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This morning marked a milestone in the restoration of Lancaster FM159 in Nanton Alberta. For the first time since the 1950s, the Lancaster had both her stbd engines ground run together!

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Good news! Its funny to think that theirs one flyer and one ground runner in Canada and England each. Heres to hoping we may see 4 flyable Lancs together!

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There is a chance that if funding is available that 2 more lancasters in canada will return to ground running condition.

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Now if Kermit would get his out of the box and into the air... :wink:

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I have to confess I don't know anything about FM159. Is the plan to put her back into the air, or just get her into taxiable condition?

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here is a link to their website: www.lancastermuseum.ca/ - 19k
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We won't rule out taxiable but we have little in the way of ramp in front of the hangar and the hangar sits beside a main highway.
http://www.lancasterfm159.freeservers.com

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