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Today I was working at Finningley the home of this
http://www.vulcantothesky.org/ Just after 3pm it it went into the sky. The first thing you notice is the noise. It makes more noise just taxiing down the runway than a commercial jet makes on lift off! It then flew towards the house (the floor vibrated) and blew the fumes from it's exhaust into the house as it made it's turn. It smelt like a an old petrol engine with a manual choke that was too far out. Awesome - but totally OT. -- Adam |
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On 08/06/2014 19:08, ARW wrote:
Today I was working at Finningley the home of this http://www.vulcantothesky.org/ Just after 3pm it it went into the sky. The first thing you notice is the noise. It makes more noise just taxiing down the runway than a commercial jet makes on lift off! It then flew towards the house (the floor vibrated) and blew the fumes from it's exhaust into the house as it made it's turn. It smelt like a an old petrol engine with a manual choke that was too far out. Awesome - but totally OT. When I was a lad I used to stay at my Uncles farm during the summer holidays near Retford, one day whilst combining in the field a Vulcan flew very low overhead, apart from seeing every detail of it's undercarrage I think I have been somewhat deaf eversince. Barry |
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On 06/08/2014 07:08 PM, ARW wrote:
Today I was working at Finningley the home of this http://www.vulcantothesky.org/ Just after 3pm it it went into the sky. The first thing you notice is the noise. It makes more noise just taxiing down the runway than a commercial jet makes on lift off! It then flew towards the house (the floor vibrated) and blew the fumes from it's exhaust into the house as it made it's turn. It smelt like a an old petrol engine with a manual choke that was too far out. Awesome - but totally OT. Fantastic effort by those attempting to keep it flying - I use to chip in - but I fear it's just too expensive to keep it going for much longer. As you say though, an awesome plane. Andy C |
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"Corporal Jones" wrote in message ... On 08/06/2014 19:08, ARW wrote: Today I was working at Finningley the home of this http://www.vulcantothesky.org/ Just after 3pm it it went into the sky. The first thing you notice is the noise. It makes more noise just taxiing down the runway than a commercial jet makes on lift off! It then flew towards the house (the floor vibrated) and blew the fumes from it's exhaust into the house as it made it's turn. It smelt like a an old petrol engine with a manual choke that was too far out. Awesome - but totally OT. When I was a lad I used to stay at my Uncles farm during the summer holidays near Retford, one day whilst combining in the field a Vulcan flew very low overhead, apart from seeing every detail of it's undercarrage I think I have been somewhat deaf eversince. Barry Indeed. Stealth bombers seem to have come on a lot since those days. michael adams .... |
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On Sun, 08 Jun 2014 19:08:21 +0100, ARW wrote:
Today I was working at Finningley the home of this http://www.vulcantothesky.org/ Awesome - but totally OT. many years ago I worked in Pontefract and the Vulcan's used to come in low over the town using the bus staion as a marker. Then they puled the stick back and pushed the throttle hard forward for a near vertical climb. I still get the shivers down my spine just thinking about them - fabulous planes. Wasn't their last active flying to the Falklands or have I misremembered that? -- David P |
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"David P" wrote in message
o.uk... On Sun, 08 Jun 2014 19:08:21 +0100, ARW wrote: Today I was working at Finningley the home of this http://www.vulcantothesky.org/ Awesome - but totally OT. many years ago I worked in Pontefract and the Vulcan's used to come in low over the town using the bus staion as a marker. Then they puled the stick back and pushed the throttle hard forward for a near vertical climb. I still get the shivers down my spine just thinking about them - fabulous planes. Wasn't their last active flying to the Falklands or have I misremembered that? It was one of their missions - and they totally failed in that one other than for moral purposes:-( -- Adam |
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On Sun, 08 Jun 2014 19:08:21 +0100, ARW wrote:
