A Fine Day Out at Wellesbourne 1996::::::::

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A Fine Day Out at Wellesbourne 1996::::::::

Postby Dan4th » Fri Dec 04, 2009 2:08 pm

Worth the watch and includes the Vulcan:::::::



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Re: A Fine Day Out at Wellesbourne 1996::::::::

Postby Thumper » Fri Dec 04, 2009 2:20 pm

God that was cheesy until the end :))

Nice find tho! :D
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Re: A Fine Day Out at Wellesbourne 1996::::::::

Postby Saracenman » Fri Dec 04, 2009 3:14 pm

i found that rather interesting - never knew they had that underground museum there!

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Re: A Fine Day Out at Wellesbourne 1996::::::::

Postby Dan4th » Fri Dec 04, 2009 4:09 pm

Anyone capable of putting some names to
faces in the vid?

Anyone been to the underground museum?

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Re: A Fine Day Out at Wellesbourne 1996::::::::

Postby Sooty655 » Fri Dec 04, 2009 6:57 pm

Saracenman wrote:i found that rather interesting - never knew they had that underground museum there!


The museum is completely separate from 655MaPS, although Derek Powell, who was our chairman until recently, is also actively involved with the museum.

It is only open on Sundays.
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Re: A Fine Day Out at Wellesbourne 1996::::::::

Postby Cluny » Fri Dec 04, 2009 11:13 pm

I visited the museum during Wellesbournes open day ;)
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Oh and i cant post some pics of Wellesbourne without posting a couple of the main attraction ;)
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Re: A Fine Day Out at Wellesbourne 1996::::::::

Postby Saracenman » Fri Dec 04, 2009 11:21 pm

interesting Cluny, thanks! :ymapplause:

incidentally........

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B1 XA903 i assume, but what's with the odd instrument panel? part of mods when with RR for engine testbed duties? :-?

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Postby Cluny » Fri Dec 04, 2009 11:23 pm

Yep ;)
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Re: A Fine Day Out at Wellesbourne 1996::::::::

Postby Gully » Fri Dec 04, 2009 11:53 pm

From what I've read, the 2nd pilot had a full set of controls for the engine in the pod, meaning that they could balance the output of the 4 Olympus 100 series donks with the Concorde Olympus, or in later years the RB199. Loads more monitoring equipment in the back, which I believe the museum is endeavouring to complete.

Not sure where the cannon controls were located... ;)

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Re: A Fine Day Out at Wellesbourne 1996::::::::

Postby Saracenman » Mon Dec 07, 2009 2:36 pm

interesting - not sure I've ever actually seen a picture with the canon :-?

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Re: A Fine Day Out at Wellesbourne 1996::::::::

Postby Xplumberlives » Mon Dec 07, 2009 4:42 pm

Saracenman wrote:interesting - not sure I've ever actually seen a picture with the canon :-?

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Re: A Fine Day Out at Wellesbourne 1996::::::::

Postby Gully » Tue Dec 08, 2009 2:33 pm

Think I may have said picture (of 903) in a book - will have a look...

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Re: A Fine Day Out at Wellesbourne 1996::::::::

Postby Xplumberlives » Tue Dec 08, 2009 3:42 pm

Saracenman wrote:i found that rather interesting - never knew they had that underground museum there!

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I didn't know the tube went that far! :-o
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