Victor at Bruntingthorpe
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I've heard a rumour at 2nd hand that an old Victor bomber at Bruntingthorpe almost crashed yesterday, apparently it got airborne after what was supposed to be a fast taxi run. All I can find on google are vague references to 'an incident' and hints of a cover up.
PH people normaly know about aircraft matters, do we have anyone who knows what really happened?
PH people normaly know about aircraft matters, do we have anyone who knows what really happened?
Got a little carried away.
http://www.pprune.org/aviation-history-nostalgia/3...
Victor to the Sky...etc.
http://www.pprune.org/aviation-history-nostalgia/3...
Victor to the Sky...etc.
FourWheelDrift said:
Got a little carried away.
http://www.pprune.org/aviation-history-nostalgia/3...
Victor to the Sky...etc.
http://www.pprune.org/aviation-history-nostalgia/3...
Victor to the Sky...etc.
If it was structurally weak it would not be ground run, it flew into Brunters in 1993 so it wasn't a non-flying airframe. The systems for ground running and taxing are all working but the major worry would be flight control failure if they had decided to go around as they are things they haven't had to use for real since 1998.
FourWheelDrift said:
If it was structurally weak it would not be ground run, it flew into Brunters in 1993 so it wasn't a non-flying airframe. The systems for ground running and taxing are all working but the major worry would be flight control failure if they had decided to go around as they are things they haven't had to use for real since 1998.
Bet the guy in the left hand seat absolutely st himself!i think it was a good that it took it proves to the world that she is airworthy and is capable of flight or she would have just broken i do find it funny but it does seem that bruntingthorpe has came very close to a very big disaster viewed by many onlookers and what happened was (there were 2 factors) one was that a technical fault involving the throttle getting stuck open which forced her into a crazy takeoff speed and the air pressure created by the wind just made her take off simple
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