Today I was working at Finningley the home of this http://www.vulcantothesky.org/ Just after 3pm it it went into the sky. The first thing you notice is the noise. It makes more noise just taxiing down the runway than a commercial jet makes on lift off! It then flew towards the house (the floor vibrated) and blew the fumes from it's exhaust into the house as it made it's turn. It smelt like a an old petrol engine with a manual choke that was too far out. Awesome - but totally OT. It's been at Welshpool airshow today. |
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"Adrian" wrote in message
... On Sun, 08 Jun 2014 19:08:21 +0100, ARW wrote: Today I was working at Finningley the home of this http://www.vulcantothesky.org/ Just after 3pm it it went into the sky. The first thing you notice is the noise. It makes more noise just taxiing down the runway than a commercial jet makes on lift off! It then flew towards the house (the floor vibrated) and blew the fumes from it's exhaust into the house as it made it's turn. It smelt like a an old petrol engine with a manual choke that was too far out. Awesome - but totally OT. It's been at Welshpool airshow today. I know, and it landed back in Doncaster at around 16:57. -- Adam |
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"David P" wrote in message o.uk... On Sun, 08 Jun 2014 19:08:21 +0100, ARW wrote: Today I was working at Finningley the home of this http://www.vulcantothesky.org/ Awesome - but totally OT. many years ago I worked in Pontefract and the Vulcan's used to come in low over the town using the bus staion as a marker. Then they puled the stick back and pushed the throttle hard forward for a near vertical climb. I still get the shivers down my spine just thinking about them - fabulous planes. Wasn't their last active flying to the Falklands or have I misremembered that? For each operation flying direct from the UK, three 22 yr old Vulcans had to be refuelled 8 times in flight by a fleet of Victor tankers based on Ascension Island some of which themselves had to be refuelled in flight. "At almost 6,800 nautical miles (12,600 km) and 16 hours for the return journey, these were the longest-ranged bombing raids in history at that time." quote It has been suggested that the Black Buck raids were pressed home by the Royal Air Force[7] because the British armed forces had been cut in the late seventies and the RAF may have desired a greater role in the conflict to prevent further cuts.[8] [...] The military effectiveness of Black Buck remains controversial to this day with some independent sources describing it as minimal,[35] the damage to the airfield and radars being quickly repaired.[36] The runway continued to be used by Argentine C-130s until the end of the war and was also available for Aermacchi MB-339 jets[37] and FMA Pucarás.[38] As a result of the controversy a number of common misconceptions exist about the raid. /quote http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Black_Buck michael adams .... -- David P |
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"charles" wrote in message
... In article , ARW wrote: "David P" wrote in message o.uk... On Sun, 08 Jun 2014 19:08:21 +0100, ARW wrote: Today I was working at Finningley the home of this http://www.vulcantothesky.org/ Awesome - but totally OT. many years ago I worked in Pontefract and the Vulcan's used to come in low over the town using the bus staion as a marker. Then they puled the stick back and pushed the throttle hard forward for a near vertical climb. I still get the shivers down my spine just thinking about them - fabulous planes. Wasn't their last active flying to the Falklands or have I misremembered that? It was one of their missions - and they totally failed in that one other than for moral purposes:-( not quite true. Read the wiki page on "Operation Black Buck" wiki is as reliable as harry -- Adam |
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In article , ARW
wrote: "David P" wrote in message o.uk... On Sun, 08 Jun 2014 19:08:21 +0100, ARW wrote: Today I was working at Finningley the home of this http://www.vulcantothesky.org/ Awesome - but totally OT. many years ago I worked in Pontefract and the Vulcan's used to come in low over the town using the bus staion as a marker. Then they puled the stick back and pushed the throttle hard forward for a near vertical climb. I still get the shivers down my spine just thinking about them - fabulous planes. Wasn't their last active flying to the Falklands or have I misremembered that? It was one of their missions - and they totally failed in that one other than for moral purposes:-( not quite true. Read the wiki page on "Operation Black Buck" -- From KT24 Using a RISC OS computer running v5.18 |
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"ARW" wrote in news:ln2bqf$ph0$1@dont-
