Bruce Dickinson and Vulcan XL426
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Bruce Dickinson and Vulcan XL426
Bruce Dickinson, better known as the lead singer with Heavy metal giants 'Iron Maiden' was on hand at Southend airport today as the Vulcan Restoration trust held its annual open day. Bruce took the co pilots seat as 426 blasted down Southends busy runway despite less than favourable conditions.
A big thankyou must go to all the volunteers who worked so tirelessly throughout the day with a special mention going to the engineering team who rectified a brake problem just in time for the taxi.
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Septic.
A big thankyou must go to all the volunteers who worked so tirelessly throughout the day with a special mention going to the engineering team who rectified a brake problem just in time for the taxi.
Here is an initial selection.
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Batchy - Great pictures.
My slelection of photos from the day can be found here; Avro 698 Vulcan B2 (XL426 / G-VJET) Taxi run
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My slelection of photos from the day can be found here; Avro 698 Vulcan B2 (XL426 / G-VJET) Taxi run
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How does he do it ?
Bruce is an enthusiastic and knowledgable aviation presenter,radio show presenter, lead singer in a heavy metal band, so how does he have the time to be a First Officer on a commercial 757 ?????
I noticed that the crew-access door was opened while taxiing. Is this a normal Vulcan procedure or was there some special reason for it on this occasion?
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Great pics guys. Even think there is one of me too.
A very enjoyable afternoon, despite the weather, it was the closest Scoggys ever been to a living, breathing Vulcan. Sadly, I didn't win the raffle for a ride in one of the back seats & didn't have the £350 spare for the auction for the other spare seat, but did get a lovely Olympus blow-dry, so that made up for the dissapointment.
Glad the brake problems were sorted out, just a shame the wet runway & crosswind didn't allow for a more sporty performance, but I suppose Tesco wouldn't have appreciated a delta-winged addition to their refurbished store.
Good to see so many people there, hope that enough money was raised to cover the run at least. Saw a few Iron Maiden t-shirts, so Bruce bought a few fans along who otherwise might have not stood in the rain for a few hours, sure their money was appreciated. He seemed to enjoy himself too.
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A very enjoyable afternoon, despite the weather, it was the closest Scoggys ever been to a living, breathing Vulcan. Sadly, I didn't win the raffle for a ride in one of the back seats & didn't have the £350 spare for the auction for the other spare seat, but did get a lovely Olympus blow-dry, so that made up for the dissapointment.
Glad the brake problems were sorted out, just a shame the wet runway & crosswind didn't allow for a more sporty performance, but I suppose Tesco wouldn't have appreciated a delta-winged addition to their refurbished store.
Good to see so many people there, hope that enough money was raised to cover the run at least. Saw a few Iron Maiden t-shirts, so Bruce bought a few fans along who otherwise might have not stood in the rain for a few hours, sure their money was appreciated. He seemed to enjoy himself too.
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Originally Posted by India Four Two
I noticed that the crew-access door was opened while taxiing. Is this a normal Vulcan procedure or was there some special reason for it on this occasion?
Originally Posted by VulcanNews
We don't normally have the door open but it does help the pilot keep the nosewheel on the centreline on the extremely narrow taxiways at Southend!
Although after seeing Batchy's picture of the flight deck and reading Beagle's description of taxiing semi-detached houses while looking through the lavatory window, it doesn't surprise me.
So can the captain see through the hatch directly or does he have a spotter? I was in a Vulcan once, but it is so long ago, I don't remember anything about the interior, other than that the bomb bay was very BIG.
Originally Posted by India Four Two
So can the captain see through the hatch directly or does he have a spotter? I was in a Vulcan once, but it is so long ago, I don't remember anything about the interior, other than that the bomb bay was very BIG.
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I had a look inside the Vulcan at Norwich yesterday cause I wanted to see how easily the Captain could look out of the door to see where he is going. Bearing in mind I wasn't dressed in full flying gear, I found it easy to look over my shoulder and through the door. With flying gear on I wouldn't know how easy it is to do bearing in mind the limited amount of space in the cockpit.
Originally Posted by BEagle
It is actually quite easy to see the taxiway centre line by peering over your shoulder and through the door...
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