Originally Posted by
Krystal n chips
This has obviously attracted a lot of attention elsewhere ...some reports saying this was going to be the last fast taxy run for example, others saying the last one was five years ago, so presumably they've been doing regular anti-det runs in the interim...along with speculation this will be the end of such runs and a significant hike in insurance for types that can still be ground run.
There again, the Vulcan has always had an all terrain capability....three managed to land on Halton's grass runway after all.
Possibly it got a bit fed up looking at the same view day after day and decided it wanted a look down Tiddington Road....which is one of the more expensive in the UK.
The TBAG Buccaneers and the BCWM Jaguar always use first reference for speed from a GPS Speedo on a mobile phone. They also have worked out from the ODM the info for conditions of the day and time /distance. ASI can be another instrument used, it is never the primary (as not accurate at low speeds) and never alone in the two organisations mentioned. My comments about this on their FB group are not complimentary. Seems they have always allowed ego to overtake common sense in previous runs where they end up just short of the end of the runway.. They too a risk too far and are lucky that their airframe still has legs on it. Just been chatting to another CWJ fast taxi driver and he is nothing but damming about the professionalism shown yesterday.