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| Thread ID: 125632 | 2012-07-10 00:03:00 | Simply beautiful - big bird in flight | Zippity (58) | PC World Chat |
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| 1287368 | 2012-07-10 02:01:00 | Saw it live on Sky TV flying over the F1 Grand Prix at Silverstone over the weekend. :) Didn't it look fantastic? :) :) |
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| 1287369 | 2012-07-10 02:18:00 | Didn't the Vulcan win the big London to Christchurch air race in the 1950's? A huge event for Christchurch. I am old enough to remember it:clap:clap | Arnie (6624) | ||
| 1287370 | 2012-07-10 02:46:00 | Just found a great video on YouTube showing the near-crash at Wellington airport www.youtube.com The clip suggests late 1950s but I was only 12 in 1959 and I remember it as someone older than that. I particularly rememember the plane sitting at Ohakea for a Very Long Time The clip shows that the near-crash was a very very very near thing! the closest any Vulcan ever came to crashing? |
BBCmicro (15761) | ||
| 1287371 | 2012-07-10 02:48:00 | Didn't it look fantastic? :) :) Yes. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 1287372 | 2012-07-10 03:22:00 | Just found a great video on YouTube showing the near-crash at Wellington airport www.youtube.com The clip suggests late 1950s but I was only 12 in 1959 and I remember it as someone older than that. I particularly rememember the plane sitting at Ohakea for a Very Long Time The clip shows that the near-crash was a very very very near thing! the closest any Vulcan ever came to crashing? From Wikipedia: In spite of the short runway and frequent winds, there have been very few safety incidents at the airport. However, at the air show held on opening day in 1959 there were two significant incidents. A Royal New Zealand Air Force Sunderland flying boat scraped its keel along the runway during a low pass in turbulent conditions; it returned to its base at Hobsonville and was beached for repair. A Royal Air Force Avro Vulcan bomber aborted its landing when it touched down short of the runway, rupturing its left main landing gear drag link, the wing attachments and engine fuel lines; the aircraft flew to Ohakea air base where it was stranded for several months being repaired. |
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| 1287373 | 2012-07-10 04:39:00 | Soons I saw it had a vulcan in It I knew it would be good. | The Error Guy (14052) | ||
| 1287374 | 2012-07-10 04:49:00 | "The clip shows that the near-crash was a very very very near thing! the closest any Vulcan ever came to crashing?" Several Vulcans crashed with fatal results both before and after the Wellington incident. |
Richard (739) | ||
| 1287375 | 2012-07-10 05:03:00 | What was really amazing in aviation was the speed of development between 1903 (Wright bros) and 1945 when the war ended and the beginning of the jet age. | Richard (739) | ||
| 1287376 | 2012-07-10 05:12:00 | This (http://www.vulcantothesky.org/)is probably the Vulcan in the video. | Trev (427) | ||
| 1287377 | 2012-07-10 05:23:00 | Guess so :) Update on XH558 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jul 6, 2012 by Ian Homer . Posted to category: General and return to displays Yesterday, XH558 was able to undertake a further flight with Kev Rumens at the controls as captain, assisted by Phil O'Dell and Phil Davies . Happy that all was well, the crew then practiced the agreed 2012 display sequence overhead RAF Wittering . The aircraft landed with no issues and was reported to be 'flying like a dream' . Providing the weather is suitable and there are no technical issues, it is planned that XH558 will depart later today to carry out a Display Validation requirement at Farnborough, before transiting to RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire . We are obviously concerned by the heavy rains forecast for much of the country, so do please watch our Twitter feed which also runs across our home page for any further updates . Thanks for your support . |
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