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mybrainhurts
71,615 posts
124 months
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dr_gn said: and should be making a test flight within the next week. So, who's in charge of the silica bags this time...? 
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mrloudly
2,163 posts
104 months
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mybrainhurts said: dr_gn said: and should be making a test flight within the next week. So, who's in charge of the silica bags this time...? Hopefully bloody great red lanyards attached to the back of the intake cover then sewn to the bags 
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dr_gn
6,920 posts
53 months
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I got the impression that there was something a bit odd about what caused the engine damage: He didn't say what the casue of the accident was, just that it was the subject of an investigation and that was it...
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Seight_Returns
805 posts
70 months
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Did Pleming say anything that confirmed or denied our conclusion that they're down to the last 4 of their original 8 airworthy engines ?
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dr_gn
6,920 posts
53 months
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Seight_Returns said: Did Pleming say anything that confirmed or denied our conclusion that they're down to the last 4 of their original 8 airworthy engines ? He said something about engines but I can't remember what. It was also mentioned when I went for a look around it at Finnigley earlier this year. Pretty sure they said at the time they had 'a couple' of reserve engines, and there were no more after that. Did I hear correctly that the airframe had about 75 hours left on it - at least without a very expensive upgrade? Presumably that's only about another years worth of flying for it.
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onyx39
3,450 posts
19 months
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dr_gn said: Seight_Returns said: Did Pleming say anything that confirmed or denied our conclusion that they're down to the last 4 of their original 8 airworthy engines ? He said something about engines but I can't remember what. It was also mentioned when I went for a look around it at Finnigley earlier this year. Pretty sure they said at the time they had 'a couple' of reserve engines, and there were no more after that. Did I hear correctly that the airframe had about 75 hours left on it - at least without a very expensive upgrade? Presumably that's only about another years worth of flying for it. I find this really sad... the public have shelled out an awful lot of money for this, and one would have expected it to remain airworthy for longer than it has.
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Eric Mc
67,256 posts
134 months
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It's still airworthy.
And it always had a finite life as a flying exhibit. It's done well to get this far and tehre will be a few more years of flying yet - subject to silica gel bag incidents etc.
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dr_gn
6,920 posts
53 months
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Eric Mc said: It's still airworthy.
And it always had a finite life as a flying exhibit. It's done well to get this far and tehre will be a few more years of flying yet - subject to silica gel bag incidents etc. I hope whoever left them in there had their wages docked  ETA - pretty sure that, unless I misheard something or my maths is wrong, there's only about another year of flying left in it. Maybe I misunderstood something - it does seem a bit of a short time left.
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H100S
952 posts
42 months
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I noticed this evening that it is parked up parallel to the runway for the night. More engine testing tomorrow?
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johnnyreggae
827 posts
29 months
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Just noticed this which I think has not been posted yet from 48 hours ago :
"We would confirm that we are not expecting to be at RAF Waddington this coming weekend, for which, once again, we are extremely sorry."
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johnnyreggae
827 posts
29 months
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Which part of dr gn's post a couple of days ago is not clear ?
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bigbubba
833 posts
88 months
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johnnyreggae said: Which part of dr gn's post a couple of days ago is not clear ? There's no need to have that attitude though is there?
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mrloudly
2,163 posts
104 months
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bigbubba said: johnnyreggae said: Which part of dr gn's post a couple of days ago is not clear ? There's no need to have that attitude though is there? I thought exactly the same ;-)
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fatboy69
4,811 posts
56 months
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Posting said 'its confirmed - as far as possible I guess' that she will be a RIAT.
I asked the question again because I don't know if the new engines have been run yet or what the state of play is & as there are people out there 'in the know' I thought I would ask the question albeit a few days later.
Not my fault if the poster got out of bed the wrong side - didn't think his reply needed to be so nasty or sarcastic tbh.
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dr_gn
6,920 posts
53 months
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johnnyreggae said: Which part of dr gn's post a couple of days ago is not clear ? TBH I was only relaying what was said at the time - obviously circumstances can change quickly, so in the absence of anyone involved posting info here, the best thing to do is look at the website. Not sure whether there was some confusion about events: I don't recall any mention of Waddington apart from it was cancelled some time ago, and obviously RIAT is at Fairford.
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fatboy69
4,811 posts
56 months
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Website says that they are aiming to be at RIAT on 7 July - only asked the question on here because I don't expect the VTTS webste to be updated every couple of hours so I wondered if anyone close to the team had any further info.
I will keep checking the website as I do on a regular basis anyway.
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central
15,959 posts
86 months
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twitter said: Engine ground testing complete. XH558 is now ready to fly again. Just awaiting approvals to begin air-tests.
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PanzerCommander
2,703 posts
87 months
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central said: twitter said: Engine ground testing complete. XH558 is now ready to fly again. Just awaiting approvals to begin air-tests. 
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mcdjl
1,608 posts
64 months
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central said: twitter said: Engine ground testing complete. XH558 is now ready to fly again. Just awaiting approvals to begin air-tests. How about, 1pm over say, south Lincoln on Sunday?
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bigbubba
833 posts
88 months
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mcdjl said: How about, 1pm over say, south Lincoln on Sunday? Wouldn't that be fantastic?! Just to see the trail of four smokey engines would be great. A sight that Waddington now misses since the Nimrod has departed. Is anyone going tomorrow or Sunday? I shall be there first thing in the morning.
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