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| The Avro Lancaster |
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The Windsor Historical Society brings you
footage from the 2006 Lancaster-Warbird
Reunion with an educational perspective.
Learn about the Lancaster's beginnings with
the A.V. Roe Company and the bomber's
contributions to the World War II effort.
www.windsorhistoricalsociety.com
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Durée : 257 s |
| Jen Lancaster: Such a Pretty Fat |
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Watch the video for the book Such a pretty
Fat: One Narcissist's Quest To Discover if
Her Life Makes Her Ass Look Big, Or Why Pie
is Not The Answer. Jen Lancaster is also the
author of Bitter is the New Black. She has
lived in Chicago for ten years with her
husband and pets, and has yet to get the hang
of the subway or returning library books in a
timely manner. Visit www.jennsylvania.com to
learn more.
Now you can buy the book online:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0451223896?tag=turnh
erecom-20&camp=0&creative=0&linkCode=as1&crea
tiveASIN=0451223896&adid=0VQ1A9Z72FWATNDG6VD7
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| Avro Lancaster in action |
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The Avro Lancaster was a British four-engine
Second World War bomber aircraft made
initially by Avro for the British Royal Air
Force (RAF). It first saw active service in
1942, and together with the Handley-Page
Halifax it was one of the main heavy bombers
of the RAF, the Royal Canadian Air Force and
squadrons from other Commonwealth and
European countries serving with RAF Bomber
Command. The "Lanc" or "Lankie," as it became
affectionately known[1], became the most
famous and most successful of the Second
World War night bombers, "delivering 608,612
tons of bombs in 156,000 sorties." [2]
Although the Lancaster was primarily a night
bomber, it excelled in many other roles
including daylight precision bombing, and
gained worldwide renown as the "Dam Buster"
used in the 1943 Operation Chastise raids on
Germany's Ruhr Valley dams.
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Durée : 276 s |
| Lancaster Bomber |
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Radio, radar and countermeasures equipment
The Lancaster had a very advanced
communications system for its time. Most
British-built Lancasters were fitted with the
famous R1155 receiver and T1154 transmitter,
whereas the Canadian built aircraft and those
built for service in the Far East had
American radios. These provided radio
direction-finding, as well as voice and Morse
capabilities.
H2S
Ground looking navigation radar system -
eventually, it could be homed in on by the
German night fighters' NAXOS receiver and had
to be used with discretion.
Fishpond
An add-on to H2S that provided additional
(aerial) coverage of the underside of the
aircraft to display attacking fighters on the
main H2S screen.
Monica
A rearward looking radar to warn of night
fighter approaches - a notable disaster,
since it could not distinguish between
attacking enemy fighters and nearby friendly
bombers. Much worse, it inadvertently served
as a homing beacon for suitably equipped
German night fighters, who would then use
Schräge Musik to attack the bombers. Once
this was realised, it was removed altogether.
GEE
A receiver for a navigation system of
synchronized pulses transmitted from the UK -
aircraft calculated their position from the
time delay between pulses. The range of GEE
was 3-400 miles.
Boozer
A system of lights mounted on the aircraft's
instrument panel that illuminated when the
aircraft was being tracked by Würzburg
ground radar and Lichtenstein airborne radar.
In practice it was found to be more
disconcerting than useful, as the lights were
often illuminated with false alerts in the
radar signal-infested skies over Germany.
Oboe
A very accurate navigation system consisting
of a receiver/transponder for two radar
stations transmitting from the UK - one
determining range and the other the bearing
on the range. As the system could only handle
one aircraft at a time it was only fitted to
Pathfinder aircraft which marked the target
for the main force.
GEE-H
Similar to Oboe but with the transponder on
the ground allowing more aircraft to use the
system simultaneously. GEE-H aircraft were
usually marked with two horizontal yellow
stripes on the fins.
Village Inn
A radar-aimed gun turret fitted to some
Lancasters in 1944.
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| Burt Lancaster profile on TCM |
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Narrated by John Frankenheimer, this is an
excellent brief little profile of actor Burt
Lancaster, presented on TCM (Turner Classic
Movies). It gives you a pretty good overview
of this wonderful actor's career.
I really love TCM's extra little features
(like the profiles they do on various
actors). I highly recommend this channel if
you are a fan of classic movies.
Clips from many Lancaster films, including
"Elmer Gantry," "The Seven Days in May,"
"Sweet Smell of Success," and "Birdman of
Alcatraz."
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Durée : 377 s |
| The Murder of Sophie Lancaster - The Trial Part 1 |
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News Reports on Trial of those accused of the
murder of Sophie Lancaster and the assault on
her boyfriend Rob Maltby. They were attacked
for simply dressing in the way they wanted.
The Official SOPHIE campaign: "Stamp Out
Prejudice Hatred (and) Intolerance
Everywhere" aiming to "provide an appropriate
memorial; a lasting legacy to raise awareness
of the injustice perpetrated against Sophie
Lancaster and to work towards a more
tolerant, less violent society. Set up by her
family and friends you can contribute there.
http://www.myspace.com/inmemoryofsophie
UK Petition against subcultural hate crime:
"We the undersigned petition the Prime
Minister to Widen the definition of 'Hate
Crime', to include crimes committed against a
person or persons, on the basis of their
appearance or subcultural interests." [You
have to be British to sign.]
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/goth-hatecrimes/
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