Dougs wrote: but as always the "trust" has its own ideas (
Dougs wrote:the only place in the UK for XH558 in retirement is Brunty it has one of the longest runways in the uk and can do thunderdays unrestricted but as always the "trust" has its own ideas and has pee'ed off mr Walton so it probably cound'nt go there anyway. for the wrong runway see poor old 655 she is a very powerful lovely maintained vulcan with a runway as long as a ww2 aircraft carier such a shame
Dougs wrote:i do feel badly for the XH558 guys tho they have worked so hard to keep her flying and they are all out of a job very soon. the engineering team have always been on top of thier game and hardly ever had to go tech.
Dougs wrote:such a shame VB perhaps we could convince the MAPPs lads to unbolt the wings and mover her over insted what a combo that would be, BIG THUNDER runs back again![]()
i do feel badly for the XH558 guys tho they have worked so hard to keep her flying and they are all out of a job very soon. the engineering team have always been on top of thier game and hardly ever had to go tech.
Sooty655 wrote:...........and remember that XM655 doesn't belong to MaPS, it belongs to Wellesbourne Airfield.
Dougs wrote:such a shame VB perhaps we could convince the MAPPs lads to unbolt the wings and mover her over insted what a combo that would be, BIG THUNDER runs back again![]()
i do feel badly for the XH558 guys tho they have worked so hard to keep her flying and they are all out of a job very soon. the engineering team have always been on top of thier game and hardly ever had to go tech.
Vulcan Bomber wrote:Sooty655 wrote:...........and remember that XM655 doesn't belong to MaPS, it belongs to Wellesbourne Airfield.
I hope you ment SHE...... Yours or not, shes as much a credit to you guys as 558 is to the donny Contingent.
Dougs wrote:...Sorry to be off topic but how are you doing with the anti houses campaign?
Hungry Haggis wrote:Dougs wrote:such a shame VB perhaps we could convince the MAPPs lads to unbolt the wings and mover her over insted what a combo that would be, BIG THUNDER runs back again![]()
i do feel badly for the XH558 guys tho they have worked so hard to keep her flying and they are all out of a job very soon. the engineering team have always been on top of thier game and hardly ever had to go tech.
Got ask (because I haven't heard that one) has anyone said they are out of a job. Just asking nicely because where ever 558 goes as I understand it she will run engines at times if she fast taxis in demonstration or for any other reason, so surely the engineers will be needed to keep her in working order. You can't just leave a Vulcan or any other aircraft sitting for weeks/months jumps in and pray it is safe to start. Not only that but those guys experience etc will still be needed for maybe years to come, I am not jumping to any conclusions here but surely that goes with the teaching others about the tech that this aircraft is about to be preserved for the future for. Or am I wrong as usual.
And by all the different teams and groups and Bruntingthorpe ... For example - Those 2 Lightnings have now been kept in perfect reheat ground running conditions longer in the hands of unpaid volunteers than the period they were owned and run by the RAF....Sooty655 wrote:as demonstrated at Wellesbourne.
Mayfly wrote: but only for a Vulcan.
Spitfire wrote:I can only say that that first flight post restoration was THE most incredible sight and something I thought I'd never see in my lifetime ... this has got to be the BEST video clip ever ...
Watch DT give a quick blip of right rudder - then its pour on the coal - and a brilliant howl - followed by a lift off right by the camera .... (this cameraman was SO well placed)
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