Vulcan at Halton?
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From memory the Comet flown in by Cats Eyes Cunningham was a Mk 1 with a different engine in # 4, possibly a Gyron Junior. The Sooties used it for practice ground running
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I recall a cruel jape played on an unpopular senior apprentice when I was at Halton. He was sent up the jet pipe of the Vulcan to inspect the turbine of one of the engines. After a suitably judged interval someone in the cockpit pressed the relight button to give the erroneous impression that the engine was about to start. Matey came out the jet pipe at the speed of heat with his overalls suitably shredded!
Hitting the relight with a new FLM up the jet pipe was often carried out by the older and bolder FLM's, it wasn't just a Halton jape.
FLM's, I learnt a lot about servicing from them, by fair means or foul....
FLM's, I learnt a lot about servicing from them, by fair means or foul....
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Some poor bod (ie, me) used to have to pump the Ki-gas pump in the undercarriage bay and get covered in oil and nearly gassed by the oil fumes etc. I can only remember ever starting the port engine back in 1967. And it wasn't revved up much in case the whole thing decided to fly away! Good fun, and I worked on Hercs in Varsities on leaving Halton in 68 at 115 Sqn. They at least had electric priming pumps.
Happy days indeed
Happy days indeed
