XH558...

[EddyP]

RoverP6B said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxshOMFTZdM

Much respect for these chaps (Vulcan and BBMF Spitfire). This is what professionalism and airmanship are all about. Unflappable, not a hint of panic, despite the pressure. Might give 'em a few grey hairs, but ultimately they got the aircraft down without so much as a scratch on it.

Agreed, although remember all the crew are ex-RAF I'm sure they've had this happen quite a few times before. The amount of training they do for things that go wrong is crazy, the AEO knows the electrical systems as well as the guy that designed them.

[tonyvid]

Zad said:

For those of you playing along at home: http://www.flightradar24.com/VLCN/75837e1

I'll search for VLCN next time it's around, it didn't appear on the display last time I knew it should be there!

Had a funny one with Flightradar recently on a SAS flight back from Sweden. It had free Wifi onboard so we were watching our flight from onboard our own flight!! Spooky watching crossing tracks on your phone then seeing them pass overhead

[sa_20v]

RoverP6B said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxshOMFTZdM

Much respect for these chaps (Vulcan and BBMF Spitfire). This is what professionalism and airmanship are all about. Unflappable, not a hint of panic, despite the pressure. Might give 'em a few grey hairs, but ultimately they got the aircraft down without so much as a scratch on it.

Thanks for posting, great to see!

[grumpy52]

Serious skills displayed in touching that down so so gently then holding the front off until most of the forwards speed had gone and a feather light touch of the nose .
How hard is it to do that ?
Is it an easy aircraft to handle ?
Maybe one of our tame flyboys would enlighten me .

[K50 DEL]

RoverP6B said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxshOMFTZdM

Much respect for these chaps (Vulcan and BBMF Spitfire). This is what professionalism and airmanship are all about. Unflappable, not a hint of panic, despite the pressure. Might give 'em a few grey hairs, but ultimately they got the aircraft down without so much as a scratch on it.

Excellent video and, as you say, so so calm under pressure.

[FourWheelDrift]

grumpy52 said:

Serious skills displayed in touching that down so so gently then holding the front off until most of the forwards speed had gone and a feather light touch of the nose .
How hard is it to do that ?
Is it an easy aircraft to handle ?
Maybe one of our tame flyboys would enlighten me .

They do the nose up landing a lot, the wing acts as a big air brake and they don't have to deploy the braking parachute. Quite a few videos of it during the last few years of operation and some older RAF duty videos on youtube as well, I think there's one of XL426 doing it at an airshow too.

Here's XH558 landing at RIAT 2012 - https://youtu.be/W0hbFT_567c?t=240

[slybynight]

Feeling a bit pleased with myself... as I watched this? I was thinking what would I do under the same circumstances, I reckoned I'd give it some quick left and right's on the rudder to try and wobble the front u/c and free anything that was snagging - then they did exactly that on the vid! - where do I collect my wings?

[grumpy52]

FourWheelDrift said:

grumpy52 said:

Serious skills displayed in touching that down so so gently then holding the front off until most of the forwards speed had gone and a feather light touch of the nose .
How hard is it to do that ?
Is it an easy aircraft to handle ?
Maybe one of our tame flyboys would enlighten me .

They do the nose up landing a lot, the wing acts as a big air brake and they don't have to deploy the braking parachute. Quite a few videos of it during the last few years of operation and some older RAF duty videos on youtube as well, I think there's one of XL426 doing it at an airshow too.

Here's XH558 landing at RIAT 2012 - https://youtu.be/W0hbFT_567c?t=240

When I lived in Singapore ,once a month one of the queens flight pilots would fly in the VC10 bringing in new personnel and collecting UK bound servicemen and their families .
The landings were always super smooth and very similar to these Vulcan touchdowns , they always seemed to draw a crowd .
Another gorgeous aircraft exceptionally well flown .

[Nicol@]

tonyvid said:

I'll search for VLCN next time it's around, it didn't appear on the display last time I knew it should be there!

Had a funny one with Flightradar recently on a SAS flight back from Sweden. It had free Wifi onboard so we were watching our flight from onboard our own flight!! Spooky watching crossing tracks on your phone then seeing them pass overhead

The Plane Finder app is much better at showing xh558 than FR24 with a more up to date position too.

[Alfa2Evora]

ADVANCE WARNING : The following post is picture-heavy but I make no apologies for that as in my book you can't get enough images of the old 'Tin Triangle'.

Scottish Airshow aerial display (Sat 5th Sept) and 'up close and personal' at the static display (Sun 6th Sept)









In this gear-down approach, already the nosewheel doesn't look quite right





........and all is definitely 'not well' in this side-on shot



But the show must go on so........











"OK, remind me. What was that display directive again?"
"Pilots must not exceed 60 degrees of bank!"



"Hang on though. 60 degrees x 2 pilots = ?"



"That's more like it!"

Edited by Alfa2Evora on Tuesday 8th September 23:20

Edited by Alfa2Evora on Tuesday 8th September 23:20

[yorkieboy]

Fabulous pics

[yellowjack]

I've checked the twitter feed for XH558, and no update on diagnosis/repair of the nosewheel problem. Anyone have any further info regarding the airworthiness state of the a/c and whether the problem is solved, or how it might affect the remaining display plans?

[FourWheelDrift]

yellowjack said:

I've checked the twitter feed for XH558, and no update on diagnosis/repair of the nosewheel problem. Anyone have any further info regarding the airworthiness state of the a/c and whether the problem is solved, or how it might affect the remaining display plans?

"It is suspected air entered the system from a faulty fitting and the engineering team already expect to have completed repairs by tomorrow to allow a full-system check on Thursday. At this point, we see no reason why XH558 can not make her display commitments on Saturday."

[yellowjack]

Cool. Cheers for the response. I don't do Facebook or other log-in type social media, and to be honest the VTTS web page could make it easier to find the latest news about the aeroplane by having a "News" button in a prominent place on the front page. But then I suppose they want you to subscribe to the newsletters, and "Follow" her every which way.

I waste spend too much time on these forums to be signing up to any more, to be fair.

[FourWheelDrift]

I cut and pasted that from their Newsbytes email sent 50 mins ago.

I don't do Facebookarse either.

[aeropilot]

Anyone any news on whether '558 has been declared serviceable for tomorrows displays.....??

[Feirny]

Sorry if I've missed it, but what's the date for it's last flight?

[SydneyBridge]

Sunday October 4th but they are planning a final final cross country tour sometimes after that


http://www.vulcantothesky.org/news/695/82/Spectacu...

[Dr Interceptor]

aeropilot said:

Anyone any news on whether '558 has been declared serviceable for tomorrows displays.....??

There has been no twitter or facebook posts to confirm all is okay, but there haven't been any to say it isn't all sorted either.

[Feirny]

SydneyBridge said:

Sunday October 4th but they are planning a final final cross country tour sometimes after that


http://www.vulcantothesky.org/news/695/82/Spectacu...

I'll keep my eye out, cheers.