Bruntingsthorpe & Vulcan

[Halcyon]

Went up to Bruntingsthorpe airfield yesterday in the pouring rain.
Got to see a few planes doing some fast taxi-ing.
Thought I'd share with you a few pics for those that enjoy planes....

[Halcyon]

A few more pics...

Very nice - pity about the weather!

What's the plane in the first pic? Is that a Victor?

Great pics, Halcyon, like Lee said, a shame about the weather.

@Lee - yes the first pic is a Victor, I'm not sure if any intact airframes for the Valiant exist, any more?

[Halcyon]

That Victor was so loud I had to put down the camera to cover my ears !

It was a shame about the weather. Got completly drenched but it was worth it.

The Vulcan's wings are massive. It was good to see it again as the last time I had been there it was in the hanger and still being worked on.

The rounded big plane with "Airbus Skylink" is a Guppy which was used to transport Nasa space shuttle and aircraft parts.
It looks like a massive tunnel inside.

I also went inside a comet too:

[Jon T]

long live XH558, are you in the supporters club Halcyon(I am)?

Really wanted to go to Waddington or Fairford this year, looks like i''m going to neither, oh the joys of not driving

Would also love to go to the Bruntingthorpe open days, again, a bit difficuit when you haven't got your own transport.

Originally Posted by Halcyon

The rounded big plane with "Airbus Skylink" is a Guppy which was used to transport Nasa space shuttle and aircraft parts.

Err - I thanks that should be parts for the NASA Space Shuttle - NASA have it's own aircraft for transporting the Space Shuttle:

Here's a photo of "Enterprise" on a ALT test:

[danielf]

Originally Posted by LSainsbury

Err - I thanks that should be parts for the NASA Space Shuttle - NASA have it's own aircraft for transporting the Space Shuttle:

Here's a photo of "Enterprise" on a ALT test:

The Guppy carried parts for Airbus according to this page (Hence the 'Airbus Airlink' presumably )

[frogstamper]

Great pics Halcyon, I remember reading about the restoration of the Vulcan, has it now got its airworthiness certificate? I remember it used to be the highlight of the Shoreham air show when I younger. Obviously it couldn't land at Shoreham, but it used to make some very low level passes, and the noise as it passed was unbelievable, a true icon of the cold war. Thanks again Halcyon.

[Arthurgray50@blu]

I can always remember when, the NASA, aircraft came ove to the UK, with the Space shuttle, and the 'piggy back' came along the river thames, it was a glorius site, and to this day, l am 56 years old, and how the hell it stayed up in the air, with all that weight, always baffles me, l live very near Heathrow, and l still stand in amazment, on how planes stay up, totally unbelievable, good photos as well.

[frogstamper]

Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu

I can always remember when, the NASA, aircraft came ove to the UK, with the Space shuttle, and the 'piggy back' came along the river thames, it was a glorius site, and to this day, l am 56 years old, and how the hell it stayed up in the air, with all that weight, always baffles me, l live very near Heathrow, and l still stand in amazment, on how planes stay up, totally unbelievable, good photos as well.

I remember that Arthur, it was awesome, if I remember correctly NASA called that particular shuttle "Enterprise". The best sight though I remember over British skies was when the SR-71 Blackbird came over, if I recall it was setting some sort of speed record, truly amazing aircraft and a tragedy it was retired.

[Halcyon]

You can see the Blackbird in one of the big hangers at Duxford. Lovely aircraft !

More info on the vulcan here:
http://www.tvoc.co.uk/

[frogstamper]

Originally Posted by Halcyon

You can see the Blackbird in one of the big hangers at Duxford. Lovely aircraft !

More info on the vulcan here:
http://www.tvoc.co.uk/

Thanks for that Halcyon, the link mentions they are looking for corporate sponsorship, I would love to see Virgin sponsor this project as opposed to wasting their/our money on that low-brow tripe big brother.

Originally Posted by frogstamper

I remember that Arthur, it was awesome, if I remember correctly NASA called that particular shuttle "Enterprise". The best sight though I remember over British skies was when the SR-71 Blackbird came over, if I recall it was setting some sort of speed record, truly amazing aircraft and a tragedy it was retired.

I've never seen the Blackbird, but I used to live at RAF Mildenhall, which was used for operational flights - if Halcyon thought the Victor was loud, you should have heard the Blackbird taking off (always at night), it was felt, rather than heard.....

If the Vulcan is going to be at Waddington air show, this year I am seriously going to try & get to see it, I just hope they let the pilot do some of the more extreme manoeuvres it is capable of

[tweetypie/8]

Originally Posted by Halcyon

A few more pics...

superduper !! well done.