XH558 outside again!
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Smiler reckoned on at least 500 jobcards to be signed off before the Airframe is even considered by the CAA as "airworthy", which also might prevent fast taxi runs till mid next week.
But then....it's update day today on the site, so lets all hope for some good news later.
Surely in the next few weeks........
But then....it's update day today on the site, so lets all hope for some good news later.
Surely in the next few weeks........
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I genuinely applaud your ongoing interest, commitment and enthusiasm in this programme. No matter that I personally think it is barking, I cannot help but be impressed that it has not died a death. Well done to you all.
SB
I genuinely applaud your ongoing interest, commitment and enthusiasm in this programme. No matter that I personally think it is barking, I cannot help but be impressed that it has not died a death. Well done to you all.
SB
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"I see the hangar doors have been shut whilst the aircraft is outside, this is a new one"
That's not at all unusual. Whenever she's been out to the engine testing pad the doors have been shut, only being opened again five or ten minutes before she returns.
The only times I can remember the doors remaining open when she was not in the hangar are when she was immediately outside being fuelled or defulled.
I can't imagine it is easy heating the hangar, especially with winter fast approaching. It would make no sense to leave the doors wide open.
Flip
That's not at all unusual. Whenever she's been out to the engine testing pad the doors have been shut, only being opened again five or ten minutes before she returns.
The only times I can remember the doors remaining open when she was not in the hangar are when she was immediately outside being fuelled or defulled.
I can't imagine it is easy heating the hangar, especially with winter fast approaching. It would make no sense to leave the doors wide open.
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Be lucky
David
Flew over Bruntingthorpe earlier today and she was being towed out.
Be lucky
David
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Hi all, as we have been spending the last couple of days up there painting the QRA shed, I took a few breaks and took these shots of 558, she certainly is coming alive, very nice, well done all of the crew
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Thanks again to the lads that were doing their 'stuff' on her today and for making me welcome
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Thanks again to the lads that were doing their 'stuff' on her today and for making me welcome
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This is blatant petty carping but I realy wish that those RWR fairings on the fin tip could be gashed. The assassinated XM603 would make a valuable contribution there and almost go some way towards mitigating a gross act of vandalism (thank you BAES).
That's what a Vulcan looks like!
That's what a Vulcan looks like!
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Great photos although I think the 5th from last one is a little sad, Buccaneer with its wings clipped looking on.
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I really wish that those RWR fairings on the fin tip could be gashed.
Apart from that - well done guys 
RAAF Darwin. 1968/69.
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I doubt if that li'l yellow tractor would cope with full fuel, 21,000lbs of bombs, and six inches of snow.
PS. Built by Sentinel, apparently. And a posh one with a cab. Must've been Transport Command.
PPS. I was curious to know where the lower photograph was taken. See The Old Bell pub? It's still there, Fleet Street.
PS. Built by Sentinel, apparently. And a posh one with a cab. Must've been Transport Command.
PPS. I was curious to know where the lower photograph was taken. See The Old Bell pub? It's still there, Fleet Street.
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Later on that day, XH558 was actually towed back from the running pan with a 1965 vintage, Ford County Super 5 agricultural tractor, when the Aircraft Tug went U/S!!!
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Isn't the orange one a 'Douglas'?
The type I used to wheelie all the way from MT to 13 (PR) Sqn dispersal at Wyton every Monday morning. Hit a matchstick and still be bouncing for another 100yds. Oh boy, if we'd have had speed bumps in those days.
The type I used to wheelie all the way from MT to 13 (PR) Sqn dispersal at Wyton every Monday morning. Hit a matchstick and still be bouncing for another 100yds. Oh boy, if we'd have had speed bumps in those days.