Avro Lancaster – Flight Engineer’s Position

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Here, we shall look at the Avro Lancaster Bomber’s Flight Engineer’s and his instrument panel and tasks he would carry out on an operation. We shall look at various wartime diagrams and photographs, and refer to extracts from the wartime Air Ministry manuals. • • Join us, as we take a tour of the Lancaster’s Flight Engineer’s Position, as we embark on a journey aimed at promoting UK Aviation Heritage. • • Textual extracts from Air Ministry Air Publications are Crown Copyright and transcribed with the kind permission of the National Archives, London. All colour diagrams are based on original Air Ministry Air Publications mono illustrations and transcribed into colour by Bryan Atkinson with the permission of the National Archives, London. • • Thanks must also be given to the following superb organisations for their kind support when Bryan Atkinson originally developed The Lancaster Explored PC CD-ROM back in 2004, all are listed below and are included once again in this series of videos. • • Lancaster B.Mk.I, PA474. The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight. • Lancaster B.Mk.I, R5868. Royal Air Force Museum, London. • Lancaster B. Mk.III, DV372. Imperial War Museum. • Lancaster B.Mk.X, KB889. Imperial War Museum, Duxford. • Lancaster B.Mk.VII, NX611. Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre. • The Norman Groom Jeremy Hall Lancaster Nose Sections. • • The Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust. • The National Archives, London. • • • The material contained in this video is intended for historical, reference and entertainment value only, and is not to be construed as usable for aircraft or component restoration, maintenance, or use. • • Royal Air Force official photographer, Devon S A (Flt Lt), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons • • • Consort for Brass - Classical Rousing by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... • Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-... • Artist: http://incompetech.com/ • • #lancasterbomber #avrolancaster #ukaircraftexplored • • Table of Contents: • • 00:00 - Introduction • 00:42 - Flight Engineer's Tasks • 01:32 - Location of Station • 01:43 - Flight Engineer's Seat • 02:54 - Flight Engineer's Panel • 03:07 - The Panel for Lancaster B I and III • 03:19 - Location of Controls Gauges • 05:40 - Panel for the Lancaster B X • 07:03 - Lancaster B Mk.X KB889 Panel • 07:58 - General Electric Type DJ 22 Panel • 09:39 - The Electrcal Services Panel • 10:31 - More Information • 10:44 - Flight Engineer's Panel Animation

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