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Offline Hedge

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The old Girl has got her howl back.
« on: August 13, 2012, 12:51:07 pm »
 :love:

Take off @ Doncaster

 
Stunning shots off Beachy Head

 
Wish I'd gone to Beachy Head but I was too busy manhandling sofas.  :ashamed:

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Re: The old Girl has got her howl back.
« Reply #1 on: August 13, 2012, 01:38:12 pm »
Looks fantastic

I'd have left the sofa by the side of the road if I'd known there was an opportunity to see it

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Re: The old Girl has got her howl back.
« Reply #2 on: August 13, 2012, 02:03:13 pm »
 :drool:

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Re: The old Girl has got her howl back.
« Reply #3 on: August 13, 2012, 02:12:29 pm »
awesome--which i had gone to see it at beachy head

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Re: The old Girl has got her howl back.
« Reply #4 on: August 13, 2012, 03:03:31 pm »
WOOOOOOOWWWWWWWEEEEEYYYYYYY!!

That noise makes you shiver even on a video.   :ashamed:

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Re: The old Girl has got her howl back.
« Reply #5 on: August 13, 2012, 03:06:38 pm »
Why does it make that noise Ian... because it doesnt sound like concorde. Is it the intake shape?

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Re: The old Girl has got her howl back.
« Reply #6 on: August 13, 2012, 05:18:31 pm »
These are the only engines that do it. XM 607 the 1st Falklands bomber had Olympus 301's which didn't it's only the 201's in the B2 shape like XH558 that howl.

As to why I haven't got a clue but when she does it sends a shiver down your spine.  :love:  :ashamed:

Oh and they are completely different engines to Concorde. No reheat, etc but only just the same family. They tested Concordes engine design by strapping them into the bomb bays of Vulcans.  :evilgrin:
« Last Edit: August 13, 2012, 05:20:12 pm by Hedge »

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Re: The old Girl has got her howl back.
« Reply #7 on: August 13, 2012, 05:52:35 pm »
What an awesome plane - makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up!!!!!!!!!

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Re: The old Girl has got her howl back.
« Reply #8 on: August 13, 2012, 05:57:46 pm »
That is indeed an absolute barstewards of a plane!

Hedge-did you fly Vulcans?? Just wonder why you're into them?

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Re: The old Girl has got her howl back.
« Reply #9 on: August 13, 2012, 06:03:45 pm »
I'm not that old. Just into them for no other reason than they are an awesome sight and sound.  :ashamed:

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Re: The old Girl has got her howl back.
« Reply #10 on: August 13, 2012, 06:26:06 pm »
Goosebumps.

Well done to you and all the others who give up their time and money to keep her in the air.
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Re: The old Girl has got her howl back.
« Reply #11 on: August 13, 2012, 06:54:55 pm »
Ta for the info.. i thought they were the same unit.  :stupid:

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Re: The old Girl has got her howl back.
« Reply #12 on: August 13, 2012, 07:03:32 pm »
WOW!!!!!

That Beachy Head footage is great!! Not very often that something like that happens, wish i'd known about it might of been able to go down and enjoy the sights and sounds  :love:

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Re: The old Girl has got her howl back.
« Reply #13 on: August 13, 2012, 07:34:22 pm »
Awesome Ian, just awesome :happy2:

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Re: The old Girl has got her howl back.
« Reply #14 on: August 13, 2012, 07:43:00 pm »
You said it Gaz.  :happy2: