Vulcan XH558 to Duxford!

Hello from the Concorde nerd,

Not about Concorde today, but her mother, the Vulcan. For the first time since 2008, and possibly the last time, Vulcan XH558 is performing over Duxford! I've been waiting for years for this!

It's at the Duxford airshow. XH558 will be performing on Saturday 8th September, and NOt on the Sunday. Here's the page on the Duxford site.

I've seen her fly once, just a low pass over Rutland water so I'll be going, and I'll see Concorde G-AXDN, the British pre-production airframe in the amazing Airspace hangar! There will be many other flying displays from all sorts of aircraft, Spits, Hurricanes, B17 and more!

I'm excited already! Last time this happened there was an article about it!

Who's coming?

Concorde Speebird (no1 Vulcan-Duxford dept!)

Enjoy!!

I also think it is a spectacular aircraft. I suffer from tinnitus now thanks to Vulcans and the fact that MoD had an exclusion from H&S laws until the mid to late 80s. Every war game exercise ended with the 4 Vulcans on the Quick Reaction Alert stands at the end of the runway, starting up together and then taking off, one immediately after the other. Us poor Erks had to take what shelter we could behind the ground machinery and cover our ears as best we could too (hence the tinnitus now). The sight was magnificent and the noise.....! It sounded like the end of the world.

Keiran- I will! Double post by the way!

Mike- Sounds like a great story, and a very loud one! Those olympus engines are very loud!

CS

Ooh, ta for the heads up CS, that's in the diary, such am amazing plane. I saw it at Farnborough in 2010, I was so excited I rented a lens especially for the day. Quite tempted to do that again

r.

Great, hope you go as well!

On the calender, and I'm sure Dad will want to go as well (he's in France). So I will most likely be there! Can't wait to see Concorde as well, even if she is only on the ground! G-AXDN, British Pre-production model and acheived the fastest speed that Concorde ever travelled, Mach 2.23 with Brian Trubshaw at the controls.

CS

By the way, XH558 is also doing a display over Cosford on the 9th September and Eastbourne, on 11th August, and those 3 are the last shows of the season for XH558 (I think), before she enters her winter service.

Visit the Vulcan to the Sky website for more information! I can't wait for Duxford, I should be there!

CS

Have a great time, Had my "fix" in the late 60's with low speed dirty passes, bomb doors open etc, and the end of display high speed low level departure!

(hooked for life) Graham

Had the "misfortune" to spend a week at RAF Waddington during the 80's when I was in the air cadets . Loved being able to sit out by the runway and watch the Vulcans go.

Andy

You had me going for a moment there CS. I looked on the XH558 site and the 9th Sept flight is over Cosby in Leicestershire - not Cosford in Shropshire.

Sparks (disappointed Salopian)

Edited By Sparks on 05/08/2012 09:27:53

rumour mill has it that we will be getting a visit flyover at Woodford on the anniverseray of her birth, she was built there after all

Sorry, you are right it is Cosby on the 9th September.

Some great stories there, wish I was there!

Alan, I'm not sure but there may be a 60th anniversary flight, so that may be the one.

CS

One day, CS, when i scan my slides into the computer, i will post the pickies! the one into the bomb bay is most impressive, it was only 100ft above me. Ahh...the memories!

Graham

OOoo eeerr! The Vulcan has just flown over my house (N of Sleaford 10nm) 1500ft heading North. I'm going to have a lie down now!

gawd, we used to curse these tin triangles when i was a kid, they where forever flying over here, over, and under the airport traffic, now, love her to bits, but feel the money spent is money that many other planes could have, its nice to see her in the air though, my best vulcan memories? flying a phase 6 on a local hill, and having the big bird come at use from behind, the ground shook a little, then, when i was younger, watching bombing practise off the beach at mablethorpe, and having a raf heli hover over us, telling us to--erm--go away, well, we did not know we where on a bombing range!!!!

then i look at XM603 at woodford, and think, how sad, i can only see one end for this plane, and it aint pretty