vulcan engine roar!

[Mayfly]

You mean DSLR screen cleaners?

[SnailRFC]

655 is a a VULCAN

What's the realistic likelyhood that this one gets airbourne too?

Absolutely no chance at all. There is no practical way the airframe could be brought back to a condition the CAA would consider airworthy, and there are NO airworthy Olympus 301s anywhere in the world.

And there is no way 655 would ever do a "Teasin' Tina", because she is always taxied by competent and responsible aircrew.

And the final nail in the 655 return to flight campaign's coffin is that even if she could by some miracle be classed as airworthy, Wellesbourne's runway isn't long enough.

I just googled this because I wasn't sure what it was, and wow ,they got lucky!!

[Sooty655]

I just googled this because I wasn't sure what it was, and wow ,they got lucky!!

There are those who claim it was pure skill, but personally I think your assessment is spot on.

[Mayfly]

Lucky is one word you could use - I could think of many others!!!!!

[Sooty655]

I think most of the others apply to how they got up there. Lucky only applies to getting down again in one piece.

[Mayfly]

655 is a a VULCAN

What's the realistic likelyhood that this one gets airbourne too?

Absolutely no chance at all. There is no practical way the airframe could be brought back to a condition the CAA would consider airworthy, and there are NO airworthy Olympus 301s anywhere in the world.

And there is no way 655 would ever do a "Teasin' Tina", because she is always taxied by competent and responsible aircrew.

And the final nail in the 655 return to flight campaign's coffin is that even if she could by some miracle be classed as airworthy, Wellesbourne's runway isn't long enough.

I just googled this because I wasn't sure what it was, and wow ,they got lucky!!

have you been in the same bar with them at closing time?

[Sooty655]

And there is no way 655 would ever do a "Teasin' Tina", because she is always taxied by competent and responsible aircrew.

have you been in the same bar with them at closing time?

Yes, but never sober enough to be concerned about THEIR condition.

[WaddoVet]

One roar none of us will ever hear again is that of 4 Vulcans on the ORP doing a simultaneous mass rapid - now that was a roar to make the ground tremble!

There's nothing quite like 16 Olympus 301s all running up together!

I remember being on starter crew at the Finningley Air show in 1971. The 4 a/c were sat there at 05 with there Rovers running, and two little old ladies stood as close as they could get to the a/c were heard to say "Aren't they quiet for such big aeroplanes". At that moment all 4 simultaneously did a Mass Rapid and the poor dears nearly jumped out of their skins.