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Guy Martin on the Vulcan
Posted: Fri Nov 27, 15 12:49 pm
by Demon James
Channel four this Sunday night at half seven, Guy Martin on the final flight of XH558.
There seemed to be a fair bit of interest on here earlier this year so thought I'd give it a mention
Posted: Fri Nov 27, 15 12:50 pm
by Pete
Thanks for posting
Posted: Fri Nov 27, 15 2:20 pm
by Dom66
Posted: Fri Nov 27, 15 3:13 pm
by Charger
Posted: Sun Nov 29, 15 7:22 am
by Doug
MEGA.................just MEGA , for those that speak Martin
Classic Statement from Dom on Gogglebox after he watched a GM programme and JM spewed a Sentance out
" What the Bananarama! is he saying "
Posted: Sun Nov 29, 15 5:08 pm
by Steve
Cant wait....looks great programme
Posted: Sun Nov 29, 15 9:04 pm
by Pete
Superb programme, thoroughly enjoyed it.
Must take a trip up to Donny to see the beastie some time.
Posted: Mon Nov 30, 15 7:32 am
by Demon James
Awesome, just awesome
Re: Guy Martin on the Vulcan
Posted: Mon Nov 30, 15 8:59 am
by steveo
Demon James wrote:Channel four this Sunday night at half seven, Guy Martin on the final flight of XH558.
There seemed to be a fair bit of interest on here earlier this year so thought I'd give it a mention
watched it last night , good program !! glad I saw it flying , for the last time .
thanks for the program Info , DJ
, would not have known it was on other wise , or found out too late
Posted: Mon Nov 30, 15 12:45 pm
by TW71
Whys this darn country got a thing about pensioning things off, i mean what can replace experiencing something like that especially in the sky?
I don't buy the ''money / cost / hours of airframe'' thing either.
Posted: Mon Nov 30, 15 12:56 pm
by Pete
It is not money.
The leading technical companies would not underwrite their components as 558 has flown 10% further than any other Vulcan and they were not prepared to take the risk in the event of a failure / crash / investigation / litigation / PR, etc....
Posted: Mon Nov 30, 15 4:42 pm
by TW71
Thats what I heard as well. Risk equals fear, which tries to destroy everything in the end. Its too bad they cannot get passed the control gods who take away most folks pleasure.
Very sad.
Posted: Tue Dec 01, 15 10:25 am
by db
Very sad but it's gone well beyond what it was built to do. As they pointed out in the show it's not like restoring an old Spitfire. The Vulcan is all electronic controls with no manual back-up. If one 50+year old component fails, 37 tons of fast moving metal drops out of the sky.
Posted: Tue Dec 01, 15 11:15 am
by TW71
Yep, the same old Deimos & Phobos myth.
Posted: Tue Dec 01, 15 6:15 pm
by 68 beeper
TW71 wrote:Whys this darn country got a thing about pensioning things off, i mean what can replace experiencing something like that especially in the sky?
I don't buy the ''money / cost / hours of airframe'' thing either.
Probably to do with the eu Telling us we can't fly it