Vulcan XH558 V Force Tour

[Jimbuna]

Spent a few hours at Sunderland Air Museum with some of The Quality Street Gang (Concorde, Boris and his brother Doug) to see Vulcan XH588 perform a flypast as part of the V-Force Tour.

Despite dark clouds, the sun done all it could to aid those taking photographs but unfortunately air traffic control denied XH558 permission to fly directly over the static Vulcan for what would have been a fantastic photo opportunity.

On the plus side, XH558 made more than one scheduled pass.

It’s the end of the era because it’s the last time a Vulcan and Cold War bomber will be flying during the two-day route covering the 17 places where the remaining V-force aircraft reside.

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[Eichhörnchen]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-34712346

[Jimbuna]

Fake....crudely edited...never happened.

[Eichhörnchen]

Not so sure: an Avro chief test pilot rolled one at Farnborough in 1955.

[Jimbuna]

Not really a biggie but a mate knows both pilots.

[STEED]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-34712346

That is so crap its a joke!

I'm sure plenty folk here could do a better job than that and add the odd UFO in the background. :haha:

[Catfish]

Be it as it may.
Phantastic photos, thanks for sharing! :up:

[Oberon]

A roll in a Vulcan is certainly do-able, and I think many of us were hoping that they would pull one off before XH558 retired, but the scrutiny of the heritage jet scene after the Shoreham crash meant that such a stunt would have generated a LOT of negative publicity.
Closest we've seen really was Kev Rumens cracking take-off at RIAT 2015 when he pulled her sharp into a right hand turn just after take off.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXh3tZT-Pfk

Really shows what a manoeuvrable aircraft the Vulcan was, deceptively so for its size. :yep:
But yes, those pictures...well...I'll wait until the CAA finishes its investigation.

[Commander Wallace]

I don't know much about the Avro or Hawker Siddeley Vulcan but always thought the design was way ahead of it's time coming into service in 1956 although I have no idea what it's flight characteristics were. I'm sure it was on the drawing boards before that. I always wondered if the design was influenced by the capture of the Horton brothers flying wing or blueprints of the same.

Either way, it's a distinctive aircraft and I wish I could have seen one fly in Farnborough in 1955 like Eichhörnchen said but it was way before my time.

Thanks for posting the photos.

[Eichhörnchen]

I saw one fly at Farnborough in about 1968 when I was a little air cadet... when it turned in the distance you could only really see the dark green camo patterns against the sky; consequently it looked kind of like a swarm of bees you see in cartoons (when they chase Barney Bear).

Funny how I remember that and not much else from the day, except our bus getting stuck in the mud: we all had to get out and push it.

On manoeuvrability, I think the aircraft was extremely powerful and agile, designed to "lob" a payload towards a target on occasion. I think it's a beautiful thing.

[Eichhörnchen]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNV4yv8N4mA

Look at the other clips here too, especially the one of the Vulcan setting off car alarms...

[Commander Wallace]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNV4yv8N4mA

Look at the other clips here too, especially the one of the Vulcan setting off car alarms...


Awesome video Eichhörnchen. I loved the close flyby. The sound of the engines were incredible too. My vacuum cleaner sounds similar and just like the mighty Vulcan can destroy most adversaries my vacuum wipes out dust bunnies if they dare show up when I clean :haha:

Seriously, It's a great aircraft and sounds incredible.

This is a video of

a Vulcan Bomber at Blackpool Air Show in 2015 ( HD )


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AjF2zCN3XQ

and also the Avro Vulcan XH558 displaying at Blackpool




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Zolx77z8L4


~Enjoy~

[Eichhörnchen]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-37221655

[Onkel Neal]

RAF :salute:

[Jimbuna]

A fitting tribute some might say.

One of the next additions to the diecast collection, on pre-order and due very soon:

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