[Bionic]

WOW,
I was standing in the field with the dog this morning when this Lancaster bomber came directly overhead. It was so low that I felt I could have reached up to touch it. Fantastic sight.
Sally
 

[sabrina]

Lucky you !!!
 

[doganjo]

Hmmmm - why was it there?  I always worry when I see military planes

[bucketman]

would love to have been there

[Bionic]

Annie,
I don't think it was a problem. Well at least I don't think they are bombing us 
We do get a few of the military jets on training missions flying over and breaking the sound barrier. I love to see them. When they are very low if you wave to the pilots they dip their wings in answer.
I am assuming they come from the base in North Wales. Perhaps I will see William flying one 
Sally

[Mammyshaz]

Hmmmm - why was it there?  I always worry when I see military planes

I do believe the Lancaster bomber is long retired from duty. I think it only comes out for parades. It was due at Sunderland airshow this year but itwas too windy, WW2 must have had better weather than these days 

It is a magnificent site to see when the weather permits.

[hughesy]

What a fantastic machine. I remember watching it take off from about 100yds away at the RAF Valley airshow some years ago a memorable sight.

[doganjo]

We occasionally used to see them and other military planes/copters when we lived in Aberdeenshire, always made me shiver.  Not a war person.

[moony]

We used to get them every now and then over Embsay, North Yorks and I know what you mean about them being low. I would fancy my chances of being able to throw a stone at it. They dont half make the ground shake as well.

[Olly398]

I was in the garden a few weeks ago and the last airworthy Avro Vulvan, which lives nearby, roared lazily over at snails pace, so low that we could practically count the rivets on the underbelly. We were in awe of it.

[henchard]

There are only two airworthy Lancasters in the world and only one in the UK based in Licolnshire.

I very much doubt that it was flying in Wales today as it only comes out on very special occasions see

http://www.raf.mod.uk/bbmf

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Britain_Memorial_Flight

[Lesley Silvester]

When I lived on Arran we often had military planes flying low.  They were eventually banned from flying in spring as so many sheep aborted.  The rest of the year though...

[Rosemary]

My uncle was a flight engineer on Lancasters duing WW2. His plane was shot down in 1944 over Holland and he was shot by Germand snipers as he parachuted down. He died and is buried in a village cemetary in Holland. He was 21.

[Lesley Silvester]

That's no age at all and, of course, he wasn't the only one by a long chalk.  Those that start wars have a lot to answer for.

[Berkshire Boy]

Bionic, do you mean a Hercules we get them flying low over us.