Day 278 - Lancaster Bomber

Quiet day on the travel front today. Just catching up on articles (Phil) and the blog (Ange).

So, I'll take the time to tell you about yet another interesting "Matrix" moment ... two days ago, while working on my ancestry research on the Walsh side of the family, I discovered that Phil's Dad had worked for A.V. Roe (Avro) while in England during WWII (we knew he had worked for the company while in Canada). I learned that he had been assigned to the drafting department. Here as a young man in his late teens and early 20s he worked on the Avro Lancaster, and in particular on a life raft that could be deployed from the plane if needed. Only 17 Lancasters exist today, and of those only two are still airworthy: one which is located at Mount Hope airport near where we lived in Canada, and the other here in the UK at Coningsby.

While out walking with Lady Jane in Hythe yesterday, the UK-based Lancaster flew over as part of the airshow going on in nearby Folkestone today. We have now seen both airworthy Lancasters in flight.

Coincidence? I think not.