Just Jane Lancaster bomber Credit: Just Jane Lancaster bomber
A team hoping to return a World War Two Lancaster bomber to the skies above Lincolnshire have called on help from around the world to make their dream come true.
Lancaster Just Jane is being restored at Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre near Boston. When complete it would be only the third flying Lancaster in the world.
But delays caused by Covid have hampered the project so the team have taken an unusual step to get them back on track.
The aircraft entertains crowds here at East Kirkby with its taxi runs, but the dream has always been to get just Jane back into the skies. Wings from a museum in France
So they are preparing the rear fuselage section from Doncaster, South Yorkshire Air Museum and the wings from a museum in France to swap into "Jane".
The unusual plan does have historical precedence. The French Lancaster was built at Longhbridge in Birmingham, just a few places after "Just Jane" on the production line.
The teams is now four years into a ten year plan, but the loan scheme could cut that time, and so it might not be long before it is taking to the skies again.
Millions still need to be raised to complete the dream of returning just Jane to flight but that dream a little closer now, thanks to a little help from her friends.
