Vulcan bomber to fly soon in UK?

sabredriver · **Posted:** Tue Aug 14, 2007 5:15 am

Ok there is a NOTAM for flight testing.. so must mean so good long awaited news for us vuclanatics...

sabredriver · **Posted:** Tue Aug 14, 2007 5:33 am

Whosa gona have exclusive WIX pics for us when she hits the air?

EXPAT0149 · **Joined:** Fri Nov 18, 2005 9:44 am **Posts:** 163

Where did you get the info about the flight testing from ????
The TVOC site doesnt mention it .....then again i migh be looking in the right place

skydaddy61 · **Joined:** Wed Jul 11, 2007 8:58 am **Posts:** 208

That is cool! I saw one on its last trip around the US before being retired, many years ago. it made an unbelievable screeching sound.

RMAllnutt · **Posted:** Tue Aug 14, 2007 1:48 pm

EXPAT0149 wrote:

Where did you get the info about the flight testing from ????
The TVOC site doesnt mention it .....then again i migh be looking in the right place

The actual date has not been announced publicly. However, NOTAM's have been posted to alert pilots flying in the area at specific dates and times that the Vulcan may be performing test flights. Dates in late august and early september are the listed.

Cheers,
Richard

Ztex · **Posted:** Tue Aug 14, 2007 2:15 pm

That's exciting news...

Would love to see one fly again...Saw this one at Carswell back in the 80's What a show!

peter · **Posted:** Tue Aug 14, 2007 2:24 pm

Did you manage to get a serial of that Vulcan?

Ztex · **Posted:** Tue Aug 14, 2007 3:20 pm

I'll have to look at my other photos and see if there are numbers visible.

Z

EXPAT0149 · **Joined:** Fri Nov 18, 2005 9:44 am **Posts:** 163

Used to love the take off , the Vulcan howls , the next thing you'd see is loads of people running to thier cars to turn of the now activated car alarms

Ztex · **Posted:** Tue Aug 14, 2007 10:17 pm

peter wrote:

Did you manage to get a serial of that Vulcan?

Peter,

It was XL426

This is the only pic I have that shows the number.

dhfan · **Posted:** Wed Aug 15, 2007 12:24 am

XL426 is still around and kept in taxying condition at Southend Aiport.

http://www.avrovulcan.com/

and for those that have never heard the Vulcan howl

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pp6OkcaOfrE

bdk · **Joined:** Sun May 02, 2004 1:16 am **Posts:** 11324

Has anyone ever seen an accident report for Vulcan XL390? I saw this airplane about 15 seconds prior to it's fatal crash.

Firebird · **Posted:** Wed Aug 15, 2007 7:30 am

bdk wrote:

Has anyone ever seen an accident report for Vulcan XL390? I saw this airplane about 15 seconds prior to it's fatal crash.

There has been a bit of discussion on this on 'pprune' a while back, with those that obviously knew refraining from posting anything. Those in the RAF at the time saw the BOE report but as it was an in-service mil a/c there is no public accident report IIRC, and so it's on a 'need to know' only basis for type operation.

vg-photo · **Posted:** Wed Aug 15, 2007 7:36 am

I remember watching the last of the flying Vulcan's at Mildenhall and Lakenheath in the mid-1980s. They sure were neat. It would be great to get one flying again. Through in an EE Lightning and I might have to take another trip across the pond!

Warbird Kid · **Posted:** Wed Aug 15, 2007 7:46 am

So when are we gonna see a B-47 and a F-111 in the U.S.?

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