This is probably a bit late for most but the Vimy was due to leave Ireland this morning at 0900 to arrive at Fairoaks between 1200-1300.. weather permitting. It's raining cats and dogs here at the mo so it may not be happening Plan is for a takeoff from Fairoaks late afternoon back to Duxford ;-) If it does happen and you hear something rather odd in the skies.. look up as the Vimy doesn't have a great deal of flying life left :flying:
Yes.. I've heard similar. No idea where the grass runway is though There IS a portion of green stuff at Mercedes World that received mucho speculation.. will they or won't they.. and as far as I'm aware, they didn't. I gather the main building at Mercedes causes a fair whack of turbulence which is why the idea was shelved. Dunno though.. no idea what sort of run the Vimy needs.. anything is possible
They didn't have brakes in those days as speeds were low and they slowed down well on the grass. I suppose with a stiff wind it could almost be verticle but the problem will always be stability on the point of touchdown no matter what the groundspeed.
When I read it I had the impression it was more of a publicity stunt. Having got the Varsity, Viscount, Jetstream and Concorde there in bits and fully reassembled I doubt the Vimy would present much of a challenge. :think:
Garry
Garry
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Rumour is that it was seen heading north in the Wycombe area about 17:30. The pilot must have knackers the size of space hoppers considering the CB activity this afternoon :o
Cheers
Rich
*Edit* - it did make it to Fairoaks, and it was later seen near Stevenage too, so its a fair bet its tucked up in bed at Duxford tonight
I got the info from my team leader at Brooklands (he lives near Farnborough) and he'd seen nothing but blue skies and sunshine at a time when we'd already had two good downpours here in Berkshire. :o
Glad they appear to have made it back. ;-) An open cockpit at those speeds in rough weather can't be a great deal of fun :-(
Plan is for a takeoff from Fairoaks late afternoon back to Duxford ;-) If it does happen and you hear something rather odd in the skies.. look up as the Vimy doesn't have a great deal of flying life left :flying: 
There IS a portion of green stuff at Mercedes World that received mucho speculation.. will they or won't they.. and as far as I'm aware, they didn't. I gather the main building at Mercedes causes a fair whack of turbulence which is why the idea was shelved. Dunno though.. no idea what sort of run the Vimy needs.. anything is possible 
