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Ledaig said:
I was positioned at the red arrow, the blue arrow indicates where the college had put up a sign stating that persons proceeding beyond that point would be charged £28 each for 'airshow admission' (and trespassers would be prosecuted none the less!).
All in all a desperate attempt to keep the peasants out...shame it's a public bridleway all the way to the bridge (where it turns left (South) towards Southill.
Great photos. What lens were you using? EXIF suggests 150-600. Zoom with TC of some kind?All in all a desperate attempt to keep the peasants out...shame it's a public bridleway all the way to the bridge (where it turns left (South) towards Southill.
So...... Did she or didn't she???
As the videos are all private I guess we will never know so we will have to draw our own conclusions.
Anyway. Apart from that it will be a very very sad day when 558 makes her final landing & we will never hear the howl again apart from on video.
A great aircraft will sadly be gone from our skies forever.
Rarely, if ever, have I heard people applaud an aircraft as she departs from a venue for the last time - as was the case at RIAT earlier this year.
And so we say farewell to XH558.
As the videos are all private I guess we will never know so we will have to draw our own conclusions.
Anyway. Apart from that it will be a very very sad day when 558 makes her final landing & we will never hear the howl again apart from on video.
A great aircraft will sadly be gone from our skies forever.
Rarely, if ever, have I heard people applaud an aircraft as she departs from a venue for the last time - as was the case at RIAT earlier this year.
And so we say farewell to XH558.
My attempt at a video from today
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-p3HU7C6-M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-p3HU7C6-M
Edited by feef on Monday 5th October 02:09
Not necessarily forever. Rolls-Royce have eight unused Olympus 202s and a further twelve zero-lifed overhauled 202s, plus eight 301s, in storage... but VTTS aren't prepared to pay for them. The wing mods mean there's another five years left in the airframe. The old girl isn't done yet, she just needs better management.
RoverP6B said:
Not necessarily forever. Rolls-Royce have eight unused Olympus 202s and a further twelve zero-lifed overhauled 202s, plus eight 301s, in storage... but VTTS aren't prepared to pay for them. The wing mods mean there's another five years left in the airframe. The old girl isn't done yet, she just needs better management.
where do you get that info from?Some nice on board footage fro RIAT here :=
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kuE9A8bOzQ
P2 says "I can't beleive you did that" at 10;30 !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kuE9A8bOzQ
P2 says "I can't beleive you did that" at 10;30 !
Edited by woodypup59 on Monday 5th October 10:25
slartibartfast said:
RoverP6B said:
Not necessarily forever. Rolls-Royce have eight unused Olympus 202s and a further twelve zero-lifed overhauled 202s, plus eight 301s, in storage... but VTTS aren't prepared to pay for them. The wing mods mean there's another five years left in the airframe. The old girl isn't done yet, she just needs better management.
where do you get that info from?SMB said:
slartibartfast said:
RoverP6B said:
Not necessarily forever. Rolls-Royce have eight unused Olympus 202s and a further twelve zero-lifed overhauled 202s, plus eight 301s, in storage... but VTTS aren't prepared to pay for them. The wing mods mean there's another five years left in the airframe. The old girl isn't done yet, she just needs better management.
where do you get that info from?SMB said:
slartibartfast said:
RoverP6B said:
Not necessarily forever. Rolls-Royce have eight unused Olympus 202s and a further twelve zero-lifed overhauled 202s, plus eight 301s, in storage... but VTTS aren't prepared to pay for them. The wing mods mean there's another five years left in the airframe. The old girl isn't done yet, she just needs better management.
where do you get that info from?woodypup59 said:
Which reminds me, signed up for Planes TV DVD, anyone else had theirs yet?fatboy69 said:
So...... Did she or didn't she???
As the videos are all private I guess we will never know so we will have to draw our own conclusions.
