Vulcan XH558 - Test flight today?????
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Vulcan XH558 - Test flight today?????
The local East Midlands BBC breakfast news report that at last the Bruntingthorpe based Vulcan Will get airborne today for Avionics tests and land at RAF Cottesmore.
Does anybody know the planned time for this flight to depart Bruntingthorpe?I missed the maiden flight last October and certainly don't want to miss this one!
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Does anybody know the planned time for this flight to depart Bruntingthorpe?I missed the maiden flight last October and certainly don't want to miss this one!
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Live Vulcan web cam shows XH558 being rolled out of hangar 8:53am 14 April
http://cams.tvoc.co.uk/index.php?sect=1
http://cams.tvoc.co.uk/index.php?sect=1
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BBC news reporting it as a false alarm, possibly due to faulty wiring.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/e...re/7347277.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/e...re/7347277.stm
Seeing as it is a while since she last flew, probably the old problem of damp in the firewire. Nothing new for the leckies.
Here's hoping for the successful issue of a full permit to fly in the very near future.
Here's hoping for the successful issue of a full permit to fly in the very near future.
Glad to hear it was a false alarm, and all's well. Just out of interest, anyone know if XH558 is fitted with live ejector seats for P1 and P2 ?
I believe a number of ex-mil warbirds are, and others have had the seats de-activated.
I believe a number of ex-mil warbirds are, and others have had the seats de-activated.
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Brilliant! - thats what lottery cash and grit can do!! Role on the Airshow season.
Last edited by ALTSEL; 16th Apr 2008 at 15:41. Reason: spelling