email.me: "Adrian" wrote in message ... On Sun, 08 Jun 2014 19:08:21 +0100, ARW wrote: Today I was working at Finningley the home of this http://www.vulcantothesky.org/ Just after 3pm it it went into the sky. The first thing you notice is the noise. It makes more noise just taxiing down the runway than a commercial jet makes on lift off! It then flew towards the house (the floor vibrated) and blew the fumes from it's exhaust into the house as it made it's turn. It smelt like a an old petrol engine with a manual choke that was too far out. Awesome - but totally OT. It's been at Welshpool airshow today. I know, and it landed back in Doncaster at around 16:57. An awesome project. To restore a complex 4 engined military aircraft that uses obsolete electrics, etc and to get it approved by the CIVIL Aviation Authorities is hell of an achievement. The fund raising has been done imaginatively and professionally. |
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ARW expressed precisely :
Today I was working at Finningley the home of this http://www.vulcantothesky.org/ Just after 3pm it it went into the sky. The first thing you notice is the noise. It makes more noise just taxiing down the runway than a commercial jet makes on lift off! It then flew towards the house (the floor vibrated) and blew the fumes from it's exhaust into the house as it made it's turn. It smelt like a an old petrol engine with a manual choke that was too far out. Awesome - but totally OT. Whilst working there, I witnessed the entire fleet take off, now thats a noise you would never forget. -- Regards, Harry (M1BYT) (L) http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk |
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In article , michael adams
wrote: "David P" wrote in message o.uk... On Sun, 08 Jun 2014 19:08:21 +0100, ARW wrote: Today I was working at Finningley the home of this http://www.vulcantothesky.org/ Awesome - but totally OT. many years ago I worked in Pontefract and the Vulcan's used to come in low over the town using the bus staion as a marker. Then they puled the stick back and pushed the throttle hard forward for a near vertical climb. I still get the shivers down my spine just thinking about them - fabulous planes. Wasn't their last active flying to the Falklands or have I misremembered that? For each operation flying direct from the UK, No, from Ascension Island three 22 yr old Vulcans had to be refuelled 8 times in flight by a fleet of Victor tankers based on Ascension Island some of which themselves had to be refuelled in flight. "At almost 6,800 nautical miles (12,600 km) and 16 hours for the return journey, these were the longest-ranged bombing raids in history at that time." quote It has been suggested that the Black Buck raids were pressed home by the Royal Air Force[7] because the British armed forces had been cut in the late seventies and the RAF may have desired a greater role in the conflict to prevent further cuts.[8] [...] The military effectiveness of Black Buck remains controversial to this day with some independent sources describing it as minimal,[35] the damage to the airfield and radars being quickly repaired.[36] The runway continued to be used by Argentine C-130s until the end of the war and was also available for Aermacchi MB-339 jets[37] and FMA Pucarás.[38] As a result of the controversy a number of common misconceptions exist about the raid. /quote http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Black_Buck michael adams ... -- David P -- From KT24 Using a RISC OS computer running v5.18 |
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On Sun, 08 Jun 2014 20:44:11 +0100, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
ARW expressed precisely : Today I was working at Finningley the home of this http://www.vulcantothesky.org/ Just after 3pm it it went into the sky. The first thing you notice is the noise. It makes more noise just taxiing down the runway than a commercial jet makes on lift off! It then flew towards the house (the floor vibrated) and blew the fumes from it's exhaust into the house as it made it's turn. It smelt like a an old petrol engine with a manual choke that was too far out. Awesome - but totally OT. Whilst working there, I witnessed the entire fleet take off, now thats a noise you would never forget. I remember a cartoon in a book of Falklands military humour (still have it somewhere): Argentine soldiers watching a Vulcan drop a bomb on (well, near) the Port Stanley runway: "Caramba, Pedro [or some such]: If that's the size of their planes, how big are their aircraft carriers??" -- Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org My posts (including this one) are my copyright and if @diy_forums on Twitter wish to tweet them they can pay me £30 a post *lightning surge protection* - a w_tom conductor |
