Wellesbourne : Wings & Wheels 2010 (Sunday 20th June)

[Hihonyr8811]

We'll be late as usual

[Xplumberlives]

Well go the day before and be EARLY!

[MadNaddy]

Hi all.

Looking forward to seeing you all on Sunday.
Weather looks perfect and 655 is looking good.


cc.

Of Course she is!

[Sooty655]

We moved 655 off the pan and parked her on runway 23 this afternoon, ready for the aircrew checks and shakedown tomorrow.

Weather forecast for Sunday is still looking good.

[Mayfly]

See you tomorrow!!!

[Bovril]

Ready and waiting

[Xplumberlives]

She's a BEAST Bovril, looking forward to tomorrow!

[Wedgy]

I hear 655 is fully serviceable and ready to go - well done all

[Xplumberlives]

According to the BBC, tomorrows weather looks quite good!

[350wedge]

Have fun tomorrow whoever goes..... Shame I wont be able to make it up there this year having been for the past couple of years

Make sure you take loads of awesome photo's!! i expect I'll be out taking pictures tomorrow.... I may even try this thing called 'Film' I've been hearing about... I'm sure it'll catch on....

[RLN]

Hope everything goes well today, and you all enjoy yourselves.

[Hihonyr8811]

That's the last time I joke about being late

[Mayfly]

Well what can I say - it was lovely to see everyone again not only Maps aka - RHV, CC, Bovril, Sooty, Marmite but also Wedgy, Dawnie [lovely to meet you] SM, XP, Checkflaps, Coastergirl & KC, 10680, Helen, Cluny, Naddy & Sopwith.......sorry if I've missed anyone.

The day started out not too well when I got a text from SM saying he had set his alarm an hour later than planned!!! [airhead] & then one from Wedgy saying 'Where are you I can see DT"? I was stood next to DT so it was obviously Wedgys eyesight that was the problem!!!!

But the day did end on a high when DT told me I was going for taxi on the fast run!!!!! WOO HOO I had forgotten what a thrill it is to be in a Vulcan cockpit - Not sure who arranged it but a big thanks anyway!!

There was minor hickup when they couldn't get power to the sync bus bar & we had to disembark - however proving just how good the MaPS guy are they managed to sort the problem & we did in fact manage a nose up taxi albeit a little later than planned.

Not sure why but 3 different people asked me what button I pressed that I shouldn't have!!!!! Of course the only side was I didn't get to take any pics with my new camera - so need to visit Coningsby before Waddington air show!!

The weather was beautiful & to prove it I have a rather nice red beacon where my nose should be!

[Cluny]

Pleasure to meet you all and big thanks to all at 655 MaPS
Will look through my pics in abit as im in the middle of putting a vid together

[Wedgy]

What a day! The gremlins tried to stop the fast taxi run, but MaPS pulled out the stops
Fantastic weather for it too. I hope the day filled those XM655 coffers

A year late, but I placed my membership and purchased some merchandise

Thanks to everyone involved in making it a great day

I couldn't sort bring myself to delete some photos, so you get about 60% of what I took


10am and 655 looks good.



MaPS preparing for the day


The crowds start arriving


Probably the second best photo I have ever taken on my little camera


THE BEST photo I have ever taken on my little camera - thats my wallpaper on my PC at work tomorrow!!!!






Crew Chief hard at work


Beautiful sky for a beautiful aeroplane.




Bovril loves his tug


















*cough* Get outta the way




She's going in!


... erm, is that a fuse in her pocket?


And here's the video

[Mayfly]

Why is it 655 ALWAYS looks so good!!!


nice pics

[Dougs]

cracking photo's matt

[Jigsaw]

XM655 looking fantastic. So jealous of you Pam but sure you loved every minute
Thanks for sharing your day with us unfortunate souls that couldn't make it.

[Thumper]

Looks like a really nice day out and the Vulcan looks beautiful.

Looks like I've gotta bag myself a pilot to get a ride like that!! I hear the new Harrier demo pilot is single

Gutted I couldn't go but I just don't quite feel up to doing 160 odd miles on the bike on my own

[Mayfly]

Looks like a really nice day out and the Vulcan looks beautiful.

Looks like I've gotta bag myself a pilot to get a ride like that!! I hear the new Harrier demo pilot is single

Gutted I couldn't go but I just don't quite feel up to doing 160 odd miles on the bike on my own

I hear he's quite young too!..............

and best ask SM what he did to get his last year!!

Nice vid Wedgy - love DTs royal wave

[Cluny]

No need to put any of my pics up then as they're the same
Heres me long vid though


Edit
Ok , heres a few
L to R .
Crew Chief , Dawnie , Wedgy and Mayfly .


Me wanty


Me wanty more












Afterwards , Helen and me went to the Museum on t'other side of airfield

[Mayfly]

Good vid Paul - we were remaking how steady you managed to keep the camera for ages on the slow run.

As I didn't know I was going for a taxi I didn't take many pics as I was waiting for the fast run... but here are a couple of differant ones the first 2 taken on Saturday just before they checked out the systems!!

DT looks like he's getting a bollocking!!!


655 Sqns


and one from inside the cockpit yesterday from my viewing platform!!

[Crew chief]

Hi all.

A BIG thankyou to all who attended WW2010 yesterday it was fantastic.
The hickup we had was with the GPU rather than the aircraft but we had to check out the aircraft before we put power back on again.
Mayfly's smile when she got out of the cockpit after the fast run made my day and i think Dave , Mike and Barry put on one of the best fast taxi's i've seen in my 15 years of doing these event's.
The rest of the MaPS team did a superb job and i take my hat off to them all.


cc.

[Thumper]

Oooooooo cool! So many buttons and dials

Great vid Cluny I really enjoyed that!

[Sooty655]

New world speed record - fastest ever low-flying Mayfly.