I think these videos will form the most comprehensive restoration record ever in aviation history.

@kev897

5 ай бұрын

I agree and something that is much needed

@buffplums

5 ай бұрын

@@kev897 Deffo Kev

@nevillewheeldon1693

4 ай бұрын

Cheers Chris.

The best "men's shed" anywhere..! The scale and complexity of this restoration is mind- blowing. Watching the rebuild of the ammo- assist and autopilot, even though neither will ever be needed operationally, they are original historic engineering. It must be inspiring to anyone involved, to be hands-on restoring the Lancaster. Thank you.

@nevillewheeldon1693

4 ай бұрын

Cheers nicholas.

Thank you again Neville, for all of your hard work in bringing these recordings to us.

@nevillewheeldon1693

4 ай бұрын

Cheers Earl.

Another excellent video Neville, many thanks. She's looking better every day, only to have to be taken apart again but the knowledge gained is invaluable. "The World Experts"

@nevillewheeldon1693

4 ай бұрын

Cheers James.

Thanks Nev, always good to see. First RAF aircraft with a powered turret was the Boulton Paul Overstrand of 1934, which was basically a 1920's Sidestrand with a big power operated turret in the nose. First aircraft with an enclosed powered turret in the world.

@nevillewheeldon1693

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for that information WCR1820..

great watch

@nevillewheeldon1693

4 ай бұрын

Cheers Niel.

Thanks for the update Neville. Great to see so much work going on in the hanger. Andy has done a cracking job on reassembling the ammunition assist unit. Chris has done a cracking job fitting the French nose section. All the guys doing a fabulous job as always. There certainly were some very clever people around back in the day that were able to design some incredible bits of engineering and to think not a computer in sight. Look forward to your next update Neville. Best wishes to you and all the guys at the centre. Take care.👍

@nevillewheeldon1693

4 ай бұрын

Cheers Andy

Nice to watch progress in so many areas, from big to small pieces. Just Jane’s rear fuselage seems to be an endless job, though. Thanks for the update, Neville and crew! Cheers!

@nevillewheeldon1693

4 ай бұрын

Hi Namer, the stringers a problem but this is nearly sorted.

As always, many thanks Neville.

@nevillewheeldon1693

4 ай бұрын

Cheers Claire.

Good stuff as ever Nev....👌

@nevillewheeldon1693

4 ай бұрын

Cheers Alan.

Fascinating stuff. Thank you Neville. :-)

@nevillewheeldon1693

4 ай бұрын

Cheers Nofider1.

Another cracking video thanks Neville!

@nevillewheeldon1693

4 ай бұрын

Cheers TFL.

Thanks, Nev.

@nevillewheeldon1693

4 ай бұрын

Cheers Malcolm.

Many thanks Neville!

@nevillewheeldon1693

4 ай бұрын

Cheers Paul.

With dedication to restoration at these levels, the Lancaster will be making a Centennial flight. An impressive sight for generations to come! How many crews that flew in them, thought the Lancaster would be so well loved?

Another great video Neville! Thank you :-D

@nevillewheeldon1693

4 ай бұрын

Cheers Keith.

One of the most astonishing aspects of this rebuild is the amount of documentation which is available even for complex stuff like ammo feeds. Jane was looking a bit legless.

@nevillewheeldon1693

4 ай бұрын

Cheers PTTC.

Thanks Neville! The knowledge base of JJ's crew is really, really impressive.

@nevillewheeldon1693

4 ай бұрын

Cheers Michael.

Great update Neville thank you. I think Nicholas Bell below summed up your video content the best by saying, "mind- blowing" restoration at the hands of a very inspirational skilled team of engineers. Well done to all!

@nevillewheeldon1693

4 ай бұрын

Cheers John.

It's sabotage Neville ! Not only did they fit the nose cone when you couldn't be there but removed the wing too ! Always enjoy your coverage Neville . Did you say you started work in 1953 !!!! Then you must have been 10 when you started ! 😂 Thanks Neville .

Thanks Neville really interesting 👍👍👍

@nevillewheeldon1693

4 ай бұрын

Cheers David.

Keep them coming Neville.

@nevillewheeldon1693

4 ай бұрын

Cheers Philip.

The genius in that hangar.

Knighthood may be in order for all the fine work and dedication shown by these gents...LOL. I can't fathom how they built so many of these in such a short timeframe for the war effort as it appears to be such tremendously complicated, labor-intensive engineering. It worked, though. Thanks, Neville.

@nevillewheeldon1693

4 ай бұрын

Cheers Dave.

Many thanks once again Nev for bringing us all these wonderful videos.Take care mate.

@nevillewheeldon1693

4 ай бұрын

Cheers Mike.

Thanks for the update Nev! Lad's are making great progress. Good to see John in the video again.. very talented engineer!

@nevillewheeldon1693

4 ай бұрын

Cheers Peter.

Another great video Neville will finish the nose art after they have fitted the French nose can’t wait to see just Jane taxiing this season 😊

@nevillewheeldon1693

4 ай бұрын

Hi Simon, the nose art will be completed by the oriental artis.

Any chance of a biography of the fitters you feature ,do they come from the aircraft industry,?

@nevillewheeldon1693

4 ай бұрын

Hi Sandy, sorry not at this moment, there's a lot going on all around so I will sticky the engineering.

As always a great update bro. Some good history explained too. Safe travels. Ken.

@nevillewheeldon1693

4 ай бұрын

Cheers Ken.

Excellent update Neville!

@nevillewheeldon1693

4 ай бұрын

Cheers Charles.

Wow.❤

@nevillewheeldon1693

4 ай бұрын

Cheers Dale.

Good Day Neville, I hang on your every episode and live with anticipation for each week's next instalment. To visit East Kirby and actually see Just Jane has to be one of my last life-time bucket list items - all because of your wonderful videos. This week (Video 237) you were speaking to a gentleman who was refurbishing the turret ammunition assist unit - he spoke about two books pertaining to the development of turrets - one was Boulton Paul and the other ... a bit too much background noise for me to catch. If you have the opportunity to chat to him again, or if you know - what were the titles of the two books that he spoke about?. Again, thanks from John Mutti in Cape Town, South Africa,

@nevillewheeldon1693

4 ай бұрын

Hi John, the two books 1-" I hold my aim" by Group Captain Keith ,second book "Guns of the Royal Air Force" by JF Wallis. Thanks for watching the videos. I know the audio is not great at times, a quick tip to check the audio, on the bottom right hand corner of the video click on CC this will give you a transcript of what is said, you can turn it off and on when required. Sorry for the delay in answer your comments lot on at home at the moment.

Another expansive episode. So many questions - will just give you a bye this week. Thank you. O.k., maybe one. I enjoy firearms and reloading - freedoms greatly restricted where you are. Just curious, the belt of 50 BMG rounds at the end - live ammunition (surprising for Britain) or dummy rounds ?

@nevillewheeldon1693

4 ай бұрын

Hi HH ,dummy rounds

@happyhome41

4 ай бұрын

@@nevillewheeldon1693 Thank you, kind sir.

Thanks for the update. Been struggling to get the rivet club cameras to work on my phone. Normally have a look in my T break.

@nevillewheeldon1693

4 ай бұрын

Hi Peter, they are miss and hit at the moment, the Centre does not control them it's the contracting firm.

@peterwilson8797

4 ай бұрын

@@nevillewheeldon1693 I thought that may be the case. I phoned them to see if it was my phone as it's an old android. Didn't get much joy.

The old chestnut of a comparison between the time taken producing a complete Lancaster in a matter of days (60 hours the stated amount) during wartime and how long its taking to restore NX611 "Just Jane" has now been made several times. The big difference being that there would have been a whole factory production line geared up with tooling and jigs specifically made for reproducing the major components to assemble a Lancaster on site with a dedicated workforce of men and women working day and night like a colony of soldier ants for the war effort. Every component required would have been either to hand BRAND NEW there and then, with items such as Dunlop Tyres and Serck aircraft radiators being sourced outside and delivered to the Avro factory in great numbers. The team at East Kirkby haven't got that luxury of an endless supply of new factory made airworthy Lancaster parts that they could just assemble and bolt on, saving literally years of work and around 100 of Neville's videos. In many cases they have to either refurbish a component, have it completely remade in house or manufactured by an outside company at extra cost. I have no doubt that the "Just Jane" team match the 100% effort made by Avro factory workers during war time and in some cases l would even go as far as to say they even exceed it in their desire to get NX611 flying again!

@nevillewheeldon1693

4 ай бұрын

Great answer Time slip thank you.

Videos could now form the basis to build another Lancaster perhaps Neville?!!

@nevillewheeldon1693

4 ай бұрын

Hi John, They may be able to pick up a few tips but the would require more than these videos.

2 thousands views and only 300 likes?!?!.....COMMON PEOPLE....SMASH THE LIKE BUTTON!!!!

@nevillewheeldon1693

4 ай бұрын

Cheers mate.

Don't forget to hit the LIKE button!!!!

@nevillewheeldon1693

4 ай бұрын

Thanks mate.

@Hi-lb8cq

4 ай бұрын

@@nevillewheeldon1693 my grandfather was a top turret gunner and flight engineer on a B-24 during ww2 with the 464th bg 779th bomb squad out of Italy with the 15th air force...they were stationed at pantenella airfield in italy...this is why I love these videos...it's important to save history for future generations

Geday Neville, how are you doing mate. Now in no way am I having a shot at you blokes. But I cant help but wonder about the man (or woman) hours spent in building a Lancaster back in the forties compered to the restoration of Just Jane. How long did it take to turn out a new Lancaster back in the day? It's still mind boggling to me what could be produced in wartime. It must have been 100+% effort.

@timeslip9

5 ай бұрын

The old chestnut of a comparison between the time taken producing a complete Lancaster in a matter of days (60 hours the stated amount) during wartime and how long its taking to restore NX611 "Just Jane" has now been made several times. The big difference being that there would have been a whole factory production line geared up with tooling and jigs specifically made for reproducing the major components to assemble a Lancaster on site with a dedicated workforce of men and women working day and night like a colony of soldier ants for the war effort. Every component required would have been either to hand BRAND NEW there and then, with items such as Dunlop Tyres and Serck aircraft radiators being sourced outside and delivered to the Avro factory in great numbers. The team at East Kirkby haven't got that luxury of an endless supply of new factory made airworthy Lancaster parts that they could just assemble and bolt on, saving literally years of work and around 100 of Neville's videos. In many cases they have to either refurbish a component, have it completely remade in house or manufactured by an outside company at extra cost. I have no doubt that the "Just Jane" team match the 100% effort made by Avro factory workers during war time and in some cases l would even go as far as to say they even exceed it in their desire to get NX611 flying again.

@306champion

5 ай бұрын

@@timeslip9I did state at the beginning that I was NOT having a shot at you blokes (who are doing a brilliant job by the way). But it is still amazing with the technology of the day and all the shortages at that time to produce them so fast including all the other aircraft at that time!

@timeslip9

5 ай бұрын

@306champion I was just generalizing in my comment as the subject of a time comparison has been made before and l know you weren't criticising 🙂 LIke you, I'm just an outsider looking inwards admiring the amazing work being done.

@306champion

5 ай бұрын

@@timeslip9 Sorry mate for taking it the wrong way, like yourself I too admire the work and effort being put into this as I also admire the achievements to counter the Nazi threat back in the day.

@nevillewheeldon1693

4 ай бұрын

Hi mate, a good answer from timslip.

is this a rebuild to fly?

@nevillewheeldon1693

4 ай бұрын

Hi Peter, classed as a restoration to flight.

Of course women would have been part of the build team during the war, their smaller hands and fingers would have been an advantage for the more intricate jobs.

@nevillewheeldon1693

4 ай бұрын

Spot on Russell.

Thank you for the update Neville

@nevillewheeldon1693

4 ай бұрын

Cheers Gary.