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30 years today, Phantom XV582 flown by Wing Commander John Brady and Squadron Leader Mike Pugh, flew from John O' Groats to Land's End, in the record-breaking time of 46 minutes and 44 seconds!
At the time the jet was operated by 43 Squadron and this record-breaking speed run was done to celebrate the aircraft accumulating 5000 flying hours in RAF service.
Today, XV582 is better known as "Black Mike" due to the unique colour scheme applied by 111 Squadron. The jet is now resident at RAF Cosford
Brief outline of the incident here... http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=55...
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Aviation safety Network site said:
Date: 03-DEC-1962
Time: 15:30 LT
Type: Avro Vulcan B.1
Owner/operator: Bristol Siddeley Engines Ltd
Registration: XA894
Narrative:
The Vulcan was being used as a test bed for the Olympus 22R engine which was to power the TSR2. On December 3 1962, the engine was run to full power on maximum reheat when an Low Pressure turbine disc failed puncturing 2 fuel tanks and starting a fire which spread rapidly. The fire destroyed the Vulcan and a brand new fire engine that was close by. Luckily there were no serious injuries to the engineers or fire crew.
The heat was so intense that the fires were allowed to burn themselves out. The core of the disc continued across the airfield bouncing every 150 feet towards the parked prototype Bristol Type 188 (XF926). The disc eventually ran out of momentum just short of the parked aircraft
And a little more detail here...Time: 15:30 LT
Type: Avro Vulcan B.1
Owner/operator: Bristol Siddeley Engines Ltd
Registration: XA894
Narrative:
The Vulcan was being used as a test bed for the Olympus 22R engine which was to power the TSR2. On December 3 1962, the engine was run to full power on maximum reheat when an Low Pressure turbine disc failed puncturing 2 fuel tanks and starting a fire which spread rapidly. The fire destroyed the Vulcan and a brand new fire engine that was close by. Luckily there were no serious injuries to the engineers or fire crew.
The heat was so intense that the fires were allowed to burn themselves out. The core of the disc continued across the airfield bouncing every 150 feet towards the parked prototype Bristol Type 188 (XF926). The disc eventually ran out of momentum just short of the parked aircraft
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Edited by yellowjack on Monday 26th February 11:01
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