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The first thing you notice is the noise. It makes more noise just
taxiing down the runway than a commercial jet makes on lift off! We had a CCF camp at RAF Waddington in the 1960s when it was home to the nuclear deterrent Vulcans. One was loud but a flight taking off on one of the quick-response exercises was awesome. But not as awesome as sitting in the rear gunner's turret of the last flying Lancaster. -- Robin reply to address is (meant to be) valid |
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In article ,
.... Wasn't their last active flying to the Falklands or have I misremembered that? It was one of their missions - and they totally failed in that one other than for moral purposes:-( not quite true. Read the wiki page on "Operation Black Buck" wiki is as reliable as harry Possibly, I'd rather trust the book -- Vulcan 607 by Rowland White -- chronicling the Falklands mission. I found it a very interesting read. Don't forget the Vulcan fleet was being wound down and was within a few months of being scrapped at the time of the Falklands raid. So it was certainly something of an achievement to bring the fleet back to operational status and mount the raid. -- Dennis Davis |
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"charles" wrote in message ... In article , michael adams wrote: "David P" wrote in message o.uk... On Sun, 08 Jun 2014 19:08:21 +0100, ARW wrote: Today I was working at Finningley the home of this http://www.vulcantothesky.org/ Awesome - but totally OT. many years ago I worked in Pontefract and the Vulcan's used to come in low over the town using the bus staion as a marker. Then they puled the stick back and pushed the throttle hard forward for a near vertical climb. I still get the shivers down my spine just thinking about them - fabulous planes. Wasn't their last active flying to the Falklands or have I misremembered that? For each operation flying direct from the UK, No, from Ascension Island Yup, that being the black line on the map with the 6,300 km on it. three 22 yr old Vulcans had to be refuelled 8 times in flight by a fleet of Victor tankers based on Ascension Island some of which themselves had to be refuelled in flight. "At almost 6,800 nautical miles (12,600 km) and 16 hours for the return journey, these were the longest-ranged bombing raids in history at that time." quote It has been suggested that the Black Buck raids were pressed home by the Royal Air Force[7] because the British armed forces had been cut in the late seventies and the RAF may have desired a greater role in the conflict to prevent further cuts.[8] [...] The military effectiveness of Black Buck remains controversial to this day with some independent sources describing it as minimal,[35] the damage to the airfield and radars being quickly repaired.[36] The runway continued to be used by Argentine C-130s until the end of the war and was also available for Aermacchi MB-339 jets[37] and FMA Pucarás.[38] As a result of the controversy a number of common misconceptions exist about the raid. /quote http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Black_Buck michael adams ... -- David P -- From KT24 Using a RISC OS computer running v5.18 |
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On 08/06/2014 19:08, ARW wrote:
Today I was working at Finningley the home of this http://www.vulcantothesky.org/ Just after 3pm it it went into the sky. The first thing you notice is the noise. It makes more noise just taxiing down the runway than a commercial jet makes on lift off! It then flew towards the house (the floor vibrated) and blew the fumes from it's exhaust into the house as it made it's turn. It smelt like a an old petrol engine with a manual choke that was too far out. Awesome - but totally OT. Yup there is another parked at Southend airport near us. Its no longer airworthy, but they are allowed to taxi it from time to time. (last time they did that they got the front wheel off the ground!) -- Cheers, John. /================================================== ===============\ | Internode Ltd - http://www.internode.co.uk | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \================================================= ================/ |
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On 08/06/2014 20:54, Robin wrote:
But not as awesome as sitting in the rear gunner's turret of the last flying Lancaster. Keep your eyes open. This summer the Canadians are bringing theirs over - so there will be TWO Lancs flying together for the first time since the 60s. http://www.warplane.com/lancaster-2014-uk-tour.aspx Andy -- They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old. Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM. |
