XH558...

[Famous Graham]

Second taxi run went fine, CAA approval taxi tests done

[Eric Mc]

There was an all white Victor B1 at Cosford too.

[spitfire-ian]

Famous Graham said:

Second taxi run went fine, CAA approval taxi tests done

Only one thing left then

Pictures from today are on the tvoc forum Here

Edited by spitfire-ian on Wednesday 17th October 18:45

[anonymous-user]

Rumoured test flight to be 11:30 tomorrow.

Don't shoot the messenger though if it is wrong!!

[Hooli]

it'll be a great day tomorrow if she flies, amazing work done already there. well done to everyone involved.

[central]

Just found this on youtube -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiRFKRLNwXg&mod...

[Famous Graham]

spitfire-ian said:

Famous Graham said:

Second taxi run went fine, CAA approval taxi tests done

Only one thing left then

Pictures from today are on the tvoc forum Here

Edited by spitfire-ian on Wednesday 17th October 18:45

I had a feeling Damien would be in attendance - he always takes cracking aircraft photos

[anonymous-user]

If you've got reasonable kit and can get to the places the public can't then it's not difficult to get good shots

[spitfire-ian]

central said:

Just found this on youtube -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiRFKRLNwXg&mod...

That was her first walk on Friday

Videos at the bottom of the article here

[Skywalker]

I'll try and get up there tomorrow with a camera just in case.

[spitfire-ian]

Famous Graham said:

I had a feeling Damien would be in attendance - he always takes cracking aircraft photos

FG, are you on the tvoc forum too?

[central]

Skywalker said:

I'll try and get up there tomorrow with a camera just in case.

I'm gonna have a look.

[Famous Graham]

spitfire-ian said:

Famous Graham said:

I had a feeling Damien would be in attendance - he always takes cracking aircraft photos

FG, are you on the tvoc forum too?

Nah, I just read it - I know Damien from The DVD Forums. His consistently excellent airshow photography was what got me more into the field in the first place. And yes, he often gets good access - he knows a fair few RAF folk I believe, particularly at his local base, which I think might be Brize. Not been unknown for him to get pax rides to take aerial shots of aircraft too. The git

[ph1l5]

I can't wait to see some more pics.

[Eric Mc]

Not getting much coverage on radio news at the moment but it looks like BBC News 24 and Sky News are on hand to cover the first flight live this morning at around 11.30 am (at least according to the Flypast Forum).

[williamp]

The local radio (BBC Radio Leicester) said it will be flying today.

[Citroenella]

so can anyone go? i've got nothing to do today... can you get in, or is it a case of finding somewhere to park outside?

[emicen]

Is it being web streamed anywhere?

[spitfire-ian]

emicen said:

Is it being web streamed anywhere?

Simple answer, YES Here

And the title says "Today's the day"

[central]

Citroenella said:

so can anyone go? i've got nothing to do today... can you get in, or is it a case of finding somewhere to park outside?

You can't get in to the airfield itself, but there's plenty of roads nearby.

I've just had a report that it's already flown this morning! The source is unreliable though.