http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00tr2p5
One autumn weekend, early in WWII at an aircraft factory at Broughton in North Wales, a group of British workers, men and women, set out to smash a world record for building a bomber from scratch. They managed to build a Wellington Bomber in 23 hours and 50 minutes. They worked so quickly that the test pilot had to be turfed out of bed to take it into the air, 24 hours and 48 minutes after the first part of the airframe had been laid.
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Saw that last time it was on. Very hunmbling - moving, even.
Incredible stuff! Those guys were so tough, and unassuming.
So ... there is one left. 🙁 How does one find out when it can be seen in a sky near me?
Did see it a few years ago, funnily enough on a ride with Peter and Mrs Poddy.
Incredible work to get the plane ready and obviously great propaganda. Letting the whole factory come out to watch the plane take off must have lost a fair few (wo)man hours though.