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The Great British Fly-In, Udvar-Hazy Center, April 15, Celebrating 100 Years of the Royal Air Force
The Great British Fly-In, Udvar-Hazy Center, April 15
Event
The Great British Fly-In
Celebrating 100 Years of the Royal Air Force April 15, 2018 | 10:00am - 4:00pm Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center Free, Parking $15
Get up close and personal with some of Britain's most celebrated aircraft.
The British are coming to the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center! Join us as we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the oldest air force in the world — Great Britain’s Royal Air Force (RAF) — with a fly-in, presentations, and hands-on activities.
Check out over a dozen former RAF and other military aircraft, flown in and on display at the Udvar-Hazy Center for one day only. Aircraft flying in for the day include an Avro Lancaster, Spitfires, P-51 Mustangs, and a B-25 Mitchell.
Just announced: Come early at 8:00 am to watch the aircraft arrive.
Listen to talks by RAF officers and Museum experts about the history of the Royal Air Force and RAF aircraft.
Learn about the Museum’s Sopwith Camel, one of the most significant and famous of all World War I aircraft, now on display at the Center.
Enjoy performances from the RAF Band and drill displays from The Queen's Colour Squadron.
Just announced: Watch the aircraft depart and do a fly-by of the museum when the event ends around 4:00 pm.
Event
The Great British Fly-In
Celebrating 100 Years of the Royal Air Force April 15, 2018 | 10:00am - 4:00pm Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center Free, Parking $15
Get up close and personal with some of Britain's most celebrated aircraft.
The British are coming to the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center! Join us as we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the oldest air force in the world — Great Britain’s Royal Air Force (RAF) — with a fly-in, presentations, and hands-on activities.
Check out over a dozen former RAF and other military aircraft, flown in and on display at the Udvar-Hazy Center for one day only. Aircraft flying in for the day include an Avro Lancaster, Spitfires, P-51 Mustangs, and a B-25 Mitchell.
Just announced: Come early at 8:00 am to watch the aircraft arrive.
Listen to talks by RAF officers and Museum experts about the history of the Royal Air Force and RAF aircraft.
Learn about the Museum’s Sopwith Camel, one of the most significant and famous of all World War I aircraft, now on display at the Center.
Enjoy performances from the RAF Band and drill displays from The Queen's Colour Squadron.
Just announced: Watch the aircraft depart and do a fly-by of the museum when the event ends around 4:00 pm.
In at least one past event like this one, the aircraft have been stationed at the Culpeper Regional Airport, in Brandy Station, Virginia. Its frequencies might be worth listening to.
http://www.culpeperairport.com/
Culpeper Airport is Publicly
Owned and for Public Use
7.0 mi. NE of city.
N38-31.53 W077-51.58
Mag Var: 10 deg W
NASM’s “Great British Fly-in” Adds a Lancaster!
The Smithsonian's Steven F. Udvar Hazy Center will be hosting the Great British Fly-in on April 15th, 2018 in celebration of the RAF's Centenary. The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum's Avro Lancaster B.X FM213 will be attending, along with a dozen or more other RAF affiliated warbirds. (image by John Dibbs via NASM)
The Royal Air Force celebrates their centenary as an independent air arm today, April 1st, 2018. There are many events taking place around the world in honor of this auspicious anniversary, including a special gathering of vintage military aircraft with close ties to the RAF taking place at the National Air & Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia on April 15th. While we mentioned The Great British Fly-in a few weeks ago, we now have a list of the aircraft scheduled to attend, and it is going to be quite something.
The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum will be bringing their Avro Lancaster B.X FM213. She rarely ventures far from their museum in Hamilton, Ontario, so this is a major coups for the Smithsonian. FM213 is one of only two Lancasters flying in the world today, and the only one in North America, so it is a rare treat to see (and hear!) this magnificent aircraft fly.
The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum’s mighty Lancaster FM213. There is nothing quite like the sound of four, closely synchronized Merlin engines roaring together! (image by Doug Fisher via NASM)
Added to this, the Historic Flight Museum will be flying North American B-25D Mitchell 43-3318 all the way across the country from their base at Paine Field in Everett, Washington. She is currently one of only two airworthy D-model B-25s, and flew during WWII with the Royal Canadian Air Force as KL161, though never in combat. The aircraft has flown for over twenty years in an RAF paint scheme with the nickname Grumpy, a name now synonymous with this particular airframe.
