XH558 First Flight . . . . . Today!!!

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Re: XH558 First Flight . . . . . Today!!!

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I've been watching here:
http://news.sky.com/skynews/livenewsevents#

Its not on at the moment, they only went to it for about 5 mins, but it was worth it!

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Absolutley superb news!

:welldone: :welldone: :welldone: Well done to everyone involved :welldone: :welldone: :welldone:

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:welldone: :welldone: :welldone: :welldone:

After 14 years she got back to where she belongs....in the air. After all the hard work over the years there is only one word for it......Fantastic.
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Congrats to all involved. Hopefully she'll make some trips around the country for us all to enjoy!
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Nice one :welldone: :welldone:

Amazing achivement :)

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:yipeee: :yipeee: :yipeee: :yipeee: CHEERS

She looks fantastic back in her element......

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Hi Folks

Webcam 6 view -
They're odd urls so you'll have to copy into your address bar.

Takeoff at 12:27:09

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http://vbc01.verifiedalarms.co.uk/index.php?act=search2&p=79&b[]=1&b[]=8&&fy=2007&fm=10&fd=18&fh=11&fn=00&ty=&tm=&td=&th=12&tn=00
Landing at 12:58:38 -

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http://vbc01.verifiedalarms.co.uk/index.php?act=search2&p=53&b[]=1&b[]=8&&fy=2007&fm=10&fd=18&fh=11&fn=00&ty=&tm=&td=&th=12&tn=00
Assume times are GMT

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Until I get hold of the first flight footage... here's some more 'fast taxi'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSboTXYrgJg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jp_K6hWIuAE

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The Big Bird is back http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/leic ... 049694.stm

Congratulations to all.

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Ok here's a shot BBC vid commemorating the great event!

http://search.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/search/ ... rch=Search

oh and some high level stuff from youtube

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... &plindex=0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxb0Duv-aAc

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