 | Butt-ugly airplanes| Aircraft Pictures Discuss Butt-ugly airplanes in the World War II - Aviation forums; Originally Posted by HealzDevo
Hang on, that is the Avro Manchester I think you are posting there, isn't it? ... |
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05-23-2007, 12:27 PM
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Originally Posted by HealzDevo  Hang on, that is the Avro Manchester I think you are posting there, isn't it? The RAF big bomber is it? If so tell us the picture source so that if there are any more I can find them. The Avro Manchester even with google and AlltheWeb.com searchengine seems to be one of the hardest aircraft to find pictures of. But that is only the Avro Manchester II. The Avro Manchester I is even harder to find pictures of... | The Avro Manchester II is better known as the Lancaster, I'm sure you'll find dozens of pictures of it 
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05-24-2007, 09:19 PM
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Country:  | Didn't the Manchester basically look identical to the Lanc, bar the twin engines and shorter wings? | |
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Originally Posted by Negative Creep Didn't the Manchester basically look identical to the Lanc, bar the twin engines and shorter wings? | Yes, pretty much.
Manchester 
Lancaster 
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05-27-2007, 07:11 PM
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Country:  | Yes, but I consider them two separate aircraft. The Lancaster is a development of the Mancester II but it is not the Manchester bomber by itself. I already have a lot of pictures of the Lancaster and I happen to like the Manchester. Incidently the Avro Manchester I was a biplane bomber developed near the end of WWI but never saw production. That is why most people forget that the Avro Manchester that developed into the Lancaster was the Avro Manchester II. | |
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05-31-2007, 03:28 AM
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The Lancaster is a development of the Mancester II but it is not the Manchester bomber by itself
| The last 100 Manchester airframes were converted to Lancasters on the production line.
The sole major difference was increased wing span, 4 RR Merlin engines, and an extra fuel tank in the extra wing space.
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Originally Posted by GADGET I found this:
Sure is ugly | What's that, looks like a autogiro or something.
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06-01-2007, 06:31 PM
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06-02-2007, 02:02 AM
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Originally Posted by GADGET I found this:
Sure is ugly | The Flettner Fl 282 Kolibri (Hummingbird) two seat observation helicopter | |
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06-02-2007, 03:13 AM
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Country:  | Walrus and the Lancaster are some B.E.A.U.T.I.F.U.L aircraft....
Check these "beauties" out. Paul's Ugly Aircraft Shrine
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06-02-2007, 06:27 AM
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Originally Posted by HealzDevo Incidently the Avro Manchester I was a biplane bomber developed near the end of WWI but never saw production. That is why most people forget that the Avro Manchester that developed into the Lancaster was the Avro Manchester II. | Not quite so simple. The Manchester dynasty is complex but has a repetitive theme. The Avro Type 533 Manchester of 1918 vintage was built in two versions. The Manchester Mk I and the Type533A Manchester MkII . Oddly the Mk I was the one intended for production. The Manchester MkIII airframe was built but remained engineless. Now move forward to1939. The Avro Type 679 Manchester of 1939 was built in two versions as well, the Manchester Mk I and the Manchester Mk IA. There was a projected Manchester MkII designed to take Centaraus or Sabre engines, but never built. Next, came the 4-engined Manchester III, which eventually became the Avro Lancaster B.Mk I prototype.
Courtesy of Peter Lewis's 'The British Bomber since 1914'.
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06-02-2007, 04:21 PM
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