They weren't originally private, as when I clicked on it soon after it was posted I watched it several times. It wasn't a video, it was a sequenced photos on burst setting.....so not 100% clear, and it didn't look like a roll in the technically defined aerobatic sense, or as per Falk's at SBAC all those years ago..... it looked like a typical wingover banking sequence that may have been a bit 'too far' and used the recovery method of pulling it through and round. This was done in RAF service a few times, so if it was this it's the get out jail recovery rather than a deliberate roll, which it certainly didn't look to be......however, it was from some distance away, and it wasn't a proper video sequence...........so, yes, 100% inconclusive.As the videos are all private I guess we will never know so we will have to draw our own conclusions.
It was great to see it one last time at Gaydon yesterday, but there will have been a fair few unhappy fans
The crowds were positioned to the front of the museum, mostly on the grass banks. However, the display was mostly at low level and over the test track WAY behind the museum - a fair portion of the display was at low level including the initial approach, so was below the tree line and hidden behind the building. I reckon most of the display was at least a km away
Sadly, we were looking directly into the sun, through a significant haze, so I doubt I've got any usable photos.
However, at least I could see it - the poor souls that presumably paid a premium to go up on the roof of the museum saw virtually nothing of the entire display
Nice wing-over at the end though, with enough roar to set off several car alarms - seemed to get a little dusty as it cruised away....
Today's anti-climax means I'll have to go and see it one last time on its round-Britain flight....
The crowds were positioned to the front of the museum, mostly on the grass banks. However, the display was mostly at low level and over the test track WAY behind the museum - a fair portion of the display was at low level including the initial approach, so was below the tree line and hidden behind the building. I reckon most of the display was at least a km away
Sadly, we were looking directly into the sun, through a significant haze, so I doubt I've got any usable photos.
However, at least I could see it - the poor souls that presumably paid a premium to go up on the roof of the museum saw virtually nothing of the entire display
Nice wing-over at the end though, with enough roar to set off several car alarms - seemed to get a little dusty as it cruised away....
Today's anti-climax means I'll have to go and see it one last time on its round-Britain flight....
OK so it is from last year and from my Iphone but my youngest got to see XH558 close up at Waddingham for the first and probably last time. Thought I would share.
https://youtu.be/dnI6DC09xLg
https://youtu.be/dnI6DC09xLg
My video of the Old Warden display: https://youtu.be/6ubhxXwLvrM
Nigel_O said:
It was great to see it one last time at Gaydon yesterday, but there will have been a fair few unhappy fans
The crowds were positioned to the front of the museum, mostly on the grass banks. However, the display was mostly at low level and over the test track WAY behind the museum - a fair portion of the display was at low level including the initial approach, so was below the tree line and hidden behind the building. I reckon most of the display was at least a km away
Sadly, we were looking directly into the sun, through a significant haze, so I doubt I've got any usable photos.
I did wonder how good a view the paying guests were actually getting, as from where I (and many others) were standing around the back lanes near Lighthorne, we got a fantastic view as it flew around!The crowds were positioned to the front of the museum, mostly on the grass banks. However, the display was mostly at low level and over the test track WAY behind the museum - a fair portion of the display was at low level including the initial approach, so was below the tree line and hidden behind the building. I reckon most of the display was at least a km away
Sadly, we were looking directly into the sun, through a significant haze, so I doubt I've got any usable photos.
201 rather. My source is reliable, the info comes from a high-up R-R insider who, if identified, could stand to lose his/her job. The engines are ready and waiting to fly. The airframe has at least another four years' life left in it. This whole "not enough skills" thing is a smokescreen.
friederich said:
Great photos. What lens were you using? EXIF suggests 150-600. Zoom with TC of some kind?
Cheers, it was a Tamron 150-600 on a D800E. No TC though - not sure where you've seen that from the Exif data. I wouldn't fancy a TC on this lens anyway as it would be like looking into the black hole of Calcutta.Gassing Station | Boats, Planes & Trains | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff