I think you are performing a very valuable piece of historical recording. In 25years' time when our grandchildren start to refurbish this wonderful plane again they will have a wonderful set of references films. I hope that they are securily backed up and stored in a safe secure location.

@nevillewheeldon1693

3 ай бұрын

Thanks Laurie.

Thanks Neville, your hard work really is appreciated

@nevillewheeldon1693

3 ай бұрын

Cheers RY.

Another fine video, Neville! It's like a documentary each week - love it. Keith's work on that wing is superb. He's got to break out a smile for that, surely? 😄Watching a real team performing so well is just brilliant.

@nevillewheeldon1693

3 ай бұрын

Nice comments Robert

Lot of precise work on the restoration of this wing and then great fit. British engineering at its best still in 2024. Well done everyone and Neville for showing the detail.

@nevillewheeldon1693

3 ай бұрын

Cheers John.

Great update as always Neville thank you. Good to see the French wing fitted under the auspicious control of John. Keith I am sure must have enjoyed the fruits of his hard work finally coming together with the fitment of this wing. Well done to all. Good luck to Dave with his 10 K with his running Lancaster, great cause for sure.

@nevillewheeldon1693

3 ай бұрын

Cheers John.

Thanks Neville. Really good to see the French wing being fitted to Just Jane. The guys did an amazing job yet again. Professional as ever. Good to see Daves running model of the lancaster. Well done to him for entering the 10k marathon especially carrying the model with him as well. Such a worthy charity that does so much wonderful work for so many people and one which is very close to my heart. Thank you as well Neville for all the time and effort you put into these updates for us all to watch every week. Looking forward to your next one. Best wishes to you and all the guys at the centre. Take care. 👍

@nevillewheeldon1693

3 ай бұрын

Cheers Andy.

As always Neville fantastic coverage . What a nusiance with the different bolt lengths ! It's incredible to think that 8 bolts hold that wing in place under tremendous loads .. thank you Neville .

@nevillewheeldon1693

3 ай бұрын

Cheers John.

Thanks for the update Neville, another big step forward. You can just imagine that sort of task going on at Maintenance units during the war.

@nevillewheeldon1693

3 ай бұрын

Cheers Gary.

Many thanks once again Nev for your time being spent bringing us another wonderful video. Its great seeing how the French wing is fitted and the fact that just 8 bolts hold it in place ,all the hard work that has been put into the restoration is paying off well done Keith..The lads are doing a great job. Well done to Dave to for his run.Take care Nev and again many thanks for this update. Take care mate.

@nevillewheeldon1693

3 ай бұрын

Thanks Mike.

As always, excellent video Nev 👍. A joint effort by all including Andrew 😃, as for Dave and his Lancaster so cool 😎 and what a hero. Look 👀 forward to the next instalment 👍!!!!!!

@nevillewheeldon1693

3 ай бұрын

Cheers Christopher

Hi Neville great filming good progress thank you for us far away people

@nevillewheeldon1693

3 ай бұрын

Cheers Ian.

Grown-up Meccano! Can't believe the stresses on those spar bolts and shackles in flight. Great video, thanks.

@nevillewheeldon1693

3 ай бұрын

Cheers Nicholas.

Thank you as always for making these video's, nice to seeing it come together. This winters video's have been really interesting to see the engineering of the Lancaster.

@nevillewheeldon1693

3 ай бұрын

Cheers mate

It's great to see all the hard work restoring the french wing coming to fruition. Fantastic video as usual Neville, keep up the good work

@nevillewheeldon1693

3 ай бұрын

Cheers Viggo

Thanks, Nev.

@nevillewheeldon1693

3 ай бұрын

Cheers Malcolm.

Excellent video Nev, a real milestone for the team.

@nevillewheeldon1693

3 ай бұрын

Cheers Kevin.

Totally fascinating to watch, you can feel the tension! What a great job they did, and they have to do it again.... Thanks for this storytelling video, Neville.

@nevillewheeldon1693

3 ай бұрын

Cheers Arnhem.

