The last flying Victor - not intentionally!
Discussion
I’m guessing that most of you who frequent this forum will be aware of the last flying Victor 
but I have a question.......
Quite an interesting story of a fast taxi at Bruntingthorpe in front of the paying public that as a result of the co-pilot freezing and not reducing the throttles at 100kts at which point the Captain having to take control of the throttles and moving hands around the aircraft ‘lept into the air’ (quoted by Bob Prothoro, ex RAF Victor pilot sitting in the left hand seat that day)
Link to YouTube documentary here
So my question is simply; Given the aircraft got into the air and assuming Bob’s memory and reactions were both good enough to cope with what must have been a bit of a stressful situation, would the aircraft have been airworthy enough to complete a circuit and land in one piece and at what point do these aircraft that are OK to taxi lose their ability to fly? At the point it left the ground would it have been essentially configured to fly with correct flaps etc. given the fact it was ‘only taxiing’?
I’m not sure how difficult (indeed if necessary from the CAA) certificates to taxi are to gain however I assume for example in order to be certified to taxi they’ve got to be almost ready to fly?
but I have a question.......Quite an interesting story of a fast taxi at Bruntingthorpe in front of the paying public that as a result of the co-pilot freezing and not reducing the throttles at 100kts at which point the Captain having to take control of the throttles and moving hands around the aircraft ‘lept into the air’ (quoted by Bob Prothoro, ex RAF Victor pilot sitting in the left hand seat that day)
Link to YouTube documentary here
So my question is simply; Given the aircraft got into the air and assuming Bob’s memory and reactions were both good enough to cope with what must have been a bit of a stressful situation, would the aircraft have been airworthy enough to complete a circuit and land in one piece and at what point do these aircraft that are OK to taxi lose their ability to fly? At the point it left the ground would it have been essentially configured to fly with correct flaps etc. given the fact it was ‘only taxiing’?
I’m not sure how difficult (indeed if necessary from the CAA) certificates to taxi are to gain however I assume for example in order to be certified to taxi they’ve got to be almost ready to fly?
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