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Old 11th Aug 2014, 16:12
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John Farley

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The following might help a bit, from a family history memoir I'm currently working on:

Vulcan B2 (XH 557) runway overshoot

Approaching for a landing onto runway 09 from the west, the Avro test pilot (?Harry Pollitt) who had never landed at Filton before, brought the aircraft down heavily at least 500 yards beyond the safe point.The aircraft developed wheelbrake failure, possibly due to the heavy landing, and the brake chute also failed to deploy, so the pilot could not stop the aircraft on a flooded runway in heavy rain.The pilot attempted a full-power go-around, but the port main undercarriage set struck street lamps on the main A38 Bristol - Gloucester road, damaging the leg and wheels, and also demolishing four petrol pumps in an adjacent filling station, but the pilot retained control and the aircraft became airborne.A successful landing without casualties was made on a foam blanket at RAF St Mawgan in Cornwall, after dumping excess fuel over the Bristol Channel.
There is the odd bit of mis-information in the above.

It was not a runway overshoot it was a landing from which it was decided to go around after touchdown followed by a late unstick.

The aircraft was on a delivery flight from Handling Squadron Boscombe to Filton. The Captain as has been stated was Flt Lt Wareham who had 15 hours on type. Tom Frost in the right had not been in a Vulcan before. The runway was 10. No Avro test pilot was involved. Harry Pollitt and Tom Frost were both Filton based test pilots
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