Other famous aircraft tied closely to the RAF will be attending including the Collings Foundation‘s Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX BR601 and Spitfire Mk.XVIII SM969 belonging to Lawrence Classics in Arkansas. Three North American P-51D Mustangs will be on hand, as well as a brace of deHavilland Chipmunks, a Percival Provost, two Boeing Stearman trainers in RAF markings and a Shorts Tucano. The complete list of aircraft currently expected to attend and their identities are as follows…
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The Smithsonian's Steven F. Udvar Hazy Center will be hosting the Great British Fly-in on April 15th, 2018 in celebration of the RAF's Centenary. The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum's Avro Lancaster B.X FM213 will be attending, along with a dozen or more other RAF affiliated warbirds. (image by John Dibbs via NASM)
The Royal Air Force celebrates their centenary as an independent air arm today, April 1st, 2018. There are many events taking place around the world in honor of this auspicious anniversary, including a special gathering of vintage military aircraft with close ties to the RAF taking place at the National Air & Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia on April 15th. While we mentioned The Great British Fly-in a few weeks ago, we now have a list of the aircraft scheduled to attend, and it is going to be quite something.
The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum will be bringing their Avro Lancaster B.X FM213. She rarely ventures far from their museum in Hamilton, Ontario, so this is a major coups for the Smithsonian. FM213 is one of only two Lancasters flying in the world today, and the only one in North America, so it is a rare treat to see (and hear!) this magnificent aircraft fly.
The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum’s mighty Lancaster FM213. There is nothing quite like the sound of four, closely synchronized Merlin engines roaring together! (image by Doug Fisher via NASM)
Added to this, the Historic Flight Museum will be flying North American B-25D Mitchell 43-3318 all the way across the country from their base at Paine Field in Everett, Washington. She is currently one of only two airworthy D-model B-25s, and flew during WWII with the Royal Canadian Air Force as KL161, though never in combat. The aircraft has flown for over twenty years in an RAF paint scheme with the nickname Grumpy, a name now synonymous with this particular airframe.
Other famous aircraft tied closely to the RAF will be attending including the Collings Foundation‘s Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX BR601 and Spitfire Mk.XVIII SM969 belonging to Lawrence Classics in Arkansas. Three North American P-51D Mustangs will be on hand, as well as a brace of deHavilland Chipmunks, a Percival Provost, two Boeing Stearman trainers in RAF markings and a Shorts Tucano. The complete list of aircraft currently expected to attend and their identities are as follows…
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Spottting Guide to Washington Dulles Intl. Airport - IAD
In 2014, the Canadian Lancaster crossed the Atlantic for a fly-in in the UK. Check out the photo gallery.
Canada's Lancaster bomber to cross Atlantic for U.K. tour
Chance to see two Lancasters flying in formation again called a 'once in a lifetime opportunity'
Ian Johnson · CBC News · Posted: Feb 24, 2014 7:05 AM ET | Last Updated: February 24, 2014
Canada's WWII Lancaster bomber will soon be heading across the Atlantic to join the only other airworthy plane of its kind for a series of special flights over the U.K.
The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in Hamilton revealed Monday that it plans to fly its vintage Avro Lancaster to England in August. Together with the Royal Air Force's Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) Lancaster, it will be involved in a month-long flying tour in the U.K. before returning home to Hamilton in September.
Chance to see two Lancasters flying in formation again called a 'once in a lifetime opportunity'
Ian Johnson · CBC News · Posted: Feb 24, 2014 7:05 AM ET | Last Updated: February 24, 2014
Canada's WWII Lancaster bomber will soon be heading across the Atlantic to join the only other airworthy plane of its kind for a series of special flights over the U.K.
The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in Hamilton revealed Monday that it plans to fly its vintage Avro Lancaster to England in August. Together with the Royal Air Force's Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) Lancaster, it will be involved in a month-long flying tour in the U.K. before returning home to Hamilton in September.
