Poll to release vital technical info keep the Vulcan flying
Discussion
I just found and signed the petition, "Reverse your decision not to release vital information and documentation, and establish working agreements to enable other willing parties to take over as the technical authorities on Vulcan XH558/G-VLCN."
I think this is important. Will you sign it too?
Vex.
Here's the link:
http://www.change.org/p/reverse-your-decision-not-...
I think this is important. Will you sign it too?
Vex.
Here's the link:
http://www.change.org/p/reverse-your-decision-not-...
Eric Mc said:
Yet another hopeless petition about getting an aeroplane into the air.
I'm starting a petition to have hydrogen filled Zeppelins back flying.
Not as far away as you think:I'm starting a petition to have hydrogen filled Zeppelins back flying.
http://www.hybridairvehicles.com/
FFG
Eric Mc said:
Yet another hopeless petition about getting an aeroplane into the air.
I'm starting a petition to have hydrogen filled Zeppelins back flying.
I agree with Eric on this. It was fun to see the vulcan still flying for a bit longer, but the whole scenario was perhaps aptly described by another poster as a 'gravy train'. I can't disagree with that. And besides, all good things come to an end. It's a shame that future generations won't see it fly but they won't see HP42s flying out of Croydon either. I'm starting a petition to have hydrogen filled Zeppelins back flying.
Onwards and upwards, as they say
Riley Blue said:
Mave said:
Nevertheless, do you really think the issue is one of being unwilling, rather than one of being unable?
From what has been written, yes.ecsrobin said:
It's had its moment let another aircraft take to the podium.
Yeah, but nothing will take the podium, will it? Certainly nothing like the Vulcan. Old warbirds, sure, and I'd love to see a Mozzy or huge old WW2 bomber up there to an extent, but aircraft that are on the Vulcan's level? Lightning? Victor? Buc? Concorde even?! None of them are ever going to fly again, at least not in the UK in the case of the Lightning.I do agree that it's had it's moment, and I think people are just struggling to let go. If it ran forever, the donations would probably dry up as people would take it for granted more. But on the flipside, I don't think there's anything that can match it for pulling power. People who aren't even into planes know what the Vulcan is. That's a real achievement, and the fact they even got it back up in the skies again is massive, but I don't think it'll ever happen again sadly.
As for the reasons it won't fly again, and the complete decision making behind it, I don't think we'll ever know the whole story.
Richie Slow said:
Eric Mc said:
Yet another hopeless petition about getting an aeroplane into the air.
I'm starting a petition to have hydrogen filled Zeppelins back flying.
I agree with Eric on this. It was fun to see the vulcan still flying for a bit longer, but the whole scenario was perhaps aptly described by another poster as a 'gravy train'. I can't disagree with that. And besides, all good things come to an end. It's a shame that future generations won't see it fly but they won't see HP42s flying out of Croydon either. I'm starting a petition to have hydrogen filled Zeppelins back flying.
Onwards and upwards, as they say
It wasn't just one though. The Hindenburg accident was the last in a long line of airship accidents. As they were built in the 1920s and 30s they were structurally very weak and prone to serious breakages. Most rigid airships were lost due to structural breakups. Even the Hindenburg accident was almost definitely started by some of the internal tensioning wires snapping and creating friction sparks as they snapped.
The problem with airships is that these days their pilots look like this:
Anyway, my vote is for the Fairey Rotordyne project to be updated and rolled out over every European capital city (and Corby). How else can you travel from, say the centre of London to the centre of Paris or Brussels??
Anyway, my vote is for the Fairey Rotordyne project to be updated and rolled out over every European capital city (and Corby). How else can you travel from, say the centre of London to the centre of Paris or Brussels??
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