Vulcan Bomber,whos up for a Cruise Saturday 14th August :)
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I know aswell as the vettes and cars ive met a fair few amongst us that are into Aircraft,one of the most exhilerating experiences ive seen is the sight of a Vulcan Bomber making a low pass over an airfield.
Heres a chance to see a peice of aviation history up close and if anyone is interested then i would be up for a cruise with meeting points at Fleet,Clacket lane services etc on the way.
http://pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/topi
Heres a chance to see a peice of aviation history up close and if anyone is interested then i would be up for a cruise with meeting points at Fleet,Clacket lane services etc on the way.
http://pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/topi
On holiday Cliffie unfortunately. I am though going to Red Bull Air Race at Longleat on 2nd September. Now there is an excuse for a cruise for the aircarft minded among you. You ahave to egister on the website in advance though, limited numbers no entry on the day. I wanted to go last year but left it too late.
www.longleat.co.uk/events-redbull.html
yellowshark454 said:
On holiday Cliffie unfortunately. I am though going to Red Bull Air Race at Longleat on 2nd September. Now there is an excuse for a cruise for the aircarft minded among you. You ahave to egister on the website in advance though, limited numbers no entry on the day. I wanted to go last year but left it too late.
www.longleat.co.uk/events-redbull.html
Sounds like another good date.
yellowshark454 said:
On holiday Cliffie unfortunately. I am though going to Red Bull Air Race at Longleat on 2nd September. Now there is an excuse for a cruise for the aircarft minded among you. You ahave to egister on the website in advance though, limited numbers no entry on the day. I wanted to go last year but left it too late.
www.longleat.co.uk/events-redbull.html
Got my ticket to the air race last week
Dee Gee said:
Wish I could join you.
Never flew the Vulcan but I spent many happy hours in my Phanton trying to intercept them. Once they got above 45000 feet it was well nigh impossible!
Never flew the Vulcan but I spent many happy hours in my Phanton trying to intercept them. Once they got above 45000 feet it was well nigh impossible!
Hi Dave
Do you know many of the guys on the Athene project at RAF Waddington AWC? I get to work with them quite a bit.
seefive said:
Dee Gee said:
Wish I could join you.
Never flew the Vulcan but I spent many happy hours in my Phanton trying to intercept them. Once they got above 45000 feet it was well nigh impossible!
Never flew the Vulcan but I spent many happy hours in my Phanton trying to intercept them. Once they got above 45000 feet it was well nigh impossible!
Hi Dave
Do you know many of the guys on the Athene project at RAF Waddington AWC? I get to work with them quite a bit.
Oh yes
I'll be back there in November
Dee Gee said:
Wish I could join you.
Never flew the Vulcan but I spent many happy hours in my Phanton trying to intercept them. Once they got above 45000 feet it was well nigh impossible!
Never flew the Vulcan but I spent many happy hours in my Phanton trying to intercept them. Once they got above 45000 feet it was well nigh impossible!
I'm impressed Dave, the Phoantom F4 (?) was my favourite fighter aircraft when I was a kid (still is). I remember it broke virtually every speed / climb record under the sun at the time if I'm not mistaken. I once went to a talk given by an RAF pilot detailing his experiences flying the Phantom. Interestingly I remember him saying that "when refuelling in mid-air, the aircraft would be on reheat and actually use fuel at a faster rate than it was taking onboard". I have spent forever working out how that can be possible...
On the subject of Vulcans: I used to holiday in Malta evey year or so (also when I was a kid) and remember Vulcans flying to and from the RAF base there.
I'll never forget the sight of the huge delta wing: it seemed to fill the whole sky. And as for the noise. Put it this way: open headers and a Borla don't even come close...!
Malc
malc350 said:
when I was a kid (still is).
Shouldn't that be "still am" ?
malc350 said:
I once went to a talk given by an RAF pilot detailing his experiences flying the Phantom. Interestingly I remember him saying that "when refuelling in mid-air, the aircraft would be on reheat and actually use fuel at a faster rate than it was taking onboard".
Mmmm, right...
Did he ever start asking questions like Captain Oveur did to Joey in "Airplne" ? Mind you, it'd be fun to see a Phantom pushing a VC10 along above the speed of sound, let alone a Hercules !
malc350 said:
Dee Gee said:
Wish I could join you.
Never flew the Vulcan but I spent many happy hours in my Phanton trying to intercept them. Once they got above 45000 feet it was well nigh impossible!
Never flew the Vulcan but I spent many happy hours in my Phanton trying to intercept them. Once they got above 45000 feet it was well nigh impossible!
I'm impressed Dave, the Phoantom F4 (?) was my favourite fighter aircraft when I was a kid (still is). I remember it broke virtually every speed / climb record under the sun at the time if I'm not mistaken. I once went to a talk given by an RAF pilot detailing his experiences flying the Phantom. Interestingly I remember him saying that "when refuelling in mid-air, the aircraft would be on reheat and actually use fuel at a faster rate than it was taking onboard". I have spent forever working out how that can be possible...
On the subject of Vulcans: I used to holiday in Malta evey year or so (also when I was a kid) and remember Vulcans flying to and from the RAF base there.
I'll never forget the sight of the huge delta wing: it seemed to fill the whole sky. And as for the noise. Put it this way: open headers and a Borla don't even come close...!
Malc
We used to tank at 25,000 ft. With a full missile load it was a little close to the drag curve so you needed a little burner to keep it plugged in. Trouble was with burner the gas went out quicker than it came in. the secret was to ask the tanker pilot to drop down a couple of thousand feet!
Of interest, I tanked off a Vulcan tanker quite a few times. We converted some Vulcans into tankers just after the Falklands War until the Tristar arrived
Great bird to tank from!
Edited by Dee Gee on Saturday 15th July 05:45
malc350 said:
te51cle said:
malc350 said:
when I was a kid (still is).
Shouldn't that be "still am" ?
I'll be a kid again when I get another 'Vette...
Bet a Phantom is better on fuel than my old 455 HO Trans Am.
Two Speys in full reheat........... 2000 lbs a minute
My record was 20 mins from chock to chock.
Edited by Dee Gee on Saturday 15th July 05:43
Dee Gee said:
We used to tank at 25,000 ft. With a full missile load it was a little close to the drag curve so you needed a little burner to keep it plugged in. Trouble was with burner the gas went out quicker than it came in. the secret was to ask the tanker pilot to drop down a couple of thousand feet!
Blimey, never would have believed it. Did hear about planes going to the Falklands having to refuel from a Hercules while in a dive but never would have thought it would be necessary when refuelling from a jet.
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