The British built Avro Vulcan Bomber XH558 - the only flying example left - suffered two major engine failures last week.
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The British built Avro Vulcan Bomber XH558 - the only flying example left - suffered two major engine failures last week.
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In happier times...
Last edited by skiesandseasHD; 2012-06-04 at 06:37 AM.
Man that is a GORGEOUS aircraft, love that engine noise, thanks for posting
I hope they can fix it in time for the Olympics. From the article, it looks like they planned to use this amazing plane in some fashion
If they can;t fix for the Olympics, maybe we can loan them a pair of F-22s, a B-2 and a B-1...
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A triumph of British engineering or not, the Olympics are supposed to be a celebration of peace, and it's rather inappropriate to use the occasion to display a warplane, let alone a type that's not only nuclear-capable, but participated in offensive operations against another Olympics-participating country.
Millions in damages caused by forgotten silica bead bags left in the engines for dehumidifying purposes. Somebody really screwed up.
I was under the impression that the Vulcan was supposed to be used in combination with the Concorde (had they gotten her flying in time) for the Queen's party as well as the Olympics, hope they'll be able to get her flying soon!
Though they are a celebration of peace, cooperation and athletics, it's also an immense honor to host the games, and I think displaying triumphs outside the realm of athletics is fair game, especially when we're talking about a retired warbird such as this, it's not like opening the games with a parade of SAMs or a current model bomber loaded with live nukes...
Do you think there wouldn't be any sort of military flyover if/when the games are held in the USA?
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I guess I didn't take a large enough grain of salt with the stuff I was reading on the Save Concorde Group websites and their news coverage a few years back.
I haven't researched it at all, but it would not surprise me if the Blues or Birds were at least considered for a flyover in past Olympic events, not exactly gray jets with live missiles and bombs aboard, but certainly capable of carrying them. The CT-114s that the Snowbirds fly are capable of carrying weapons as a light COIN aircraft, and are used as such by Malaysia, this is true for most current trainers. Opening ceremonies today seem too artsy/choreographed to work well with a flyover, but that's just my opinion and the aero geek in me would still love to see them take part.
I was gutted to hear of the incident after I finally got approval to return to Fairford next month. VTTS has overcome so many hurdles the last 7 years trying get XH558 in the air and keep her there so there is no reason why they can't navigate one more. Schedule and funds are tight, but mt fingers are crossed! Lot's of up to date info in the UKAR forum here...
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