Re: Vulcan Bomber
 

I do believe that the Vulcan will be attending the RAF Leuchars Air Show on 12th Sept this year.

more info here http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?t=133458

Re: Vulcan Bomber
 

Geoffrey if you care to send me an e-mail address I will send you the photographs of it, all the wheels are off the floor, it went higher and further than the Wright brothers did and nobody denies that was a flight.

I have placed one of the photographs in my avatar, bit small but clearly off the floor!

Re: Vulcan Bomber
 

Thats a victor though isnt it ?
Edit; oops, sorry, just read it back mate :oops:

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there is no way that victor got airborne on its own merit as it has been crippled, it is not under investigation either. the majority of us onlookers who were there on the day would not agree the photgraphic evidence on such websites is accurate, the claims of 20ft is heavily exaggerated.

the people who witnessed the incident with there own eyes, without the use of a camera, state not all three wheels left the gound thus the aircraft was not airborne.

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It's obvious the machine is clear of the floor, at light weights it's very easy to get such a powerful machine off the floor without meaning to. This is one of the reasons that CAA limited us to a maximum of half the planned rotation speed when we used to practice rejected takeoffs in a live aircraft.

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my mate was at Cosford- he loves air shows.. his mum and dad used to take us to woodford air show every year when we were 11 12 13 .. now we are 42 !! .. HEY ... Mrs manning used to bring marks and spencer ready wrpped sandwiches . THATS how rich they were ! lol.

anyway . me e mailed him and here is his response.



Got some really good pics of the Vulcan on Sunday will email one two you when I get the chance.
Here is one for the biker thread. The Pilot on Sunday was the pilot who flew the Vulcan that attacked Port Stanley airfield in the Falklands war. Name of Withers.
One of the others in the cockpit Sunday was the pilot of one of the other Vulcans that turned back that day due to technical difficulties .Read the book about it Vulcan 416 (or something like that) it is a good read.
I also saw one of the last times the Vulcan flew (the very same plane) at Woodford airshow and it taxied and stopped right in front of us I seem to remember a big farewell tent at Woodford for the plane after all it was where they were built. Dad has got the video and pictures somewhere.
Luke had never seen it fly before although he has seen one in the Cosford museum. I also have a piece of one of the panels from the cockpit.
Attached is a picture of the bit just above the blokes pencil in the picture. Bit sad I know but nevertheless a bit of history.


its a good pic of inside the cockpit- but its a link off an e mail and java script or something so I dunno how to copy it and post it up. me rubbish

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Its flying at Biggin Hill next weekend :) I'm going to camp out in my mates garden just to see/hear it :)

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Was at Bruntingthorpe or so a couple of months back for work.
Had never realised that was where it was kept till we drove past the hangar with the doors partly open.

Remember when I was in the Air Cadets and we were on a camp somewhere. Went to some privately-owned air museum. Really quite small grotty place owned by some farmer or something. Outisde they had a Vulcan parked up. Could touch it and everything :smt023

Been meaning to go to an Airshow again. Great fun.

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Just had a flick through my grandad's flight records. Turns out he flew these vulcans...:

VX770 (Pre service vulcan under test flighing), VX777, XA889, XA890, XA891, XA 895, XA 898, XA 896, XA 902, XA 900, XA 904, XA 901, XA 907, XA 910, XA 911, XH 504, XH 505, XH 532, XH 559, XH 560, XH 561, XH 562 and the Vulcan B Mk2 XH 533 & XH 558 - and also the 901 and 898 for some bombing competitions in florida.

I'm chuffed. I have to go see this thing in the air now:)

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When I was a kid we lived in Singapore for a few years in the late 60s, when my dad was stationed at RAF Changi. He took me out to the end of the runway one day and I sat on the roof of an army Land Rover with my legs dangling over the screen to watch a squadron of Vulcans coming in over our heads to land. I remember the noise being absolutely incredible and sticking my fingers in my ears to deaden it a little as each one flew over us.