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On 08/06/2014 19:08, ARW wrote:
Today I was working at Finningley the home of this http://www.vulcantothesky.org/ Just after 3pm it it went into the sky. The first thing you notice is the noise. It makes more noise just taxiing down the runway than a commercial jet makes on lift off! It then flew towards the house (the floor vibrated) and blew the fumes from it's exhaust into the house as it made it's turn. It smelt like a an old petrol engine with a manual choke that was too far out. Awesome - but totally OT. Awesome indeed. We took our (then) baby son to an airshow at RAF Gaydon (now the home of Jaguar/Landrover and Aston Martin) in 1975. He screamed when the Vulcan went over, and I had to put my fingers in his ears! -- Cheers, Roger ____________ Please reply to Newsgroup. Whilst email address is valid, it is seldom checked. |
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Robin wrote:
We had a CCF camp at RAF Waddington in the 1960s when it was home to the nuclear deterrent Vulcans. One was loud but a flight taking off on one of the quick-response exercises was awesome. But not as awesome as sitting in the rear gunner's turret of the last flying Lancaster. Living on the flightpath for both Cambridge Airport (home of unusual maintenance contracts like RAF Tristars) and IWM Duxford, we get rather spoiled. Last week sitting in the garden it was the Red Arrows in full display mode, the week before it was the only B17 Flying Fortress in Europe, doing training circuits around my house. Theo |
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In article , Theo Markettos
scribeth thus Robin wrote: We had a CCF camp at RAF Waddington in the 1960s when it was home to the nuclear deterrent Vulcans. One was loud but a flight taking off on one of the quick-response exercises was awesome. But not as awesome as sitting in the rear gunner's turret of the last flying Lancaster. Living on the flightpath for both Cambridge Airport (home of unusual maintenance contracts like RAF Tristars) and IWM Duxford, we get rather spoiled. Last week sitting in the garden it was the Red Arrows in full display mode, the week before it was the only B17 Flying Fortress in Europe, doing training circuits around my house. Theo Nah!, weren't the 'arraws 'twas this furrin lot;!... http://www.patrouilledefrance.fr/ -- Tony Sayer |
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On 08 Jun 2014, Harry Bloomfield
grunted: ARW expressed precisely : Today I was working at Finningley the home of this http://www.vulcantothesky.org/ Just after 3pm it it went into the sky. The first thing you notice is the noise. It makes more noise just taxiing down the runway than a commercial jet makes on lift off! It then flew towards the house (the floor vibrated) and blew the fumes from it's exhaust into the house as it made it's turn. It smelt like a an old petrol engine with a manual choke that was too far out. Awesome - but totally OT. Whilst working there, I witnessed the entire fleet take off, now thats a noise you would never forget. ITYF they called it a 'squadron' , but God yes. When I was a kid, in the late 60s me and my Dad were regulars at the annual RAF Finningley air display, and one of the highlights was the 'Vulcan scramble', when they'd all take off as if there'd been a 4-minute warning of nuclear attack. Unbelievable noise; smoke everywhere and the ground shaking beneath your feet. -- David |
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Yes the engines are those which were developed for concorde. I can remember
standing there rather deaf and awe struck as that particular plane took off with its ring of jets squirting raw fuel into the exhaust and burning it and making clouds of black smoke, and yes the noise. I think the main reason that was retired was due to its anti social problems. I like the way that when something like burning fuel in the exhaust comes up its not given that name, its called reheat, which is somewhat of an understatement for such engines. Brian -- From the Bed of Brian Gaff. The email is valid as Blind user. "ARW" wrote in message ... Today I was working at Finningley the home of this http://www.vulcantothesky.org/ Just after 3pm it it went into the sky. The first thing you notice is the noise. It makes more noise just taxiing down the runway than a commercial jet makes on lift off! It then flew towards the house (the floor vibrated) and blew the fumes from it's exhaust into the house as it made it's turn. It smelt like a an old petrol engine with a manual choke that was too far out. Awesome - but totally OT. -- Adam |
