Unfortunately next year will be the last year we are ever likely to see a Vulcan flying, the Vulcan trust have decided the airframe requires too much work to keep it flying and will stop at the end of the 2013 season. Such a great shame the RAF or Government can't step in to keep it going after all the effort and money that has gone into this project.
Barry P.
Vulcan to be grounded.
Unfortunately next year will be the last year we are ever likely to see a Vulcan flying, the Vulcan trust have decided the airframe requires too much work to keep it flying and will stop at the end of the 2013 season. Such a great shame the RAF or Government can't step in to keep it going after all the effort and money that has gone into this project.
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its a shame that it wont be flying no more but i suppose the government have better things to spend the money on like fancy hotels, rent on other properties etc, joking aside funding for such a project would probably bottom of the governments list
A sorry loss indeed. I've seen it twice this year and its still an incredible sight even after all these years.
It's tragic that it won't fly again, but asking the government/RAF to fund it when troop numbers are being cut and the Harrier fleet scrapped is ridiculous. It's not essential unfortunately 
If I had the sort of bank balance enjoyed by Messrs Branson, Cowell, McCartney, Abramovitch etc. however, I'd stick my hand in my back pocket and make sure she keeps flying.
If I had the sort of bank balance enjoyed by Messrs Branson, Cowell, McCartney, Abramovitch etc. however, I'd stick my hand in my back pocket and make sure she keeps flying.
It was from a time in history when Great Britain was great, when we were world leaders in aviation and manufacturing. Built by British firms none of this Anglo/french Anglo/German stuff :lol:
Shocking :shake:
I have amazing memories of these taking off and landing at Scampton. My grand parents house was one field off the end of the run way.
Even when the red arrows arrived they some how didn't seem as special.
I have amazing memories of these taking off and landing at Scampton. My grand parents house was one field off the end of the run way.
Even when the red arrows arrived they some how didn't seem as special.
Well at least Thunderball was good for something if it told a bit of history.
Vulcans were our nuke deterent before the subs. Designed to be a low level high speed delivery platform they were before their time in the late 50's.
Agreed that Govt should have kept one, and one concorde (same engine) as a legacy of what we could achieve.
True story: I was at Waddington 20 years ago where the Vulcans were on dispersal points. Pilot told me of a scramble test they did which involved starting all 4 engines at the same time, rather than one after another. Unfortunately they had been a bit clumsy with the parking of the crew bus and left it just aft of the aircraft. All 4 Olympus engines lit up at the same time as the aircraft began rolling and the thrust blew the minibus onto it's roof
Vulcans were our nuke deterent before the subs. Designed to be a low level high speed delivery platform they were before their time in the late 50's.
Agreed that Govt should have kept one, and one concorde (same engine) as a legacy of what we could achieve.
True story: I was at Waddington 20 years ago where the Vulcans were on dispersal points. Pilot told me of a scramble test they did which involved starting all 4 engines at the same time, rather than one after another. Unfortunately they had been a bit clumsy with the parking of the crew bus and left it just aft of the aircraft. All 4 Olympus engines lit up at the same time as the aircraft began rolling and the thrust blew the minibus onto it's roof
Oh man that news sucks.
The Vulcan has always been my favourite aircraft ever since seeing it, hearing it and feeling it flying at RAF Finningley before they stopped having airshows there.
The feeling you get watching it is amazing. It's just the loudest thing I've ever heard, it's awesome.
I went to Waddington this year and it missed being there due to a bird strike. That would have been the first time I've seen it since being a child and I was really looking forward to it. I'm going to have to see it next year now before it gets grounded.
The Vulcan has always been my favourite aircraft ever since seeing it, hearing it and feeling it flying at RAF Finningley before they stopped having airshows there.
The feeling you get watching it is amazing. It's just the loudest thing I've ever heard, it's awesome.
I went to Waddington this year and it missed being there due to a bird strike. That would have been the first time I've seen it since being a child and I was really looking forward to it. I'm going to have to see it next year now before it gets grounded.
Put it this way, I live 25 miles away from the Southport coast. I can hear it make an appearance at Southport airshow from my house on those years I don't go!
Never saw a vulcan in the flesh,a concorde once when down the country many years ago,my far plane of all time has to be the blackbird Sr71.
But did have the three planes that are been decomissioned fly over in formation the other week that was some sight,were there reconnaissance? Or tankers anyone know thanks
But did have the three planes that are been decomissioned fly over in formation the other week that was some sight,were there reconnaissance? Or tankers anyone know thanks
The prototype Vulcan first flew in 1952.
Take a trip to Duxford and you'll realise how aviation, after making huge leaps in develeopment up to the 1960's is now going backwards.
Your can't travel in a supersonic airliner anymore.
So many cutting edge aircraft are now just history, concorde, SR 71 Blackbird, the harrier (still in service in some areas).
Technology in drones, pilotless aircraft, satellites and missile systems make having to put people into the air in aircraft old tech.
I saw Vulcans display when the aircraft was still in RAF service, along with stuff like lightenings, harriers, phantoms, etc
These sort of aircraft cost a huge amount more to maintain and display than something like a spitfire or other WWII aircraft.
It was an amazing project to put the Vulcan back into the air but this aircraft now has more hours on it than any other Vulcan, far too complex and expensive to rebuild it like you can a spitfire, P51d, mosquito or the like.
PFC
Take a trip to Duxford and you'll realise how aviation, after making huge leaps in develeopment up to the 1960's is now going backwards.
Your can't travel in a supersonic airliner anymore.
So many cutting edge aircraft are now just history, concorde, SR 71 Blackbird, the harrier (still in service in some areas).
Technology in drones, pilotless aircraft, satellites and missile systems make having to put people into the air in aircraft old tech.
I saw Vulcans display when the aircraft was still in RAF service, along with stuff like lightenings, harriers, phantoms, etc
These sort of aircraft cost a huge amount more to maintain and display than something like a spitfire or other WWII aircraft.
It was an amazing project to put the Vulcan back into the air but this aircraft now has more hours on it than any other Vulcan, far too complex and expensive to rebuild it like you can a spitfire, P51d, mosquito or the like.
PFC
Compare the Eurofighter to the EE Lightning then ?
Of course aircraft are still developing and carry huge amounts of technology but they clearly develop quickest during times of war
Of course aircraft are still developing and carry huge amounts of technology but they clearly develop quickest during times of war
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On Thursday October 18th 2007, there were calm blue skies above an expectant audience at Bruntingthorpe. After more than 100,000 man-hours of hard work in what is now regarded as the world's most complex engineering heritage project, Avro Vulcan XH558 roared down the runway, lifted her nose wheel and soared into the air. Fourteen years after her last flight, Great Britain once again had a living, breathing, flying example of one of the country's greatest engineering achievements. A big thank you to everyone whose energy, generosity and expertise have already given us five more years of wonderful Vulcan flying
http://www.vulcantothesky.org/news/410/82/5th-Anniversary.html
On Thursday October 18th 2007, there were calm blue skies above an expectant audience at Bruntingthorpe. After more than 100,000 man-hours of hard work in what is now regarded as the world's most complex engineering heritage project, Avro Vulcan XH558 roared down the runway, lifted her nose wheel and soared into the air. Fourteen years after her last flight, Great Britain once again had a living, breathing, flying example of one of the country's greatest engineering achievements. A big thank you to everyone whose energy, generosity and expertise have already given us five more years of wonderful Vulcan flying
http://www.vulcantothesky.org/news/410/82/5th-Anniversary.html
My old man flew the Vulcan when they were in service back in the 60s and 70s and - 101 squadron. The display plane at Duxford is one he flew on many occasions.
We lived all over the world as an RAF family and have no doubt these things were the envy of the world wherever they were stationed.
Technically very impressive, but in reality not particularly reliable (kinda like the evos ive had!!) - making the Vulcan to the skies project even more remarkable tbh.
Its a massive shame XH558 will be no longer, its a great example to future generations, even if it isn't quite the full effect. It runs the 200 series engines - the later, more powerful and developed for use in Concorde 300 series give the full "howl" effect.
Wonderful plane and a massive part of our families' life.
We lived all over the world as an RAF family and have no doubt these things were the envy of the world wherever they were stationed.
Technically very impressive, but in reality not particularly reliable (kinda like the evos ive had!!) - making the Vulcan to the skies project even more remarkable tbh.
Its a massive shame XH558 will be no longer, its a great example to future generations, even if it isn't quite the full effect. It runs the 200 series engines - the later, more powerful and developed for use in Concorde 300 series give the full "howl" effect.
Wonderful plane and a massive part of our families' life.
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