Enjoy as it the last year you will ever see a volcan fly ever again
Posted: Sun Jun 28, 15 2:13 pm
by Gareth
Just saw it near Silverstone.
Posted: Sun Jun 28, 15 5:38 pm
by SJH
Just saw it at Bruntingthorpe, always amazing
Shayne
Posted: Sun Jun 28, 15 5:52 pm
by sprintgtvgus
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
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 15 12:57 pm
by Carl
Is it just funding or air frame certificate not getting renewed?
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 15 3:44 pm
by TW71
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?
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 15 4:17 pm
by Pete
I don't think its Money - I have been told that the engineers will not underwrite the risk on the engines and the airframe....
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 15 8:58 pm
by Bryan S
It's flying license is due for renewal and the money to get it sorted is big bucks, they reckon.
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 15 9:01 pm
by steveo
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
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
Posted: Sat Oct 10, 15 7:01 pm
by Charger
XH558 under grey skies Saturday 10 October at 1505 at City Airport (Manchester Barton)
Posted: Sat Oct 10, 15 7:27 pm
by Lincrafts.com
WOW Great pics Charger
Posted: Fri Oct 16, 15 11:00 pm
by Cuda Commando
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.
