Only 4 days left to save Avro Vulcan XH558

[Rich H]

Read the SA CAA report.

The UK CAA would not allow it to fly in the UK due to it's in-service safety record.

They applied to fly ZU-BEX down to SA but weren't allowed.

Noise would have been a problem too but could have been managed as necessary.

[pete]

http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=27616

[oneshot]

Guess what flew over our house yesterday?

 

Yep XH558 - I believe it was on its way to or from RAF Cosford.

[bingoking]

It's flying today again. https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=zJoGZd3-Qg5U.kr6xxU1U7Acg

[Dave Eds]

any time info Brian?

 

 

 

 

edit - Duxford at 2.08 pm and I am on the flight path whoop!

[Sparky]

Schedule here:

 

http://www.vulcantothesky.org/salute-to-the-v-force-tour.html

[espritmania]

Saw it last at the Weston super Mare airday.

[Dave Eds]

So for a big bird that was quite a strange flyover above East Herts - positively ghostly! No wonder the Argies had no clues! The only real tell tale was the lull in Stansted traffic hence the ghostly bit. That and the fact that she came from dark skies into relative brightness. 

 

 

Far different from the display I saw at the FOS a few years back of course. And Bruntingthorpe a few years further back

 

 

Managed to get a couple of long range pics that don't amount to much on zooming in. Heyho

[Sparky]

Only had to drive 2 miles to be under it today. Right over the old Rolls Royce establishment at Leavesden.

[Stuart Monument]

I went to Norwich airport today to watch it. Amazing! It just hangs in the air, it's a shame it only did two fly pasts , but pleased to have seen it.