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On Sun, 08 Jun 2014 22:55:35 +0100, Theo Markettos wrote:
Robin wrote: We had a CCF camp at RAF Waddington in the 1960s when it was home to the nuclear deterrent Vulcans. One was loud but a flight taking off on one of the quick-response exercises was awesome. But not as awesome as sitting in the rear gunner's turret of the last flying Lancaster. Living on the flightpath for both Cambridge Airport (home of unusual maintenance contracts like RAF Tristars) and IWM Duxford, we get rather spoiled. Last week sitting in the garden it was the Red Arrows in full display mode, the week before it was the only B17 Flying Fortress in Europe, doing training circuits around my house. All we got here was lots of Dreamliner test flights last summer. Coming over at about 2000 feet. -- Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org My posts (including this one) are my copyright and if @diy_forums on Twitter wish to tweet them they can pay me £30 a post *lightning surge protection* - a w_tom conductor |
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The engines for the Vulcan were developed long before Concorde was even
thought of. There was one Vulcan which was adapted as a test bed for Concorde engines, though, One engine on one side of the plane instead of the usual two. In the same way that there was a Shackelton with a Vulcan engine underneath the fuselage, flying out of Bitteswell in the 1950s. In article , Brian Gaff wrote: Yes the engines are those which were developed for concorde. I can remember standing there rather deaf and awe struck as that particular plane took off with its ring of jets squirting raw fuel into the exhaust and burning it and making clouds of black smoke, and yes the noise. I think the main reason that was retired was due to its anti social problems. I like the way that when something like burning fuel in the exhaust comes up its not given that name, its called reheat, which is somewhat of an understatement for such engines. Brian -- From KT24 Using a RISC OS computer running v5.18 |
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charles scribbled...
In article , ARW wrote: "David P" wrote in message o.uk... On Sun, 08 Jun 2014 19:08:21 +0100, ARW wrote: Today I was working at Finningley the home of this http://www.vulcantothesky.org/ Awesome - but totally OT. many years ago I worked in Pontefract and the Vulcan's used to come in low over the town using the bus staion as a marker. Then they puled the stick back and pushed the throttle hard forward for a near vertical climb. I still get the shivers down my spine just thinking about them - fabulous planes. Wasn't their last active flying to the Falklands or have I misremembered that? It was one of their missions - and they totally failed in that one other than for moral purposes:-( not quite true. Read the wiki page on "Operation Black Buck" It cost over a £1million for every bomb that hit the runway, when the fleet had the same bombs available for their aircraft, which were several thousand miles closer to the target. The operation was performed to wind up the RN, in an attempt to prove that aircraft carriers have no use. Looks like they won as we don't have any carriers now and all the aircraft the navy used have been scrapped. |
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"Jabba" wrote in message ldhosting.com... charles scribbled... In article , ARW wrote: "David P" wrote in message o.uk... On Sun, 08 Jun 2014 19:08:21 +0100, ARW wrote: Today I was working at Finningley the home of this http://www.vulcantothesky.org/ Awesome - but totally OT. many years ago I worked in Pontefract and the Vulcan's used to come in low over the town using the bus staion as a marker. Then they puled the stick back and pushed the throttle hard forward for a near vertical climb. I still get the shivers down my spine just thinking about them - fabulous planes. Wasn't their last active flying to the Falklands or have I misremembered that? It was one of their missions - and they totally failed in that one other than for moral purposes:-( not quite true. Read the wiki page on "Operation Black Buck" It cost over a £1million for every bomb that hit the runway, when the fleet had the same bombs available for their aircraft, which were several thousand miles closer to the target. The operation was performed to wind up the RN, in an attempt to prove that aircraft carriers have no use. Looks like they won as we don't have any carriers now and all the aircraft the navy used have been scrapped. They won that for other reasons. |
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in 1315784 20140609 001436 Bob Eager wrote:
