Vulcan XH558 - Test flight today?????
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Don't care what the BBC called it, I am still green with envy that I could not be there to see her fly yesterday.
Mind you, I think that the first time I was close to one taking off it did cause some destruction. The vibration/sensation from her engines shook a filling in one of my teeth loose!
Mind you, I think that the first time I was close to one taking off it did cause some destruction. The vibration/sensation from her engines shook a filling in one of my teeth loose!
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GobonaStick. I came to the same conclusion that they meant that. That said, the Type 707, by convention post dates the Type 698 but did first fly on 4 SEP '49 compared to the Type 698 (Vulcan) first flight on 30 AUG '52; so brakedwell has a point. On the subject of totally new designs since the Type 683 (Lancaster), although later in the numbering series, the Type 701 (Athena) first flew on 12 JUN '48.
Lovely to see 558 in the air again.
Lovely to see 558 in the air again.
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I stuck in a complaint on the BBC website about the title given to the piece. If you showed most people a picture of a Vulcan and asked what they thought, you'd get a lot of "It's an aircraft" type responses, quite a few who'd identify it as a Vulcan or even a V-Bomber, but I don't know how many would consider it a symbol of destruction.
I'm always impressed by the pictures of a Vulcan on the ground surrounded by people and vehicles. The airborne pictures don't really make it clear just how
big it is.
Well done the team, and I hope it gets to do the airshows this year.
I'm always impressed by the pictures of a Vulcan on the ground surrounded by people and vehicles. The airborne pictures don't really make it clear just how
big it is.Well done the team, and I hope it gets to do the airshows this year.
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I spent many years on Bomber Command Vulcan squadrons. I even fitted all the electronics prior to the trip to new Zealand in 1956, sadly the aircraft crashed at Heathrow on its return.
If anyone remembers Ken Gibson, send me an email, especially Dave Hewitt, Scampton 1960 - 1962.
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If anyone remembers Ken Gibson, send me an email, especially Dave Hewitt, Scampton 1960 - 1962.
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All the years of 'Nu Laybor' have sapped the British spirit to the point where we are rapidly becoming the world's 'nobody's'
I believe hooligans & Ibiza's holiday-makers with the football-team shirt replica have hijacked the stage nowdays...
The main thing was that we were prepared to do it and we did!
The great missing 'thing' in Britain today is that wonderful "How dare you, you unspeakable foreign person!" attitude.
Well done to the VTTS team! Can't wait to see her airborne again.
PZ, a former DAS-(foreign person) volunteer
