XH558...

[davepoth]

brickwall said:

Had an overhead fly-past of the Vulcan yesterday in Bath, just as we were taking wedding photos for a friend. Brought a smile to everyone's faces.

I was lying on my bed when I heard it coming, jumped up and still managed to get to the window in plenty of time. What a machine.

[davepoth]

eccles said:

slartibartfast said:

After the Shorham incident the CAA have put in place a temporary restriction on vintage jet aircraft
http://www.caa.co.uk/application.aspx?catid=14&amp...


Flying displays over land by vintage jet aircraft will be significantly restricted until further notice. They will be limited to flypasts, which means ‘high energy’ aerobatics will not be permitted.



I think this will probably mean that if you haven't seen XH558 display this year then you won't as I'm guessing this will mean she can only do flypasts

Would the display at Bournmouth be over water..... If so, nothing has changed.

I heard Sir Gerald Howell MP (President of the British Air Display Association) on Radio 4 earlier specifically mention the Vulcan and explain that its display isn't considered high energy aerobatics and so would be able to do the full show going forwards.

[tortop45]

Yes lets hope it does a victory roll for common sense.

[Riley Blue]

droopsnoot said:

I wondered if that would affect it, though the two closest to me (Rhyl and Southport) are both performed off the coast.

Thanks for the 'nudge', I've now booked accommodation in Rhyl prior to the air show. It'll be the third time I've seen XH558 this year.

[SHutchinson]

It's still down to appear at the Teesside airshow this weekend apparently: http://www.skyliveevents.co.uk/

Hoping to get along, might a blast down on the motorbike to beat the traffic.

[droopsnoot]

Riley Blue said:

Thanks for the 'nudge', I've now booked accommodation in Rhyl prior to the air show. It'll be the third time I've seen XH558 this year.

I think personally I'd have booked a bit of a distance from Rhyl (based on last time I visited the town) but bank holiday weekend in North Wales doesn't leave you a lot of options.

[jamieduff1981]

tortop45 said:

jmorgan said:

saaby93 said:

Has this vid from RIAT been posted already?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xmrxz1zjoow
How many out of 360?

I believe it has. But what the hell, Vulcan goodness needs to be spread.

yes we no the vulcan can do a roll it did back in the day by one of its test pilots at farnbrough in1955,think the pilots were told not to show of......https://youtu.be/GPuTgcrA2Zs

Edited by tortop45 on Monday 24th August 19:05

Edited by tortop45 on Monday 24th August 19:08

He outdid himself and did a Half Cuban with the Vulcan

[slartibartfast]

This just in.....

Operations Director and Chief Pilot of the Vulcan to the Sky Trust, Martin Withers, has spoken to his contacts at the CAA, and has released this statement:
“I am pleased to report that I have received assurances from our contacts at the CAA that XH558's 2015 display routine is not classified as aerobatic, and so consequently, we are hoping to continue to fly on through XH558's last season with minimal changes to our display.”

[onyx39]

Just seen that the Vulcan is doing a fly past of Lakenheath on Thursday, when she will be escorted by a pair of F15's.
That's a sight to see!

http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/vulcan_bomber_to_fly_o...

[ATTAK Z]

slartibartfast said:

This just in.....

Operations Director and Chief Pilot of the Vulcan to the Sky Trust, Martin Withers, has spoken to his contacts at the CAA, and has released this statement:
“I am pleased to report that I have received assurances from our contacts at the CAA that XH558's 2015 display routine is not classified as aerobatic, and so consequently, we are hoping to continue to fly on through XH558's last season with minimal changes to our display.”

Great news !!!
and I hope we'll get a little display on her final return to DSA as last year

[EarlOfHazard]

Go to the first page of this thread, it's where Vulcan is about to fly again, back in 2007

[spitfire-ian]

EarlOfHazard said:

Go to the first page of this thread, it's where Vulcan is about to fly again, back in 2007

I quite often look back to the beginning of this thread to see just how much has gone on over the last 8 years.

[NailedOn]

Skylive have postponed Saturday's Durham Tees Valley Airshow.
They have provisionally rescheduled for May. When there will be no Vulcan.
Some rumours that Skylive are in trouble so have used Shoreham as a pretext to bail.

[PurpleTurtle]

From the XH558 Facebook page:

"We are working with some of the top aviation photographers to capture spectacular air-to-air images of XH558 in her final flying season, many of which will be published in a new book for Christmas"

Result!

[jonny_bravo]

Any ideas when her final flight is likely to be?, wouldn't mind being at Donny for the final landing.

[SydneyBridge]

jonny_bravo said:

Any ideas when her final flight is likely to be?, wouldn't mind being at Donny for the final landing.

As it stands at the moment her last flight is -

Sat 26th September Leeds East - Church Fenton (North Yorkshire) Display

Sure something special is still to be announced for her final final flight and it will be like Heathrow for concorde's last landing

Edited by SydneyBridge on Thursday 27th August 09:21

[muckymotor]

jonny_bravo said:

Any ideas when her final flight is likely to be?, wouldn't mind being at Donny for the final landing.

Will the final flight land at Finningly as I thought I'd read somewhere that this might not be where the Vulcan is finally stored for static display?

[marksx]

PurpleTurtle said:

From the XH558 Facebook page:

"We are working with some of the top aviation photographers to capture spectacular air-to-air images of XH558 in her final flying season, many of which will be published in a new book for Christmas"

Result!

Guess what's going on my Xmas list.

[CooperD]

Just seen her fly over my house in Bury St Edmunds, presumably returning from the Clacton Air Show.

[finishing touch]

Spotted on it's way to Clacton and it flew almost overhead on it's way back.

To me it's one of the iconic aircraft shapes, along with Concorde and the Spitfire.

Paul G