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Re: Avro Vulcan XH558 - Last flight of 2011 / First flight of 2012
« Reply #60 on: May 20, 2012, 03:44:41 pm »
Nice pictures Rich.  :happy2:
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Re: Avro Vulcan XH558 - Last flight of 2011 / First flight of 2012
« Reply #61 on: May 20, 2012, 04:10:41 pm »
This was where she was going. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18137147

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Re: Avro Vulcan XH558 - Last flight of 2011 / First flight of 2012
« Reply #62 on: May 20, 2012, 05:40:14 pm »
Great shots Rich  :notworthy:

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Re: Avro Vulcan XH558 - Last flight of 2011 / First flight of 2012
« Reply #63 on: May 20, 2012, 05:48:45 pm »
Brilliant photos, much better than mine when I randomly saw it fly past Donington park today whilst i was marshalling!



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Re: Avro Vulcan XH558 - Last flight of 2011 / First flight of 2012
« Reply #64 on: May 20, 2012, 05:55:19 pm »
Brilliant photos, much better than mine when I randomly saw it fly past Donington park today whilst i was marshalling!



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....Crop it tighter all round and it would make a nice forum avatar for Hedge though.  :happy2:


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Re: Avro Vulcan XH558 - Last flight of 2011 / First flight of 2012
« Reply #65 on: May 20, 2012, 09:43:31 pm »
Great stuff Rich!  :congrats:

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Re: Avro Vulcan XH558 - Last flight of 2011 / First flight of 2012
« Reply #66 on: May 21, 2012, 12:24:09 am »
Thanks chaps :-)

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Re: Avro Vulcan XH558 - Last flight of 2011 / First flight of 2012
« Reply #67 on: May 28, 2012, 09:14:43 pm »
Brilliant photos, much better than mine when I randomly saw it fly past Donington park today whilst i was marshalling!



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....Crop it tighter all round and it would make a nice forum avatar for Hedge though.  :happy2:

I had done an instagram of it that i think looks pretty neat



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Re: Avro Vulcan XH558 - Last flight of 2011 / First flight of 2012
« Reply #68 on: May 30, 2012, 12:17:40 pm »
It is with a large amount of sadness that I post this but the crew were due to fly for a practice display and training Monday. They taxied out as normal and just as they started to taxi for take-off the following happened.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-18241082



Having just bought tickets for Farnborough I fear I may have jinxed her. Believed to have detonated 1 if not 2 engines.

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Re: Avro Vulcan XH558 - Last flight of 2011 / First flight of 2012
« Reply #69 on: May 30, 2012, 12:27:32 pm »
Bit of dirt in the carbs.... :wink:

Two engine swaps on the cards then... :scared:
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Re: Avro Vulcan XH558 - Last flight of 2011 / First flight of 2012
« Reply #70 on: May 30, 2012, 02:09:42 pm »
The only problem being that Rolls-Royce Olympus 201 engines don't grow on trees.

I believe they have 3 serviceable in storage.  :sad1:

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Re: Avro Vulcan XH558 - Last flight of 2011 / First flight of 2012
« Reply #71 on: May 30, 2012, 02:15:50 pm »
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Presumably the fault might have had far more serious consequences if it had occurred after take-off.


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Re: Avro Vulcan XH558 - Last flight of 2011 / First flight of 2012
« Reply #72 on: May 30, 2012, 02:22:43 pm »
Ohh no. That's a great shame hedge. I hope they have the means to repair her.

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Re: Avro Vulcan XH558 - Last flight of 2011 / First flight of 2012
« Reply #73 on: May 30, 2012, 02:23:35 pm »
Was it the same engines that's had been recently overhauled?

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Re: Avro Vulcan XH558 - Last flight of 2011 / First flight of 2012
« Reply #74 on: May 30, 2012, 02:37:19 pm »
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Presumably the fault might have had far more serious consequences if it had occurred after take-off.

She can fly on 2 albeit not very well.

Was it the same engines that's had been recently overhauled?

I don't think they touched the engines. There was talk of it but I don't think it happened.

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