Lancaster flight to England delayed

This was supposed to be the day that the Lancaster Bomber took off for England to be reunited with the only other bomber of its kind that still flies. But technical issues kept the Lanc on land. The plane is now scheduled to take off from the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum Tuesday morning.

Canada’s last air worthy Avro Lancaster Bomber was set to embark on one of its most historic and anticipated journeys Monday morning.

The 69-year old plane was expected to take off from the museum at 10am after a short ceremony. But mechanical issues kept onlookers waiting and the plane grounded for several hours.

David Rohrer is the CEO for the CWHM: “It’s the first time we had that issue on that engine. It’s something new we haven’t seen and we fixed that and we were fairly confident but on the second attempt we noticed there wasn’t any electrical spark, so we expect both of the mags need to be replaced.”

The Lancaster became one of the most famous aircrafts associated with the Second World War.

It will be reunited with the only other airworthy bomber of its kind in England for a six week tour.

Eight people were hoping to make the historic trip over the Atlantic Ocean including Matthew Munson, who bid 79-thousand dollars to secure his seat on the plane: “For me, the engineering of the aircraft the history, what it means for the U.K.it is absolutely amazing. The two Lancaster’s of the Royal air Force and get the two together and be a part of a team.”

Munson and the museum hope the plane will be ready for takeoff tomorrow.

If all goes well tomorrow, the Lancaster three-day journey will take it to Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Iceland before landing at the Royal Air Force in eastern England.

If you hope to catch the historic take off that will hopefully take place at 10 am tomorrow morning. Tickets from today’s viewing will also be honoured tomorrow.