XH558...

[Camoradi]

PeetBee said:

O/T - Hello Kev
Have to catch up with you soon
Pete

Hiya Pete, if I'd known you'd be there I'd have popped down.

[tt601]

4lf4-155 said:

tt601 said:

Was it me, or was the weston display a bit shorter than I've seen before ( last year, for example).

I was there from 11am till 7pm and they were flying all day but with some quite long gaps

Sorry, I was referring to the Vulcan bit only ( as this was a thread on xh558!)

[jonny142]

Nice'n'low over Brean down at Weston

Vulcan XH558 by jonnyweb142, on Flickr

[perdu]

jonny142 said:

Nice'n'low over Brean down at Weston

Vulcan XH558 by jonnyweb142, on Flickr

WOW!

lovely photo

[Jezzerh]

You can go and have a look around the Vulcan at Finningley. I took my dad a few weeks ago, good way to spend a couple of hours.

[pstruck]

jonny142 said:

Nice'n'low over Brean down at Weston

Vulcan XH558 by jonnyweb142, on Flickr

Amazing shot. I was there as well trying to follow that pass through the viewfinder. I'm sure I nearly fell over backwards as I spun around and it passed almost directly in front of the sun! Wish I had something half as good as that to show for my efforts.

[V8LM]

jonny142 said:

Nice'n'low over Brean down at Weston

Vulcan XH558 by jonnyweb142, on Flickr

What is the plate between engines 3 and 4?

[aeropilot]

V8LM said:

jonny142 said:

Nice'n'low over Brean down at Weston

Vulcan XH558 by jonnyweb142, on Flickr

What is the plate between engines 3 and 4?

ECM aerial mounting plate IIRC.

[spitfire-ian]

V8LM said:

What is the plate between engines 3 and 4?

It's the counterpoise panel which holds the Red Shrimp antennas. Some Vulcans fitted with the Blue Steel missile had panels both sides as it was thought that the missile held beneath the bomb bay would mask some of the signal.

[central]

XH558 has just departed Doncaster on crew currency flight. Limited info feed will follow. Crew: Kev Rumens, Phil O'Dell and Jonathan Lazzari

[Willy Holloughby]

In the air at the moment...

http://www.flightradar24.com/VLCN/3a7001d

[Pesty]

How do I find it on flight radar. Just down loaded the app and been randomly clicking planes.

I assume I can search for a number? Xh558 came up with nothing.

[skOOby]

Try searching for its civilian registration which is G-VLCN

[EskimoArapaho]

There's something freaky about the way it appears and disappears from FR24. It did so on the way to Weston, and that link just stops working. (shrug)

[onyx39]

Anyone hoping to see it on Sunday at Old Warden..... I hate to be the bearer of bad news....

[ATTAK Z]

Pesty said:

How do I find it on flight radar. Just down loaded the app and been randomly clicking planes.

I assume I can search for a number? Xh558 came up with nothing.

I've never seen it on FlightRadar 24 but I've just downloaded the XH558 app and that appears to be fine ... Vulcan's been up today and I was informed via the new app

[Revol]

Least Saturday at Scarborough is still on, hopefully the weather will stay good.

[ATTAK Z]

Flight day info line will be open from 10am tomorrow for Goodwood and Scarborough displays ... both are due early afternoon

[davidexige]

Not quite XH558, but I had a close look at XM597 yesterday, she's looking a bit tired now, but it was fantastic to be able to stand underneath those massive wings.

[Amateurish]

Just saw the Vulcan over Buckingham heading South.