life, Hobbies, Flying

Dorsetecho.co.uk

Meet the man pivotal in the dambusters raid

Seventy years ago to the day 19 aircraft, crewed by 133 young men, took off on one of the most daring wartime missions that has now become one of the most well-known - the Dambusters.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Inventions, Aircraft, Avro Lancaster, Military Aircraft, Vickers Aircraft, Vickers Wellington

Sun May 12, 2013

MobyGames

New Game: VIP Ultimate Classic Wings: The Collection

VIP Ultimate Classic Wings: The Collection is a collection of aircraft for Microsoft Flight Simulator 98 .

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Related Topix: The Collection, Techno, Airbus A310, Aircraft, Airbus Aircraft, Commercial Aircraft, ATR 42, ATR Aircraft, ATR 72, Avro Lancaster, Military Aircraft, Boeing Aircraft, Boeing 707

Mon May 06, 2013

Heraldseries.co.uk

Eyes on the skies at action-packed Abingdon air show

Buy this photo The RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight's Avro Lancaster turns in front of the now-closed Didcot A power station during its display.

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Related Topix: Aircraft, Avro Lancaster, Military Aircraft, Oxfordshire County, England, World News, United Kingdom,

Sun May 05, 2013

Daily Kos

SR.53 - the great rocket-powered hope

It was the dying days of WW2, and the German state, and its conquered territories, were being assaulted day and night by the Allies non-stop air offensive.

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Related Topix: Tupolev Tu-16, Aircraft, Tupolev Aircraft, Military Aircraft, Avro Lancaster, Avro Vulcan, US News, Liberal Political News

Mon Apr 22, 2013

Arutz Sheva Israel News

It Happened Seventy Years Ago - Today

1943, nineteen Lancaster bombers of 617 Squadron flew to the Ruhr Valley, Germany's industrial heartland, where the bulk of the Nazi war materiel was being produced.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Germany, US Military, US Air Force, Aircraft, Avro Lancaster, Military Aircraft,

Sat Apr 20, 2013

Daily Kos

The Arrow

I took this picture on vacation in Ottawa last year and I enjoy showing it to fighter pilots and stumping them on aircraft identification.

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Related Topix: Aircraft, Avro Lancaster, Military Aircraft, North America Travel, Travel, Canada Travel

Fri Apr 19, 2013

Daily Kos

The Anson saga - " STILL rumbling on

When the Royal Air Force reached the end of World War Two, it was not facing such an uncertain future as it did in November, 1918.

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Related Topix: Aircraft, Avro Anson, Military Aircraft, US Military, US Navy, World News, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), Avro Lincoln, US News, Liberal Political News