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jr
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3rd Jul 08 at 15:29   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
BREAKING NEWS: VULCAN RECEIVES PERMIT TO FLY

Restored Vulcan bomber XH558 has been given its permit to fly by the Civil Aviation Authority.

The aircraft will now be flown to RAF Waddington and is expected to arrived between 5pm and 5.30pm.

If everything goes according to plan the Vulcan will make its first public appearence since restoration work began over a decade ago at the Waddington International Air Show on Saturday.

And this will be just the first date of hundreds over the next 10 years.

A flight crew is already on board the bomber, which has been undergoing final checks at Bruntingthorpe Airfield in Leicestershire.

The two-day Waddington show begins on Saturday

exciting

[Edited on 03-07-2008 by jr]
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Where is Waddington?
jr
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Linconshire
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Great!!!

Good result for everyone involved. Just need get myself to an airshow that it will be appearing at now.
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hence me working out if i can get to lincon easily
Dean_W
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Whens that JR?
jr
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this sat and sun
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quote:
Originally posted by jr
hence me working out if i can get to lincon easily
Straight up the A1 IIRC

Dean... you'll hear it... one word to describe it... LOUD!!!
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Yeah I know.....Olympus engines same as what were used in the concorde

This weekend is a no go. Pretty sure it'll be showing through the summer so no panic.

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Taken from XH558 website
the iconic aircraft will appear at this year's Waddington Internation Airshow (5th - 6th July), Royal International Air Tattoo at Fairford (12 – 13 July) and Farnborough International (14 – 20 July) airshows – subject to the UK CAA granting XH558 a Permit to Fly and a Display Authority certificate.
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Pics of wtf we're talking about
jr
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quote:
Originally posted by Jas
Pics of wtf we're talking about




bestest plane ever

[Edited on 03-07-2008 by jr]
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Mmmm, carboney.
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quote:
Originally posted by Dean_W
Yeah I know.....Olympus engines same as what were used in the concorde


no, vulcan was used as a test bed of the olympus engines, vulcan engines do not use re heat
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quote:
Originally posted by jr
quote:
Originally posted by Jas
Pics of wtf we're talking about




bestest plane ever

[Edited on 03-07-2008 by jr]


AH ok...


lol bestest ever!

whats the bestest car ever?
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quote:
Originally posted by GSi_16v
quote:
Originally posted by Dean_W
Yeah I know.....Olympus engines same as what were used in the concorde


no, vulcan was used as a test bed of the olympus engines, vulcan engines do not use re heat


correct
Nick-S
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i no i am
ed
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Come up to Wellesbourne. If you donate to the funds they'll let you sit in one and pretend you're flying it
Jambo
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jr did you just make a best plane ever comment about a non merlin non piston engined bomber?

I demand a retraction.
jr
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but did you know it was fitted to a B1, which was XA894 iirc
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quote:
Originally posted by Jambo
jr did you just make a best plane ever comment about a non merlin non piston engined bomber?

I demand a retraction.


Not from me

tin hat on
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I will defo go to an airshow near-by to see that fly, I wonder if it will do Duxford atall?

[Edited on 03-07-2008 by DJMartin07]
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i heard the phone calls today cofirming weight reports (i sit next to the weights dept)!!

looking forward to RIAT now!! 12/13th July RAF Fairford (Swindon!)

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