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Tim, where did you find the press release, ive had a look on the tvoc website and can find no new news.
Do you know how long the test flight will be tomorrow, or is it straight back to bruny.
Thanks.
Do you know how long the test flight will be tomorrow, or is it straight back to bruny.
Thanks.
Join Date: Oct 2007
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Compass Swinging.
Just got back home after another busy day at Coningsby working on our old girl. To correct DisGruntled's quote, the purely magnetic compasses (two E2B type) were in fact successfully swung whilst at Cottesmore. The new gyro magnetic HSI systems had to be aligned too. However, probably due to the attrocious weather at Cottesmore making it very difficult to achieve a steady platform, this was not one hundred percent successful and resulted in a differential between the port and starboard HSI headings after the return to Brunty.
Yesterday,Weds, due to PR activities we were unable to complete the necessary adjustments, but today, Thurs, Glen Stanton and Stu Bond of MA aided by myself(Pat Bowyer) and John Hufton of TVOC, successfully adjusted the system to bring the difference in tolerance. Adjustment was quite tricky, the components are not as high quality as the original MFS system used during Service life, considerable effort and much patience was needed to achieve good results.
The Avionics "problems" mentioned by DisGruntled, were not faults or defects, but merely adjustments and corrections to the operation of the ADDU altitude warning system and during the rest of today the MA techs successfully completed MA designed corrective work to bring this system up to full operational standard.
The aircraft is, apart from a Before Flight in the morning, now ready for flight tomorrow, Friday, at about 1130 hours.
Hope that clears the fog,
Yesterday,Weds, due to PR activities we were unable to complete the necessary adjustments, but today, Thurs, Glen Stanton and Stu Bond of MA aided by myself(Pat Bowyer) and John Hufton of TVOC, successfully adjusted the system to bring the difference in tolerance. Adjustment was quite tricky, the components are not as high quality as the original MFS system used during Service life, considerable effort and much patience was needed to achieve good results.
The Avionics "problems" mentioned by DisGruntled, were not faults or defects, but merely adjustments and corrections to the operation of the ADDU altitude warning system and during the rest of today the MA techs successfully completed MA designed corrective work to bring this system up to full operational standard.
The aircraft is, apart from a Before Flight in the morning, now ready for flight tomorrow, Friday, at about 1130 hours.
Hope that clears the fog,
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Over Rutland.
15 minutes ago, I picked up an unHarrier like drone. Looked up, and there she was.. calmly gazing down in a most Dowager like manner. Lovely to see, and even more so as a complete surprise. It alters the perspective.
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Snapper41 I concur! Lovely to see the Vulcan in the air in Lincolnshire again. Those days at Scampton seemed a long time ago but perhaps not! A quiet, stately flypast and then about 5 mins later back over the top of Cranwell, somewhat higher this time, with gear down and giving the engines some checks by the sound of it! The weather's great today too!
Some snaps from today at RAF Coningsby. Congrats to all involved in this wonderful project! Taken from down at the 25 end.
If anyone was down amongst the hardened aircraft shelters they would have seen an amazing turn showing the topsides in superb light. I'll post a link if anyone has snapped her during the turn.
Cheers
TJ
If anyone was down amongst the hardened aircraft shelters they would have seen an amazing turn showing the topsides in superb light. I'll post a link if anyone has snapped her during the turn.
Cheers
TJ
Lovely pictures, but my best moment was when I saw and heard it myself for real as it gracefully overflew Waddington and dissapeared in the direction of Lincoln/Scampton.
Brilliant work guys and thanks for making my day, all thats left is to be able to see it display again and all the effort and contributions to date will have been worth it.
Brilliant work guys and thanks for making my day, all thats left is to be able to see it display again and all the effort and contributions to date will have been worth it.