Get an incredibly close-up view as we witness the powerful engine start-up of the iconic WWII Avro Lancaster bomber, NX611! This historic aircraft is on the cusp of returning to flight after extensive ...

On July 25th, 1939, an odd-looking aircraft took off on its maiden flight from Manchester Ringway aerodrome, England, with Avro ... the Lancaster was able to fly on just one working engine ...

Avro Lancaster PA474 took ... Claire Hartley captured photographs of the Lancaster in flight. It is one of only two airworthy examples of the four-engine heavy bomber, which was a mainstay of ...

After overnight repairs and last-minute runway switch, Canada's last airworthy Avro ... of the engines didn't start up and the departure was pushed back. Canada's last airworthy Lancaster ...

More than half were bomber bases, earning it the name 'Bomber County', and most of those bombers were Avro ... Royce engines meant that it could fly into the heart of Nazi Germany. Lancaster ...

An aerial view of the cofferdam built for the recovery of British Lancaster bomber ED603 [Courtesy: Royal Air Force] The remains of Avro Lancaster ED603 and several of its crewmembers have been ...

Interestingly, the award-winning steel structure measures 102ft high - the wing span of an Avro Lancaster bomber, and 16ft wide at the base - the width of a Lancaster wing. "It's an amazing ...