Buccaneer Rollout

[Arolyo]

Hi All
Buccaneer XX894 has been under restoration at Bruntingthorpe proving ground and is having her rollout event on the 29th of March "20 more years of the mighty Buccaneer"
Advanced Booking £15 Adult, £10 Senior Citizens. Under 14's free
On the Day Adult price £20, Senior citizens £15
gates open at 10am

Fast Taxys from Jet provest and Hunter

Dusk Photo shoot with a 208 squadron twist, Sea harrier, Vixen and Hunter

Please come and support our efforts in restoring and maintaining Blackburns finest.

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www.thebuccaneeraviationgroup.com (http://www.thebuccaneeraviationgroup.com)
Bruntingthorpe proving ground, Bruntingthorpe, Bath Lane, LE175QS
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[Wander00]

JP - "fast taxy" - crikey

[Basil]

Briefly flew Aztecs from Brough in '73. Astonishing to believe the Buc could take off from that little runway.

[kenparry]

Briefly flew Aztecs from Brough in '73. Astonishing to believe the Buc could take off from that little runway.

Don't think they ever did - they flew from Holme on Spalding Moor, having got there by truck in large chunks.

[gr4techie]

Astonishing to believe the Buc could take off from that little runway.

Do low flying Buccaneers even take off, or do they just select the undercarrage up?

[Plastic Bonsai]

One did land though, with the aid of a portable RHAG.

It was a bit hairy as if they missed the wire they would have gone into the Main Offices helpfully built across the end of the runway.

They made several low passes at various speeds before landing perfectly. made it look soooo easy.

[chevvron]

Saw many RHAG engagements at Farnborough (including one where the cable, or rather one of its tapes, broke and damaged the hook). The aircraft looked so slow on final presumably due to the blown flaps, I would think there would be little trouble with a pre-meditated engagement at Brough unless there was some imperfection on the runway surface which might cause the hook to 'bounce'. This happened at Farnborough with centreline light fittings inset into the runway surface until they were replaced with blanking plates. If I remember correctly, the runway surface had to be perfectly flat for about 50 ft either side of the cable.

[Basil]

kenparry,they flew from Holme on Spalding Moor, having got there by truck in large chunks.
Thanks for that info.
When I was at Brough, there was a tall chimney to the east in line with the runway; certainly concentrated the mind on a low vis take-off.

[CAEBr]

Just to add a couple of corrections


"Don't think they ever did - they flew from Holme on Spalding Moor, having got there by truck in large chunks."

No, they folded the wings, fitted a pair of main wheels in lieu of the flight cleared ones, retracted the nose gear, attached a towing arm to the catapult hold down and towed them backwards along the roads from Brough to HOSM (or Driffield for a short while while HOSM's runway was being resurfaced) The prototype NA39 was taken on the back of a truck to Bedford, would have been a bit of a drag towing it all the way down there.


"It was a bit hairy as if they missed the wire they would have gone into the Main Offices helpfully built across the end of the runway."

Early attempt at elf and safety. :rolleyes: The aircrew had practised at Lossiemouth and had no issue landing in rather less than the length of Brough's runway. The powers that be insisted on the installation of a portable arrestor gear. They would have needed a significant application of power to park it anywhere near the main offices


CAEBr

[Ogre]

CAEBr

If they hadn't stopped by the end of the runway, slipping right a little and opening the security gate would have given them the length of Saltgrounds Road to slow down (although folding the wings would have avoided damage to parked cars). If they'd slowed enough they could have turned left into the main gate, or carried on up the road and turned right over the railway bridge.