Open Day For The First Fast Taxi Run by The VC10.

VintageAviationNews · **Posted:** Tue May 13, 2014 5:34 am

May 25th marks the debut for the Vickers VC10 fast taxi display at the Cold War Jets Open Day at Bruntingthorpe aerodrome in Leicestershire, England.

Here is the full article. Enjoy!

http://www.warbirdsnews.com/warbirds-ne ... -vc10.html

DH82EH · **Posted:** Tue May 13, 2014 8:01 am

Sometimes these fast taxi days get quite exciting! :shock:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCyNJ3-8fKY

Andy

VintageAviationNews · **Posted:** Tue May 13, 2014 4:10 pm

DH82EH wrote:

Sometimes these fast taxi days get quite exciting! :shock:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCyNJ3-8fKY

Andy

I like how they tried to get back on the runway!

Funny video,thanks!

p51 · **Posted:** Tue May 13, 2014 7:24 pm

I've always wondered how these high speed taxi events are still allowed to happen after the one noted above.

davidwomacks · **Joined:** Sat Aug 04, 2012 2:34 pm **Posts:** 195

p51 wrote:

I've always wondered how these high speed taxi events are still allowed to happen after the one noted above.

No one died so I don't see the harm.

Iclo · **Posted:** Wed May 14, 2014 2:29 am

From what I heard, the official response of the CAA was very funny after this little incident : "This thing is not a registred aircraft so we aren't involved at all in any question about it".

But I suppose that the unofficial response could have been more direct.
Just after the incident, everyone was sure this was the end of all "high speed taxi run" at least, if not the end of "live ground running aircraft in the Uk"

VintageAviationNews · **Posted:** Wed May 14, 2014 7:57 am

Iclo wrote:

From what I heard, the official response of the CAA was very funny after this little incident : "This thing is not a registred aircraft so we aren't involved at all in any question about it".

But I suppose that the unofficial response could have been more direct.
Just after the incident, everyone was sure this was the end of all "high speed taxi run" at least, if not the end of "live ground running aircraft in the Uk"

Funny. Inline with government bodies statements.

p51 · **Posted:** Wed May 14, 2014 11:17 am

davidwomacks wrote:

p51 wrote:

I've always wondered how these high speed taxi events are still allowed to happen after the one noted above.

No one died so I don't see the harm.

They could have, though, quite easily. And what future would there be if a 'high speed taxi' turns into a situation where the group really wanted to get the plane into the air. Then they could just say with a wink, "Oh oopsie, we didn't mean to get her into the air," (nudge nudge, wink wink)...

DH82EH · **Posted:** Wed May 14, 2014 12:26 pm

I have a great deal of respect for the British authorities. They accepted that this was indeed, a one off fluke. If it were to happen again, mind you, that would put an end to this sort of thing for sure. That would be a true shame for the dedicated volunteers and enthusiasts.

Andy

K5DH · **Posted:** Wed May 14, 2014 1:03 pm

Oh. My. God. That looked to me like it was this close (holds fingers 1/16" apart) to a disaster! I can't believe the British authorities just shrugged it off. Wow.

Iclo · **Posted:** Thu May 15, 2014 2:02 am

I saw this video a few times, but it's still impressing.
Could only imagine the reaction of the peoples on the ground, mainly the volunteers who maintain this bird in running condition... :shock:

I didn't found now, but there was a interview of the pilots explaining in details what happened in the cockpit : co-pilot late to answer a "throttle back" request during a high speed "nose up" taxi run

Mike · **Joined:** Tue May 04, 2004 8:54 am **Posts:** 3331

The 'co-pilot' was in fact one of the ground engineers, who allegedly froze at the controls whilst operating the throttles. The pilot was a highly experienced Victor captain, who retrieved the situation and brought the aircraft back down again safely.

I'm not saying that lessons should not be learned, but neither is a kneejerk 'ban all fast taxy runs' response appropriate either.

DH82EH · **Posted:** Thu May 15, 2014 8:13 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGjPu6DPzWU

This is the link to the pilot explaining what happened.

Andy

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