Thanks Neville, coming along nicely, although I don’t think the bolts stayed very cold for long on that fitting!

@nevillewheeldon1693

3 ай бұрын

Hi Paul, I ask Bob how long working time do they have with the bolts at -50C answer about 20 seconds. So as long as everything is ready and in line it doesn't give you any advantage.

It's a delicate and precise work to get the 'new' wing fiitted to 'Just Jane'. All people involved in this operation have delivered a magnificent job. Well done!!

@nevillewheeldon1693

3 ай бұрын

Cheers mate.

15:21 I love that “persuader” 😂

@nevillewheeldon1693

3 ай бұрын

Cheers Chris.

Once again, thank you Neville another amazing video.

@nevillewheeldon1693

3 ай бұрын

Cheers Claire.

What a task! But done with the usual precision and delivered by the only group of people capable to do so. Congrats to all involved!

@nevillewheeldon1693

3 ай бұрын

Cheers Namer.

Great work great video. I was surprised how smoothly it went. Well done all.

@nevillewheeldon1693

3 ай бұрын

Cheers Tez.

Excellent video Neville, and an excellent job by all involved!! Good luck to Dave for his run!

@nevillewheeldon1693

3 ай бұрын

Thanks Charles.

This is going to be another triggers broom syndrome. Or Through the round window….. well done Nev as always

@nevillewheeldon1693

3 ай бұрын

Cheers Dale.

Brilliant !! well done all.... I had to remind myself to breathe at times !! Thanks again Neville.

@nevillewheeldon1693

3 ай бұрын

Cheers Adrian

So, Lincolnshire performed a huge service returning the NX664 “French” wing to near-serviceable condition, from the as-received near-wreck condition. So this begs the question, of when the time comes, how will the “new” parts of NX664 be returned to the French museum to arrive in the same pristine condition as Lincolnshire achieved ? FANTASTIC recording of an amazing operation - moving and refitting a wing. Like all great achievements in the physical world, with the right tools, we can move mountains. Thank you.

@ABrit-bt6ce

3 ай бұрын

The guys are making one and most of another airworthy Lancaster and jigs for more. I hope the French crew follow through.

Andrew Panton getting involved is good to see. I ran 10K a few weeks ago. It was bad enough with a phone, let alone a Lancaster!

Amazing work guys, and thanks for the long indepth video Neville, its much appreciated.

@nevillewheeldon1693

3 ай бұрын

Cheers James.

Even when you have the right pieces of kit (The Manchester Beam) it is still a bit of a challenge to get all bolts in and tight. Slow but steady progress to getting her ready to fly.

@nevillewheeldon1693

3 ай бұрын

Cheers Keith.

Neville, you wizard you !!! Kudos to you for recognizing the concentration involved with the wing attachment procedure. (Been there, done that: highly stressful situation) Good on ya Neville. Cheers.

@nevillewheeldon1693

3 ай бұрын

Thanks Ed.

Epic video, well done all, well recorded Nev. Thank you

@nevillewheeldon1693

3 ай бұрын

Cheers Col.

Great team work. Well done Lads.

@nevillewheeldon1693

3 ай бұрын

Cheers Rex.

Thanks Neville I thought I had missed the wing fitting.

Thanks Neville good as ever

@nevillewheeldon1693

2 ай бұрын

Thanks Robert.

fantastic ,thank you so much for your time .

@nevillewheeldon1693

2 ай бұрын

Cheers Neil.

Super camera angles, all in focus. You should do an hours video every week.

@nevillewheeldon1693

3 ай бұрын

That made me smile David, if I were younger I might be doing it.

Dave's Lanc is so cool!!!!

@nevillewheeldon1693

2 ай бұрын

Cheers AJG.

Awesome Neville xx

@nevillewheeldon1693

3 ай бұрын

Cheers Paule.

Ayup Nev, 'appen thy's video's gradely 👍❗️

@nevillewheeldon1693

2 ай бұрын

Cheers Starfish.

Groovy.

@nevillewheeldon1693

2 ай бұрын

Cheers ABrit.

