Phil.J
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| posted on 18/10/07 at 01:29 PM |
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Vulcan
Nice to see that the Vulcan Bomber has flown today for the fist time in many years
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/leicestershire/7049694.stm
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wilkingj
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| posted on 18/10/07 at 01:42 PM |
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I saw what was supposed to be the last flight at RAF Marham, about 15 years ago.
Was standing underneath it after that flight, when they were changing the oil, (After every flight) it was dead clean!.. Would have stuck it in my car
if I could have got it.
Most Vulcans were chopped up just for the main Wingspar which is made from titanium.
What a waste, they are the most graceful aricraft, and just bloody awesome when doing a tailstand!
I was told by the pilot, of an incident many years before when a couple of Yank fighters were doing a show off, and buzzed a tower control, by doing
a tail stand on it o:
A few days later, their station got a visit from a vulcan, returning the "favour".
Rattled the sh*ite out of the building!
Still glad to see one flying. a lovely piece of british engineering and design.. rates alongside the spitfire IMHO.
1. The point of a journey is not to arrive.
2. Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.
Best Regards
Geoff
http://www.v8viento.co.uk
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RazMan
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| posted on 18/10/07 at 01:43 PM |
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Lovely looking aircraft - may it 'live long and prosper' as another Vulcan once said
[Edited on 18-10-07 by RazMan]
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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mookaloid
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| posted on 18/10/07 at 01:58 PM |
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I sat in the cockpit of this one a few years ago. I was suprised how little room there was in it for such
a big plane.
I saw a few fly years ago at airshows when I was a kid and would love to see it again.
Cheers
mark
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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iank
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| posted on 18/10/07 at 02:12 PM |
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Semi interesting factoid, only the pilot and co-pilot got ejector seats, the rest of the crew... 
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Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
Anonymous
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trextr7monkey
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| posted on 18/10/07 at 02:13 PM |
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One crashed near us when I was at school we all heard it go over but only the naughty kids who wer outside got to see it!
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snippy
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| posted on 18/10/07 at 03:08 PM |
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I was lucky enough to be at Bruntinghtorpe this morning and see this amazing aircraft take to the skies again. What an awesome sight it is. You will
never hear horsepower like it anywhere else. She was in flight for 30 minutes over towards the east coast before returning and doing a fly past
circuit. Then she landed back at Bruntingthorpe. No doubt it will be on the news tonight as the likes of Sky News and ITV were all there.
Nick
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billynomates
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| posted on 18/10/07 at 03:41 PM |
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Anybody see the documentary on the V bombers when they interviewed the old pilots from the cold war days. Bloody frightening what they were trained to
expect, and do, if they were ever sent on a mission.
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edspurrier
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| posted on 18/10/07 at 04:09 PM |
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EXCELLENT!
Wish I'd known, it's not far from me.
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jollygreengiant
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| posted on 18/10/07 at 05:10 PM |
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Truly NOT locost but British engineering at its best.
Well done lads.
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Volvorsport
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| posted on 18/10/07 at 05:56 PM |
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used to rattle the windows in waddington , pesky things
www.dbsmotorsport.co.uk
getting dirty under a bus
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russbost
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| posted on 18/10/07 at 06:05 PM |
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There's one by my flying club at Southend, they run it up & down the runway once in a while but it doesn't fly anymore.
I wanted to get a pic of my car next to it, but unfortunately it's the wrong side of the perimeter fence!
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paulf
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| posted on 18/10/07 at 07:40 PM |
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It flew over my works at Corby today, a workmate called me on my dect phone and told me to get out and look , I was to late and missed it and didnt
believe him as i hadnt seen any advance info that it would be flying today.
Paul.
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Simon
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| posted on 18/10/07 at 08:05 PM |
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I might just have to watch the news. Seen many times, and put it up there with Concord.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FybXMMCAHsE
ATB
Simon
[Edited on 18/10/07 by Simon]
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myeates
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| posted on 18/10/07 at 08:23 PM |
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fantastic just found video on the bbc news 24 site looks great cant wait to see it again at airshows even through the last time i saw it was at
finingley 1992 when i was 6 i still remember it
[Edited on 18/10/07 by myeates]
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pif
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| posted on 18/10/07 at 08:56 PM |
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thats great, remember seeing documentory on sky recently about how much effort went into restoring it. IIRC they bought from the RAF in ?1987? for
£25k but it has taken until now and thousands of hours of volunteers and lottery millions and when the whole thing ground to a halt in 97 a small
fortune left in a will from some old WW" fighter pilot to get the project going. One of my customers at work was the chief designer at woodford
BAE and tells me that once it gets its worthiness certificate it will fly for 10 years and then need another multi million £££ overhaul. again IIRC
the £25k included 2 RAF men for 2 years and every spare part they had and all the instruction booklets and tooling etc the lot.....
been a bit of a rush job really, bodged it all together in just 5 1/2 years.
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greggors84
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| posted on 18/10/07 at 09:09 PM |
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Currently reading Squadron 607 which is about the Vulcans bombing raid on the Falklands Islands and the massive task they faced having to refuel them
inflight many times.
Good book, about halfway through, good build up so far and has taught me alot about the Falklands which I knew very little about. Written like a
typical modern war book (Clancy, Ryan etc..) but all factual.
Havent finished yet though, so dont spoil the ending!
[Edited on 18/10/2007 by greggors84]
Chris
The Magnificent 7!
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