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However, Phil Collins, one of the greatest drummers in the world (and being a drummer I KNOW how skilled he is!), played a huge charity gig (Live Aid) in the afternoon in London, then another at the same time in New York, and this was watched by the biggest ever worldwide TV audience! This was a defining moment in world history, a huge chunk of the world'spopulation uniting to relieve a crisis in Africa, and for a major star to be able to do two sets at the same time in London and NY was a cultural and humanitarian event of monumental significance and precedence
I was really impressed when I entered the Vanguard flight deck at Brooklands. The centre console sprouts no less than twelve big levers! I was a tad disappointed to learn from the ex-guardsvan driver who was acting as guide that 4 are power levers for the P1, 4 are power levers for the P2, and the middle 4 are fuel cocks!
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The Vanguard was one of the fastest propellor commercial aeroplanes ever built. Its block times on domestic services were very similar to Tridents and 757s due to its ability to use the first intersection it came to - and turn off the north r/w at LHR straight on to the alpha stands.
LATCC had to post a notice to controllers - "Notice that Vanguards descend at the same speeds as jets" after a couple of embarrassing incidents when they had tried to get 737s through the big V's level on the gounds that they were faster.
The faster she went the more precise became the handling - with only tab-assisted controls in lieu of hydraulics. Allegedly a Vickers test pilot wote that, above 400k IAS, he preferred the Vanguard to the Valiant!
Service Vne 330k at low level.
LATCC had to post a notice to controllers - "Notice that Vanguards descend at the same speeds as jets" after a couple of embarrassing incidents when they had tried to get 737s through the big V's level on the gounds that they were faster.
The faster she went the more precise became the handling - with only tab-assisted controls in lieu of hydraulics. Allegedly a Vickers test pilot wote that, above 400k IAS, he preferred the Vanguard to the Valiant!
Service Vne 330k at low level.
I somehow recall that in the early British Airways days, which coincided with the introduction of the Tristar, a Merchantman did a trip, maybe more, over to Palmdale with some UK components (seats ?), returning to Heathrow with Lockheed spares. Must have been quite a challenge for the FBOs along the way to California - I suppose they could have routed through Canada as much as possible to get some not-quite-forgotten Air Canada experience. Anyone know which route they took (even better, anyone here actually on the flight ?).
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[qoute](WHBM): Anyone know which route they (Merchantman) took?[quote]
The Merchantman needed probably two stopovers for the trip and in that case they might have followed the path treaded by SAS long time before: Thule - Edmonton :-/
The Merchantman needed probably two stopovers for the trip and in that case they might have followed the path treaded by SAS long time before: Thule - Edmonton :-/
