00:00The Lancaster is a true icon of the Second World War with over 7,000
00:12aircraft being produced, over seven sites, six in the UK and one in Canada.
00:18This is the PA-474 aircraft, it came off the line in 1945 in Broughton near
00:24Chester. So it was originally intended to be part of the war in the Far East
00:28involved in combat but it was reassigned to be used in photographic reconnaissance
00:33and then it's now found its way into the BB&F where it does its regular flights.
00:43So BA Systems are the design advisor, we work with the RAF product team to
00:49answer queries just like we do on Typhoon, In-Service and F-35 queries. So
00:55any queries on the airframe we come through our team at Salisbury and
00:58Wharton. But part of the significant work is the replacement of the tailplane.
01:03The tailplane has run out of fatigue life and it needs to be replaced to carry on
01:08flying the Lancaster for the years to come. As you can imagine materials
01:12available in 1945 and the years previous to that were very different to what we
01:17have now as contemporary material specifications. So the key thing is
01:20process and product obsolescence that we now have to replace. Any of those
01:24changes go through the design advisors at BAE Systems for consideration of is
01:29this acceptable from a structures, design, aerodynamics, all disciplines
01:35associated with aerospace in the modern day. So the beauty of conducting STEM at
01:40RAF Conisbee is that we get to work alongside BAE Systems who not only
01:44assist us in delivering operational capabilities through Typhoon but through
01:48their support as a design organisation for the Lancaster aircraft that is
01:51behind us here. So through that it's really good that we can work together
01:55and try and take the history of engineering through to the modern day
01:59and further through to the future and try and inspire generations. For me as an
02:03early career coming into BAE Systems it's really it's really an exciting time
02:07because we've got so much exciting work going on at the moment and what I think
02:10is similar to this and what excites me about this is when you look at the
02:13Lancaster you see a real legacy and I feel like at the moment with so much
02:17work coming coming into BAE Systems as an early career I feel like I have the
02:20opportunity to make a little bit of a legacy. It's a real honour to be part of
02:24the Lancaster here today but not just because of the RAF and the heritage it
02:28brings but also the heritage for BAE Systems that we've been designing
02:33aircraft from the 1940s and that will go right through to future generations and
02:38it's a fantastic opportunity to be here and support the ongoing fleet of the BBMET.
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