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Re: The Airborne Victor on 'Airliners'

Posted: 14 Jun 2009, 20:50
by Sl4yer
VEGAS wrote:Without trawling throught the web for detailed answers, does anyone know in a nutshell whats happened to the crew and whether the Aircraft suffered any damage? :think:
I believe (from Pprune) that the pilot / organisers submitted a report to the CAA, who haven't responded as yet. There was no major damage to the aircraft, although it did land partially on the grass.

A video of the take-off (although not the landing) is available HERE. You'll have to register to view it though.

James

Re: The Airborne Victor on 'Airliners'

Posted: 14 Jun 2009, 21:13
by RAF_Quantum
Nice vid! You can almost hear the pilot thinking "Ah, what the hell, they can only revoke my license - but hang on, I haven't got one, yippee".

:rock: :rock:

Regards

John

Re: The Airborne Victor on 'Airliners'

Posted: 14 Jun 2009, 21:18
by Garry Russell
Brilliant :tab:

Thanks for that James :thumbsup:

BTW I didn't need to register :dunno:

Garry

Re: The Airborne Victor on 'Airliners'

Posted: 14 Jun 2009, 21:58
by Sl4yer
RAF_Quantum wrote:Nice vid! You can almost hear the pilot thinking "Ah, what the hell, they can only revoke my license - but hang on, I haven't got one, yippee".
:lol: I'm guessing that wasn't what the pilot was thinking at all! :fart:

Clearly caused by a BIG gust of wind. I suppose they'll cut power at 80 knots in the future. That's if they can obtain Public Liability Insurance at a reasonable cost in the future...

Don't know why folks haven't had to register... I had to. Some good pics and show info on that site though.

James

Re: The Airborne Victor on 'Airliners'

Posted: 14 Jun 2009, 22:24
by speedbird591
If you want to know what the pilot was thinking, read the responses to the video in James's link. The pilot, under the username Victoraircraft makes a post in response and explains exactly what happened. Half way down page 2 :)

Ian

Re: The Airborne Victor on 'Airliners'

Posted: 15 Jun 2009, 00:17
by DaveB
Indeed mate :thumbsup:

I think we should throw our combined weight behind the Victor. It managed this without any publicity and no lottery funding. My hat is permanently off to the team :) Think outside the box and things can happen ;-)

ATB

DaveB :tab:

Re: The Airborne Victor on 'Airliners'

Posted: 18 Jun 2009, 13:22
by NigelC
I see the MOR is on the latest SDU bulletins.....Closed on Receipt

Type: Military Location: Bruntingthorpe Occ Num: 200904230
Series: Reporter: AAIB Date: 03 May 2009
Engin: UNKNOWN Repref: EW/Z2009/05/01 Flt Phae: Taxi
esRegn: G-MILITARY Operator: Military Status: Closed On Receipt
C Events : Flight Crew Occurrence
lassification : Military Occurrences
A/c inadvertently became airborne during high speed taxi. A/c landed immediately. No damage or injuries reported.

Re: The Airborne Victor on 'Airliners'

Posted: 29 Jul 2009, 23:15
by gordon-in-aberdeen
Evening folks,

Been lurking around here for a while and much enjoying the banter / aircraft and general camaraderie between you all. Anyway, finally found an excuse to post. I Found this clip of on youtube this afternoon & couldn't find any indication anyone else here has noticed it yet (apologies I know its old news but didn't realise someone had got it all on film) so thought you would like a pointer. Looks like someone was actually very well placed to catch "Teasin Tina" doing what she does best: -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh2YSzBdWFg&NR=1

As we say up here north-o-the border, Cheers :thumbsup: CHEERS

Re: The Airborne Victor on 'Airliners'

Posted: 29 Jul 2009, 23:26
by Garry Russell
Thanks Gordon and welcome :wave:

Actually that's the third time that's been posted here and there was an earlier one posted here and elsewhere a while back :)

Never mind.better than not at all :lol:

Garry

Re: The Airborne Victor on 'Airliners'

Posted: 30 Jul 2009, 12:44
by gordon-in-aberdeen
:worried: :$ Oops, Looks like I have to sharpen up me search skills... :doho: thanks for that Garry.
(quietly slips back into the ether with egg on face :worried: )