On Sun, 08 Jun 2014 22:55:35 +0100, Theo Markettos wrote: Robin wrote: We had a CCF camp at RAF Waddington in the 1960s when it was home to the nuclear deterrent Vulcans. One was loud but a flight taking off on one of the quick-response exercises was awesome. But not as awesome as sitting in the rear gunner's turret of the last flying Lancaster. Living on the flightpath for both Cambridge Airport (home of unusual maintenance contracts like RAF Tristars) and IWM Duxford, we get rather spoiled. Last week sitting in the garden it was the Red Arrows in full display mode, the week before it was the only B17 Flying Fortress in Europe, doing training circuits around my house. All we got here was lots of Dreamliner test flights last summer. Coming over at about 2000 feet. You also had BA's A380 training flights last summer. |
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Lobster wrote:
When I was a kid, in the late 60s me and my Dad were regulars at the annual RAF Finningley air display, and one of the highlights was the 'Vulcan scramble', when they'd all take off as if there'd been a 4-minute warning of nuclear attack. Unbelievable noise; smoke everywhere and the ground shaking beneath your feet. I went to one of those displays, and yes, it was something you would never forget. The Lightning doing a low pass and rapid climb was another highlight. I have been inside the Vulcan at Newark, and certainly wouldn't fancy 16 hours travelling backwards in those cramped conditions. Chris -- Chris J Dixon Nottingham UK Plant amazing Acers. |
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"Jabba" wrote in message ldhosting.com... charles scribbled... In article , ARW wrote: "David P" wrote in message o.uk... On Sun, 08 Jun 2014 19:08:21 +0100, ARW wrote: Today I was working at Finningley the home of this http://www.vulcantothesky.org/ Awesome - but totally OT. many years ago I worked in Pontefract and the Vulcan's used to come in low over the town using the bus staion as a marker. Then they puled the stick back and pushed the throttle hard forward for a near vertical climb. I still get the shivers down my spine just thinking about them - fabulous planes. Wasn't their last active flying to the Falklands or have I misremembered that? It was one of their missions - and they totally failed in that one other than for moral purposes:-( not quite true. Read the wiki page on "Operation Black Buck" It cost over a £1million for every bomb that hit the runway, when the fleet had the same bombs available for their aircraft, which were several thousand miles closer to the target. The operation was performed to wind up the RN, in an attempt to prove that aircraft carriers have no use. Looks like they won as we don't have any carriers now and all the aircraft the navy used have been scrapped. Er. We are building new ones. |
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On Sun, 08 Jun 2014 19:23:23 +0100, Corporal Jones wrote:
On 08/06/2014 19:08, ARW wrote: Today I was working at Finningley the home of this http://www.vulcantothesky.org/ Just after 3pm it it went into the sky. The first thing you notice is the noise. It makes more noise just taxiing down the runway than a commercial jet makes on lift off! It then flew towards the house (the floor vibrated) and blew the fumes from it's exhaust into the house as it made it's turn. It smelt like a an old petrol engine with a manual choke that was too far out. Awesome - but totally OT. When I was a lad I used to stay at my Uncles farm during the summer holidays near Retford, one day whilst combining in the field a Vulcan flew very low overhead, apart from seeing every detail of it's undercarrage I think I have been somewhat deaf eversince. Barry Same here - but a different 'plane: cycling past the end of the runway at RAF Upper Heyford, a Merkinjet took off and went into full climb directly over me. For some daft 'reason', when I saw/heard it approaching I tried to get past the runway - stopping and covering my ears would have been far better. -- Peter. The gods will stay away whilst religions hold sway |
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On 8 Jun 2014 19:52:02 GMT, Bob Eager wrote:
I remember a cartoon in a book of Falklands military humour (still have it somewhere): Argentine soldiers watching a Vulcan drop a bomb on (well, near) the Port Stanley runway: "Caramba, Pedro [or some such]: If that's the size of their planes, how big are their aircraft carriers??" Didn't the USAF refer to them as "aluminium overcast?. -- Peter. The gods will stay away whilst religions hold sway |
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harryagain scribbled...
