Thought some of you might like to see this article/video:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/ar...in_page_id=1770
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/ar...in_page_id=1770
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&6.5m and 14 years. They have achieved the impossible. I've been following this daily for years. The U.S govt should be thanked for kicking off the restoration with a donation of $600,000 as long as they get it for testing (was way before it's time) Here's a few video's. Meg Ryan is a bonus. Listen for the 'howl' which is a resonance in the intakes, once heard never forgotten. Big volume required
http://www.zen31339.zen.co.uk.xh558a.wmv
http://www.zen31339.zen.co.uk.xh558b.wmv
http://www.zen31339.zen.co.uk.xh558a.wmv
http://www.zen31339.zen.co.uk.xh558b.wmv
Simply awesome.
It certainly is. I just played it through some decent speakers and I think I have damaged the house foundations. Anybody apart from Mori and myself seen/felt a Vulcan live?
Negative.
I once was very close to a C17 doing what I think was a short-field take-off: pilot applied brakes, ran engines up to full throttle, stayed stopped for a few seconds, and then released. It seemed way too slow to take off when he pulled back. Very loud, very cool. No intake resonance like the Vulcan, however...
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I once was very close to a C17 doing what I think was a short-field take-off: pilot applied brakes, ran engines up to full throttle, stayed stopped for a few seconds, and then released. It seemed way too slow to take off when he pulled back. Very loud, very cool. No intake resonance like the Vulcan, however...
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http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=VECwLl06ik0
Take from opposite side. Large volume required. An amazing achievement
Take from opposite side. Large volume required. An amazing achievement
while i was in the airforce stationed in england usaf i was working one weekend and the vulcan bomber was practicing the manoucers it was going to do for the air show well it did more extream workout than what was required. i will never forget the sounds of the intake sucking air 50 feet above the ground on full military power
what theres no edit well sorry for the typo's
It doesn't sound like it's man made. I've seen people crying they were so scared. As the U.S govt kicked off the restoration maybe there's a chance it will visit the U.S again.
Back in 1982 I was living in Belgium and remember seeing a Vulcan doing manuvers. Was that plane part of the Belgium Air Force or was it a Brittish plane allowed to fly over Belgium? It's been a long time , but I sorta remembered it was smoking a lot and I did'nt feel too comfortable with it flying so low!
Only RAF. Smoky when engines old or not tuned to perfection.
XH558 didn't smoke when it flew recently. That was surprising.
newer fuels don't smoke as much as the older ones. Older jet engines smoke regardless of their state of tune.
Well that explains it then. Old RR Olympus turbojets probably appreciate the new fuels. What an aircraft. I wonder how many Americans know it's capabilities?
I got to see a Vulcan when I was a kid. The local SAC base had an air show, and the Vulcan did put on a nice show. Walking along at those military planes was impressive to a kid, though I did like the historical piston engine aircraft sound better than the jet roar.
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newer fuels don't smoke as much as the older ones. Older jet engines smoke regardless of their state of tune.
Due to advances in combustor design among other improvements. I like to watch old footage of early B-52's take off, cartridge starters and all. Looks like an oil well fire.
Vulcans are absolutely awesome, the wing area qualifies it as an aluminum overcast!
newer fuels don't smoke as much as the older ones. Older jet engines smoke regardless of their state of tune.
Due to advances in combustor design among other improvements. I like to watch old footage of early B-52's take off, cartridge starters and all. Looks like an oil well fire.
Vulcans are absolutely awesome, the wing area qualifies it as an aluminum overcast!
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