Still can't belive all that weight of a wing .fuel and a Merlin is held togeather by 8 Castle bolts

@nevillewheeldon1693

2 ай бұрын

Cheers Gavin.

Are they called Manchester beams because they were used in the Avro Manchester Neville?

@nevillewheeldon1693

2 ай бұрын

I will pass on that one Chris, but it's good thinking.

A quick question on the B-25, is it in flying condition and if not, is it to be restored to flying condition?

@MikeLe-Mmon

3 ай бұрын

No it's not. It will however be brought up to be able to taxi.

@nevillewheeldon1693

2 ай бұрын

May be taxiing this year,but will be restored to flying condition. I would think this will happen after the Lancaster is airworthy

I wonder if it would have been safer to build the cradle on the wing and then tilt the cradle and wing as a single unit.

@nevillewheeldon1693

2 ай бұрын

Time and expensive TDo

I remember a while back someone said your not to pound on the bolts. That they would just slide in easily and here you all hammering on the bolts. I had made comment saying for you all to freeze the bolts which shrinks them.

@jesuschrist7169

3 ай бұрын

Someone said, yep sounds like we can trust that 😂😂😂😂

@nevillewheeldon1693

2 ай бұрын

I had a word with the Chief Engineer, the working time is very short when freezing the bolts so every thing must be in perfect alignment for this method to work. When working on restoration this is hard to achieve. But they did try this method . Thanks for your comments.

Великолепное видео, спасибо! Как французы согласились отдать вам это крыло? Возможно ли было изготовить новое по французскому образцу?

@nevillewheeldon1693

2 ай бұрын

Hi GG1, sorry a bit misleading calling it the french wing the Lancaster were all made in Britain .( Canada made about 700 as well)The French bought Lancaster after the War to use on their maritime service this one had crashed about 70 years ago.The Centre has restored the wing, they will use it for about two years on Centres Lancaster "Just Jane"while they restore their own,. then will return it to the French free of charge. A good deal for both sides.

@nevillewheeldon1693

2 ай бұрын

Watch Video 225 and 227 this will explain in more detail

Quite a coincidence to fit the wing on leap year day. Let’s hope it’s not another 4 years before she’s airworthy.

@RaggyAl1971

3 ай бұрын

The project is only half way through the ten year plan,another five years should see her air worthy all being well.

@nevillewheeldon1693

2 ай бұрын

Hi PTTC, like most project time and cost rise.they have changed the way they are going about the restoration with using dona parts. What I see and hear everything is to the good, may take more time and money but a great end to the project. Cheers mate.

Where's rigger riley when you need him ??

@nevillewheeldon1693

2 ай бұрын

Cheers William.

When I worked for a company that joined large beams together to make complex structures, the wearing of Hard Hats and Steel Cap Boots was compulsory. There fines for the rule breakers. Health & Safety!!!

@davidmartyn5044

3 ай бұрын

How do you know they aren't wearing steelys? Hard hats just keep falling off. These guys have a huge amount of common scence and need to access all areas, with out the need of some stupid helmet. i guess the most risk is that they need to protect the eyes ,and sharp metal damage.

@bignige42

3 ай бұрын

🙄 Good grief

@nevillewheeldon1693

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for your comment PNH.

Too bad you couldn't discuss the problem in the quiet, I couldn't make out the problem with my American ears!

@nevillewheeldon1693

2 ай бұрын

Sorry Robert, I've had comments about the audio right from the start of doing these videos I try to improve but not very successful.

@robertbowers9856

2 ай бұрын

@@nevillewheeldon1693 That place sounds like the steel fabrication plant I worked for many years! I know your problem only too well!I was mostly just teasing anyway. I enjoy your coverage. When I was coming home from Alberta, after attending my wife's family reunion, I came up around a corner in the highway, and there was a Canadian Lancaster siting there just bold as you please. No way could I get inside, but I wanted too! This was back in the 80's.

Thanks Neville I really appreciate what you do long may you keep it up

@nevillewheeldon1693

3 ай бұрын

Cheers John.