Shut Up Legs
Down Under Member
Wrong Vulcan, it's this Vulcan that we're interested in
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There I was minding my own business...
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gbb
Squire
- Location
- Peterborough
Same here....Vulcans are kinda part of the family as my father-in-law was a V-force navigator. Apparently, its elastic band and string technology used to wind up the Americans in war games as it was impervious to their attempts at jamming the planes.
Recounted this in a past post but dad was an airframe fitter on Valiants (doomed of course) and Vulcans. He broke every rule in the book by taking me in the cockpit in one while they were still operational, although that particular one was on a training airfield with moderately low security and of course the aircraft was effectively decommisioned. Awesome climbing up the ladders into the crew area, looking at the mbanks and banks of instruments and switched...and the lack of room.
Dads twin brother (now sadly gone) was a Vulcan crew chief...imagine that ?, doing that for a job. He recounted the only way to get out was if the plane was upside down, highly unlikely you'd survive if there was an emergency. He flew in the bombing competitions in the States. He said they flew so low, so fast, the whole plane shook and vibrated as turbulence built up under the plane, like riding a bucking bronco, one of the scariest things he did.
Dad recounted the other day...he joined in 1949. His first plane he worked on was a Gloucester Gladiator. He also worked on Spitfires that were the station commanders 'private' transport, just a few left but kept in tip top nick, and i assume the Gladiator was for a similar purpose. On through many aircraft, culminating in the Valiants (he has a commendation for finding the cracks that doomed them)...onto Vulcans....and his final swansong (and despair) were Chipmunk trainers. He called them elastic band aircraft....just so uninteresting after V bombers.
Arch
Married to Night Train
- Location
- Salford, UK
I love the Lightning.
And the Vulcan. haven't managed to see it recently. I do follow it in Twitter, so I tend to know where it's been...
Mark1978
Veteran
- Location
- Shouldham, West Norfolk
I saw what was at the time the "last flight of the vulcan" at RAF Cosford back in the 90's. The outstanding memory i have of it was it almost silently gliding down in front of us and then putting on full throttle. The noise was like nothing i had ever heard before. Couple that with the fact that a large number of birds that happened to be in the area just fell out of the sky - shock possibly (but they didn't seem to get up and fly off) made it one of the most memorable moments of my childhood.
Now I live just down the road from RAF Marham who have just taken on the eurofighter. Watching those guys and the tornados doing low flying training ops is awesome.
Now I live just down the road from RAF Marham who have just taken on the eurofighter. Watching those guys and the tornados doing low flying training ops is awesome.
subaqua
What’s the point
- Location
- Leytonstone
I have the enviable position of growing up in N Wales. the RAF favourite low flying practice ground back in the 80s. sitting in Snowdonia on the edge of a mopuntain looking DOWN into the valley at the variuos planes going through.
a list similar to posted above. have also been to Valley for multiple airshows as a kid. My favourite airfix model was the Lightning.
there is a Hawker Hunter on non flying display at Classic airforce in Newquay , and also one mounted on a pole outside my office in Woking
a list similar to posted above. have also been to Valley for multiple airshows as a kid. My favourite airfix model was the Lightning.
there is a Hawker Hunter on non flying display at Classic airforce in Newquay , and also one mounted on a pole outside my office in Woking
subaqua
What’s the point
- Location
- Leytonstone
http://www.classicairforce.com/
last time I was there they had classic jets flying. the Canberra had that lovely smell of Aviation fuel ( possibly Av-Tur) and oil .
last time I was there they had classic jets flying. the Canberra had that lovely smell of Aviation fuel ( possibly Av-Tur) and oil .
Richard A Thackeray
Legendary Member
Just had a flick through my copy of Richard Nobles book about the LSR attempts
A fantastic book, if you ever get the chance to read it, the mans motivational/team-selection skills are exceptional
Thrust SSC used two Spey 202 engines (ex Phantom F4)
'Bloodhound is using a EuroFighter engine; EJ 200 (aircraft development engine)
http://www.bloodhoundssc.com/news/ten-astounding-facts-about-bloodhound-ssc
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Flying Dodo
It'll soon be summer
Useless fact no. 452. The Bloodhound SSC machine used wheels from a Lightning for its initial test runs
Flying Dodo
It'll soon be summer
Richard Noble.............."the modern embodiment of the swashbuckling British speed seeker of yesteryear".
Just don't talk about his doomed ARV Super 2 aircraft then (max speed 118 mph)!
Richard A Thackeray
Legendary Member
it worked, at the time of writing the book, he owned one & was using it
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
same here... however i can add that they were mostly obscured by trees as they rumbled overhead, heading in your direction.Those two Lancaster bombers flew overhead when i was out the other Sunday. Er that's about it.
