Vulcan

Charger · Post by **Charger** » Sat Jun 27, 15 11:44 pm

Vulcan over ours this afternoon

on the V-Force tour this weekend ...

http://www.vulcantothesky.org/salute-to ... -tour.html

https://twitter.com/xh558

should be darn sarf tomorrow weather permitting

over Urmston on route from Barton to Woodford ...

autofetish · Post by **autofetish** » Sun Jun 28, 15 8:03 am

Enjoy as it the last year you will ever see a volcan fly ever again

Gareth · Post by **Gareth** » Sun Jun 28, 15 2:13 pm

Just saw it near Silverstone.

SJH · Post by **SJH** » Sun Jun 28, 15 5:38 pm

Just saw it at Bruntingthorpe, always amazing

Shayne

sprintgtvgus · Post by **sprintgtvgus** » Sun Jun 28, 15 5:52 pm

It flew right over my house in Essex but I missed it!!!! Dad had just taken over the bbqing in the rain and he saw it bank right over the house nice and low

Carl · Post by **Carl** » Mon Jun 29, 15 12:57 pm

Is it just funding or air frame certificate not getting renewed?

TW71 · Post by **TW71** » Mon Jun 29, 15 3:44 pm

I understand its due to the time on the engines and lack of replacements but it's got to be about money.

The government can give away money to other country's for their space program but cant give a bean (as far as I am aware) for what is such a tremendous UK treasure which just goes to show how soulless they are.

As can be seen the public interest is huge as it was for the Concorde and we know what happened to that don't we?

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Mon Jun 29, 15 4:17 pm

I don't think its Money - I have been told that the engineers will not underwrite the risk on the engines and the airframe....

Bryan S · Post by **Bryan S** » Mon Jun 29, 15 8:58 pm

It's flying license is due for renewal and the money to get it sorted is big bucks, they reckon.

steveo · Post by **steveo** » Mon Jun 29, 15 9:01 pm

remember seeing the Vulcan fly , at the Rochester air display , think it was just after the falklands war , so may be july august 1982 , & it was its last time , it was going to be seen flying . first time it was grounded or moth balled or static display only . wonder if it was the same one back then

Charger · Post by **Charger** » Sat Oct 10, 15 9:06 am

national tour this weekend

North, Saturday 10 October …

https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mi ... _QAWQWnmes

South, Sunday 11 October …

https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mi ... u8IUZTll6M

updates …

https://twitter.com/XH558

Lincrafts.com · Post by **Lincrafts.com** » Sat Oct 10, 15 9:27 am

I used to work in the woods behind RAF Wittering in the early 80's and they used to scare the hell out of me regularly with low flying. Great though and really pleased it flew over our house last week.
Also saw the Spitfires but living near Conninsby the BBMF are frequent flyers over our house, I'm sure they use it as a reference point, head to Horizons and turn left

Charger · Post by **Charger** » Sat Oct 10, 15 7:01 pm

XH558 under grey skies Saturday 10 October at 1505 at City Airport (Manchester Barton)

Lincrafts.com · Post by **Lincrafts.com** » Sat Oct 10, 15 7:27 pm

WOW Great pics Charger

Cuda Commando · Post by **Cuda Commando** » Fri Oct 16, 15 11:00 pm

Super pics Si.They bring back memories of the sixties when I saw them flying on active duty.We stayed with family friends who lived in Bracebridge Heath,near Lincoln.At that time the Vulcans were stationed at RAF Waddington,just down the road from their house.Could here them taking off and would run round the front of the house to watch them fly over.Sometimes there could be three at once,awesome sight and sound.