Lazing, Lunch and the Avro Lancaster ...

There are 17 known largely complete Avro Lancasters remaining in the world and only two of those are airworthy. Just 35 Lancasters completed more than 100 successful operations each, and 3,249 were lost in action of the 7,377 built.
They were in the air over sixty years ago but today, on one of those rare sunny days this summer, everyone stopped what they were doing on the beach and turned their eyes to the sky as it flew over us.
Slow, noisy, proud and a survivor PA474 stole the show today.

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