ATTAK Z Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 AH558 takes off at 15.00 tomorrow from Robin Hood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricey Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 What a knackershakingly awesome sight that plane is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roo Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 Any idea of the flight path chap. Only ever been on one on the ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATTAK Z Posted June 29, 2011 Author Share Posted June 29, 2011 E-mail today states a 1500 departure, with an ETA at Waddington of 1600. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATTAK Z Posted June 29, 2011 Author Share Posted June 29, 2011 Any idea of the flight path chap. Give me your 20 .... then look up at the appropriate time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 the vulcan is awesome :fact: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HassanZ Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 I've got videos of it flying a few meters above our heads at an air show. The thing was ear piercingly loud! I will post up videos when I get the chance! My favourite aircraft by far! The noise it makes is intoxicating... We got an invite from Airbus in Bristol as my brother-in-law is in charge of manufacturing the plane wings and measuring stress tolerances etc All employee's family were invited to the last show nearly a year ago. They also showed us the A380 which did a take-off, landing and full throttle fly-by. That thing was unbelievably quiet!! I also got to touch the Concorde Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetSet Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Living close to both the now closed RAF Sealand and the old De Havilland (Now Airbus) sight at Broughton, Chester we used to see Vulcans close up quite regularly back in the 70's and 80's. I don't think they ever landed but what an awesome sight they were as they flew over at a couple of hundred feet. Definitely the best of the V Bombers Just looked up the Vulcan on Wikipedia and was pleasantly surprised to see that 20 or so are in museums and apart from the one that's airworthy another is capable of moving under its own power Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordGrover Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 As a kid in the sixties and seventies, living in the flightpath of Rolls Royce Patchway, Bristol, we became 'familiar' with the Vulcan's undercarriage and thunderous nlose at close quarters. Feck me was it loud. It used to have other engines strapped to it for testing. RB1-11s and the like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HassanZ Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Living close to both the now closed RAF Sealand and the old De Havilland (Now Airbus) sight at Broughton, Chester we used to see Vulcans close up quite regularly back in the 70's and 80's. I don't think they ever landed but what an awesome sight they were as they flew over at a couple of hundred feet. Definitely the best of the V Bombers Just looked up the Vulcan on Wikipedia and was pleasantly surprised to see that 20 or so are in museums and apart from the one that's airworthy another is capable of moving under its own power Pete Yes that's correct, only one airworthy Vulcan left. This is being funded by a charitable organisation to keep it flying, as it is costing a significant amount of money to keep it going. A few famous people have invested a lot of money into it's restoration, as far as I remember one famous person put in the majority of the money. I only remember these details vaguely but I remember the amounted quoted being very large. The guy who was presenting it did mention it's days are numbered, not long until we'll hear the last one being withdrawn too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATTAK Z Posted June 30, 2011 Author Share Posted June 30, 2011 Taxi-ing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexx Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 The sound that thing makes..... Respect to those who designed/built/maintained/flew them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATTAK Z Posted June 30, 2011 Author Share Posted June 30, 2011 I have a vid of the take off today but I'm not sure how to post it Help anyone ????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexx Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 upload to Photbucket as normal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beavis Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 upload to Photbucket as normal +1 But while we are waiting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATTAK Z Posted June 30, 2011 Author Share Posted June 30, 2011 upload to Photbucket as normal put one up Lexx as an example and I'll use it to put mine up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choptop Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Taxi-ing This photo with the date makes me think you are Russian Spy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATTAK Z Posted June 30, 2011 Author Share Posted June 30, 2011 This photo with the date makes me think you are Russian Spy it's my work camera .... got to keep a record .... should've taken the date off really Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choptop Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 This photo with the date makes me think you are Russian Spy it's my work camera .... got to keep a record .... should've taken the date off really I wonder if the Russians ever had a 'Vulcanovski' in their arsenal.........................they had a Concordski and we know what happened to that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartman Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 an amazing piece of technology from the cold war era, XH558 did a flying display at the air show on my base RNAS Culdrose last summer, such an awesome sound and advanced technolgy and design for its age, although with its high maintenance costs probably wont be flying much longer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexx Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 upload to Photbucket as normal put one up Lexx as an example and I'll use it to put mine up An off topic vid, but this is something I uploaded to PB a while back, and then just copied the img link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogyRev Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Any excuse of a bit of pic whoring..... We get it circling over the office when Farnborough Air Show is on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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