Mireystock
SIip-slidin' down Big Pig...
I love the Victor too, it's kind of fascinatingly evil in its looks to me, sort of the angel of death.
Which in a way it almost was.
The Last Vulcan Flight
- Thread starter Over The Hill
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I love the Victor too, it's kind of fascinatingly evil in its looks to me, sort of the angel of death.
Which in a way it almost was.
GaryA
Subversive Sage
- Location
- High Shields
Airframes are apparantly too old and vulnerable to stress fractures etc...I dont belive its a lack of funding/doners etc
Disclaimer |I may be wrong I'm no expert
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Hope to catch it again on Saturday in North Wales
byegad
Legendary Member
- Location
- NE England
Apparently the firms supporting the engines have withdrawn support 'due to lack of qualified personnel'. Without them being willing to pass on the relevant documentation to a firm willing to do the work there will be no way the Vulcan can get airworthiness clearance.
Glenn
Veteran
- Location
- Newport, shropshire
I used to maintain the Mighty Hunters navigation and auto-pilot systems. Both Yorkshire Air Museum and Coventry Air Museum both have examples that they plan to be able to fast taxi
subaqua
What’s the point
- Location
- Leytonstone
Not entirely true on all of that.
http://www.vulcantothesky.org/history/post-flight/end-of-flight-2.html
nearly all correct.
andyfraser
Über Member
- Location
- Bristol
I managed to see the Vulcan last year. I think it's the last of my childhood favourites that was still flying. The others were the Victor and the Jaguar but most of all the F-4 Phantom and my all time favourite the English Electric Lightning.
I remember a particularly wet show at RAF Abingdon in the 80s. We sheltered under a Vulcan between displays.
I remember a particularly wet show at RAF Abingdon in the 80s. We sheltered under a Vulcan between displays.
Rooster1
I was right about that saddle
Also, engines are the big consumable, and basically they have used them all up. No more serviceable engines = end of an era.
Rooster1
I was right about that saddle
Site says nothing about the engines. Without wanting to sound like a total arse, I am fairly sure there are no more engines they can use. But I may be wrong.
Rooster1
I was right about that saddle
What is annoying is, they say goto website for final flight info, then it says we are finalising the flight plans, so no info, and all the while they say to stay clear of trying to sneak a peak at the base. Will keep an eye on the twitter feed. I have to see this bird one more time.
mickle
innit
- Location
- 53.933606, -1.076131
It flew over our house the other day. What an enexpected treat. I saw the last flight of the Concord over Brizzol - from Windmill Hill, that was unforgettable.
Someone will most likely link to it, but I believe there is a group trying to get a Concorde airborne again, I understand they have enough money so far to buy an aircraft, though that is a fraction of what it will cost to get it certified and maintain it flying.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Roger that, the Victor looked like some kind of beast unleashed by. the devil. If Operation Black Buck had been able to use Victors instead of Vulcans the Argentinians wouldnt merely have soiled themselves - they've have gone running straight home.
