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| 753297 | 2009-03-05 23:48:00 | Was the RA29 in the airforces canberra? I don't think so, I think the Canberra ended up with the RA7 around 7000 lbf thrust. The RA29 eventually was developed to produce around 13,000lbf thrust, and I think was only used in civil aircraft. But there were so many Avon variants used for all sorts of applications, it was difficult to keep track. The altitude record breaking Canberra was fitted with the Bristol Olympus engine which produced a very high compressor pressure ratio, and around 12,000 lbf thrust. That plane had stainless steel tailpipe surrounds and was very recognisable. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 753298 | 2009-03-06 01:13:00 | This is off topic, but for any of you old buffers who wax nostalgic about aircraft of days of yore, particularly those of the RAF, in 2004 I fell into conversation with a gentleman sitting across the aisle from me on a York - London train. He had just sorted out a young oik who was annoying everyone nearby, in a very subtle way. He had great skills in resolving a potentially unpleasant situation - he was obviously well used to leadership. In conversation, he asked me where I was from, and when I told him NZ, he said he had flown out here once "in a Vulcan". "Oh, THAT Vulcan?" "Yes, that Vulcan". He told me why it had a less than decorous landing out here. I felt quite chuffed to meet him - lovely fella. |
John H (8) | ||
| 753299 | 2009-03-06 01:58:00 | Didn't it have an even more indecorous 'landing' on the return to the UK? What was behind the poor landing in NZ then? I'm on tenterhooks. :) | Richard (739) | ||
| 753300 | 2009-03-06 02:15:00 | www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk For what it is worth, he told me that the pilot was supposed to land on auto pilot, but he panicked (who wouldn't, facing Rongotai Airport for the first time?) and decided at the last minute to change over to manual control. He then lost control. |
John H (8) | ||
| 753301 | 2009-03-06 02:18:00 | Didn't it have an even more indecorous 'landing' on the return to the UK? What was behind the poor landing in NZ then? I'm on tenterhooks. :) I think you are confusing another aircraft that crashed at Heathrow after a world tour. The Wgtn one was doing a touch and go but dug the under cart in the grass before the strip. |
PaulD (232) | ||
| 753302 | 2009-03-06 02:21:00 | www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk For what it is worth, he told me that the pilot was supposed to land on auto pilot, but he panicked (who wouldn't, facing Rongotai Airport for the first time?) and decided at the last minute to change over to manual control. He then lost control. What auto pilot system would have been around in 1959 that would do a hands off landing at Wellington? |
PaulD (232) | ||
| 753303 | 2009-03-06 02:26:00 | Didn't it have an even more indecorous 'landing' on the return to the UK? What was behind the poor landing in NZ then? I'm on tenterhooks. :) Google 'Avro vulcan pictures Rongotai' :thumbs: |
BobM (1138) | ||
| 753304 | 2009-03-06 02:32:00 | This is what Google turned up: "The undercarriage of a Vulcan made heavy contact with the runway during an air show for the opening of Rongotai (Wellington Wellington..........................." www.absoluteastronomy.com www.youtube.com |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 753305 | 2009-03-06 02:50:00 | Another snippet of Vulcan history........ I used to work for Flight Refuelling at Wimborne in Dorset for a shortwhile in 1976/77. When going back for a visit during the Falklands War they told me that they had worked around the clock for days fitting out Vulcans with in flight refuelling equipment at their aerodrome at Tarrant Rushton, just down the road from where we had used to live. The 'drome is now closed and is a housing estate I believe. There was a lot of wartime and postwar history there. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 753306 | 2009-03-06 03:44:00 | I have seen the Vulcan at IWM Hendon. Incredible aircraft. Very reminiscent of much later Concord(e). Always was a better looking aircraft than the Victor and Valiant which were contemporary. | Richard (739) | ||
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