It cost over a £1million for every bomb that hit the runway, when the fleet had the same bombs available for their aircraft, which were several thousand miles closer to the target. The operation was performed to wind up the RN, in an attempt to prove that aircraft carriers have no use. Looks like they won as we don't have any carriers now and all the aircraft the navy used have been scrapped. Er. We are building new ones. One may not be built, if it is, it will be mothballed immediately. The second might be in service in 6 years time. So we would have been without a carrier for almost 10 years - they're not exactly vital to our defence are they? Going back to the Falklands, we had 2 carriers and they were not used well. The admiral in charge was a prat. I've read a couple of books by harrier pilots and none have a good word for Woodward. His ****ups put pressure on the Navy afterwards. |
OT The Vulcan Bomber
Dennis Davis wrote in news:ln2f14$87p$1
@speranza.aioe.org: In article , ... Wasn't their last active flying to the Falklands or have I misremembered that? It was one of their missions - and they totally failed in that one other than for moral purposes:-( not quite true. Read the wiki page on "Operation Black Buck" wiki is as reliable as harry Possibly, I'd rather trust the book -- Vulcan 607 by Rowland White -- chronicling the Falklands mission. I found it a very interesting read. Don't forget the Vulcan fleet was being wound down and was within a few months of being scrapped at the time of the Falklands raid. So it was certainly something of an achievement to bring the fleet back to operational status and mount the raid. Also - the in-flight refueling equipment had been removed some years earlier and the crew that flew the mission had not been trained in re- fueling until the mission was being prepared. |
OT The Vulcan Bomber
charles wrote in
: The engines for the Vulcan were developed long before Concorde was even thought of. There was one Vulcan which was adapted as a test bed for Concorde engines, though, One engine on one side of the plane instead of the usual two. In the same way that there was a Shackelton with a Vulcan engine underneath the fuselage, flying out of Bitteswell in the 1950s. Correct.(But I thought the Concorde Engine was under the bomb bay for flight testing) The Vulcan and the Victor were also used to carry our nuclear deterrant - the Blue Steel Missile. The missile (there were over 50 of them) carried a nuclear warhead. They were an air launced cruise missile with a guidance system that used valves (it predated the invention of the transistor) |
OT The Vulcan Bomber
On 9 Jun 2014 07:03:29 GMT, Huge wrote:
we get rather spoiled. Not sure I'd like that much noise. We get fast jets through here close enough to see the pilots at times. They are loud but up, past and gone in less than a minuet. Chinooks just make the windows rattle, Black Hawks nervous, having no real requirement to be streamlined, they just look like the killing machines they are. Last week sitting in the garden it was the Red Arrows in full display mode, We saw them last week on holiday over Falmouth. Doubly good because we didn't know it was on. Never seen them do a display live, before. Dead good, it was. Meh, it's OK I guess, the skill required is certainly not to be belittled but I'd like to seem 'em do it pushing the envelope of Typhoons or Tornados. Trouble is finding somewhere to do it or keeping sub-sonic. Look at the fuss that is made when an interceptor Typhoon is given permission to go super-sonic over land. B-) Few years back three fighter jets had a dog fight over this area, now that was something to watch and listen to, didn't go super-sonic but flat out vertical climbs aren't quiet. -- Cheers Dave. |
OT The Vulcan Bomber
In article 2, DerbyBorn
wrote: charles wrote in : The engines for the Vulcan were developed long before Concorde was even thought of. There was one Vulcan which was adapted as a test bed for Concorde engines, though, One engine on one side of the plane instead of the usual two. In the same way that there was a Shackelton with a Vulcan engine underneath the fuselage, flying out of Bitteswell in the 1950s. Correct.(But I thought the Concorde Engine was under the bomb bay for flight testing) The Vulcan and the Victor were also used to carry our nuclear deterrant - the Blue Steel Missile. The missile (there were over 50 of them) carried a nuclear warhead. They were an air launced cruise missile with a guidance system that used valves (it predated the invention of the transistor) You could be correct about "under the bomb bay", I wasn't sure. But valves v transisitors, no. Blue Steel's guidance system might have predated the serious use of the transistor, which were "invented" in 1947. The first prototype Vulcan flew in 1952. Blue Steel was called for in 1954 and entered service in 1964. -- From KT24 Using a RISC OS computer running v5.18 |
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