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Re: The Time has Arrived...
Posted: 16 Aug 2007, 14:55
by VEGAS
Thats sad news about XM603. I visited her everytime I went to Woodford as a child to watch the Airshow. The news is really depressing. :-(
Re: The Time has Arrived...
Posted: 16 Aug 2007, 15:38
by Garry Russell
How sad to here of the demise of 603 :-(
It would be nice to see it go elsewhere but a Vulcan is not the sort of thing you can bung in the boot of your car.
I suppose it serves as a reminder not to take anything for granted as nothing is forever
Garry
Re: The Time has Arrived...
Posted: 16 Aug 2007, 15:41
by jonesey2k
The hanger looks empty to me :yipeee:
Re: The Time has Arrived...
Posted: 16 Aug 2007, 16:20
by AndyG
Re: The Time has Arrived...
Posted: 16 Aug 2007, 17:48
by TSR2
If you click on the last 25 stored still pictures from each cam, she was rolled out between 14:00 and 16:00 from what I can see. :yipeee: :yipeee: :yipeee:
Re: The Time has Arrived...
Posted: 16 Aug 2007, 18:30
by AlexP
Chris Trott wrote:...for XH552 to finally return to the skies.
Wow!!!, that 's incredible XH552 is returning the air as well as XH558!?! What a sight a B1 and a B2 in the air together, fantastic. ;-)
All joking aside XH558s return to the air does appear to be drawing close, which both I and my dad (a former Vulcan AEO) are really excited about. Can’t wait to hear that distinctive roar once again.
Alex
Re: The Time has Arrived...
Posted: 16 Aug 2007, 18:36
by Vulcan_to_the_Sky!
As the user name may suggest, I have a certain affection for Avro Vulcans,
Now if only I could persuade my company to allow me down to Bruntingthorpe on business....
Im so glad that this is finally going to happen, and at some point I will see her fly in real life, it would be a dream come true!
Re: The Time has Arrived...
Posted: 16 Aug 2007, 19:07
by Robin
Woooooo, I'm in South Leicester all weekend. I may have to take a ride past and have a nose.
Re: The Time has Arrived...
Posted: 16 Aug 2007, 20:06
by Chris Trott
Ehh, typo. Dunno why I typed 552... It's fixed now...
Also, over on the WIX forum, there was a post made stating that today's roll-out was for engine runs. They were apparently successful in completing the tasks scheduled, so she's moving towards first flight.
Re: The Time has Arrived...
Posted: 17 Aug 2007, 21:44
by delticbob
Friday, there's been a small up date posted re Brunty goings on. Couple of video clips link at the page end.
http://www.tvoc.co.uk/engineering.asp
Love the chap holding the bucket in the first clip - I'm sure its is done for a reason, but I kept think
"if its going to vomit, that aint big enough"....followed by that "Aahh Condor" moment. The second clip is towing.
Won't be long now then
Bob
