Vulcan Bomber

[johnny on the spot]

Cheers for the replies folks.

Found an informative thread on pprune about V-Force accidents. Grim topic, but fascinating nonetheless. I saw XH558 at Sunderland last summer and was totally mesmerised by the thing. A truly beautiful machine which everyone should witness at some point.

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.pprune.org/archive/index.php/t-438906.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.pprune.org/archive/index.php/t-438906.html</a>

 

[i kne albert davy]

so why didnt you go today instead of yesterday?? ;)

ps..saw it at shoreham airshow couple of years back..noisy fucker..

-- Mon Jan 13, 2014 7:33 pm --



yes the radar that told em where to bomb..

Ha ha, the only thing that the Nimrod ever dropped in anger was an echo sounder

The Comet however which was the basis for the Nimrod was a lethal weapon in itself, if the plane didn't crash, the engines deafened you or the food served by Dan Air would really finish you off.....Flew on one of the last flights to Tenerife before they went out of service

The Nimrod was a great bit of kit before the salesmen convinced the government that is could do much much more. The version with the big beak was created and it was downhill from there I reckon. It met its match with the AWACS or Sentry cabs from the US

comet was our first passenger plane I remember..wings fell off one of em..

Close but no cigar Comet was the World's first commercial jet airliner (yes Britain did lead the World once) it was at the cutting edge of technology of it's day before metal fatigue was fully understood but we did solve the problems.

 

[samharris]

Ha ha, the only thing that the Nimrod ever dropped in anger was an echo sounder

The Comet however which was the basis for the Nimrod was a lethal weapon in itself, if the plane didn't crash, the engines deafened you or the food served by Dan Air would really finish you off.....Flew on one of the last flights to Tenerife before they went out of service

The Nimrod was a great bit of kit before the salesmen convinced the government that is could do much much more. The version with the big beak was created and it was downhill from there I reckon. It met its match with the AWACS or Sentry cabs from the US

comet was our first passenger plane I remember..wings fell off one of em..

Close but no cigar Comet was the World's first commercial jet airliner (yes Britain did lead the World once) it was at the cutting edge of technology of it's day before metal fatigue was fully understood but we did solve the problems.

wings did fall off though!! in fact 3 of em.. <a class="postlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Comet" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Comet</a>

 

[remember arthur mann]

Nimrod 'The Mighty Hunter'. I was one of the famed Victor Playboys myself at Chaddy!

 

[Summerbuzz]

Two part BBC series on Comets, Lightnings, V-Bombers, and many other more astonishing and esoteric products of Britain in the 50's and 60's......very highly recommended to all. it's not on iplayer so I found some torrent links, if these don't download give me a shout I have an alternative source.

Jet.When.Britain.Ruled.The.Skies.S01E01.720p.HDTV.x264-C4TV
Jet When Britain Ruled The Skies S01E02 720p HDTV x264-C4TV

 

[Ronnie the Rep]

Just thought I would bump this thread. I thought there weren't any flying still but one just flew over my head at the Farnborough Airshow


Amazing sight!!

 

[scotty123]

I'm assuming it's the same one as I don't think there are many airworthy Vulcans left. But it's just been on the telly flying over Worcesters Cricket Ground.

There is only one airworth Vulcan
XH558

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.vulcantothesky.org/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.vulcantothesky.org/</a>

How many airworthy WW2 Dakotas are there in Britain?
Only asking as one flew over Urmston on Sunday, American markings on flying VERY low

 

[Carver]

I'm assuming it's the same one as I don't think there are many airworthy Vulcans left. But it's just been on the telly flying over Worcesters Cricket Ground.

There is only one airworth Vulcan
XH558

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.vulcantothesky.org/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.vulcantothesky.org/</a>

How many airworthy WW2 Dakotas are there in Britain?
Only asking as one flew over Urmston on Sunday, American markings on flying VERY low

There's the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight one pal:

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.raf.mod.uk/bbmf/theaircraft/dakota947.cfm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.raf.mod.uk/bbmf/theaircraft/dakota947.cfm</a>

This page gives you all the remaining DC3 based aircraft in the UK, as of 2007 and lower down, 2007:

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.douglasdc3.com/dc3brit/dc3brit.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.douglasdc3.com/dc3brit/dc3brit.htm</a>

 

[Clevers]

Saw one at an air show in Devon some years ago, it flew over and set the car alarms off on the parked cars. Awesome sound.

 

[scotty123]

There is only one airworth Vulcan
XH558

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.vulcantothesky.org/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.vulcantothesky.org/</a>

How many airworthy WW2 Dakotas are there in Britain?
Only asking as one flew over Urmston on Sunday, American markings on flying VERY low

There's the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight one pal:

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.raf.mod.uk/bbmf/theaircraft/dakota947.cfm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.raf.mod.uk/bbmf/theaircraft/dakota947.cfm</a>

This page gives you all the remaining DC3 based aircraft in the UK, as of 2007 and lower down, 2007:

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.douglasdc3.com/dc3brit/dc3brit.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.douglasdc3.com/dc3brit/dc3brit.htm</a>

Thats the one, D-Day markings as well, but why was it flying low over Manchester last week?