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Re: XH558 First Flight . . . . . Today!!!
Posted: 18 Oct 2007, 22:07
by glen
YYYYiiiiiiiiiiiPPPPPPPPPPPEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!
:yipeee: :yipeee: :yipeee: :yipeee: :yipeee: :yipeee: :yipeee: :yipeee: :yipeee:
Glen.
Re: XH558 First Flight . . . . . Today!!!
Posted: 18 Oct 2007, 23:18
by delticbob
Techy111 wrote:Thanks Paul.....
Can i just ask one question please.....And really i DO not want to offend ANYONE........
The person half way through the interview wearing the Union Jack top....Is it a man or women......
Sorry..... :roll:
Rony
And was it a wig??
Bob Coolio
Re: XH558 First Flight . . . . . Today!!!
Posted: 18 Oct 2007, 23:20
by Chris Sykes
I did think the same think techy!!! Well it still brings a tear to my eye seeing the videos again... and ive never seen her fly for real!!!
Re: XH558 First Flight . . . . . Today!!!
Posted: 18 Oct 2007, 23:57
by Techy111
Chris the sound just resonates through your body a bit like a baby Concorde on steroids.....
Tony
Re: XH558 First Flight . . . . . Today!!!
Posted: 19 Oct 2007, 00:05
by jab
Techy111 wrote:Thanks Paul.....
Can i just ask one question please.....And really i DO not want to offend ANYONE........
The person half way through the interview wearing the Union Jack top....Is it a man or women......
Sorry..... :roll:
Rony (whos Rony ?) :brick:
Tony
A He She
but its true what he she said it could open the games but with its old Pals the Red arrows. Just been looking at info about the vulcan and it says its powered by 4x Rolls Royce Olympus engine am I right thats the same engines as Concorde? :think:
James
Re: XH558 First Flight . . . . . Today!!!
Posted: 19 Oct 2007, 00:12
by Techy111
XR219 wrote:jab wrote:
Just been looking at info about the vulcan and it says its powered by 4x Rolls Royce Olympus engine am I right thats the same engines as Concorde?
Hi James...
Basicly yes, but without the reheat. 558 uses 201 series which is slightly less rated that the 301 engined vulcans than flew Black Buck.
Hmmm James your question was already answered earlier in this thread...... :doho: LOL
Tony
Re: XH558 First Flight . . . . . Today!!!
Posted: 19 Oct 2007, 00:28
by Garry Russell
Additionally James it lacks reverse thrust
Garry
Re: XH558 First Flight . . . . . Today!!!
Posted: 19 Oct 2007, 00:46
by Rich
Brilliant WELL DONE, the locals here were wetting themselves when the A380 visited Manila god knows what would have happened if the Vulcan came.
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:drinkers: :drinkers: :drinkers:
Re: XH558 First Flight . . . . . Today!!!
Posted: 19 Oct 2007, 03:54
by nigelb
Probably my favourite after the Spitfire, I have always loved the Vulcan ever since I first spotted her in my 1958 edition of "The Observer's Book of Aircraft" Today I saw her fly for the very first time, and it was a thrill even if it was not in person but via the BBC's internet feed.
:yipeee: :yipeee: :yipeee:
Re: XH558 First Flight . . . . . Today!!!
Posted: 19 Oct 2007, 04:16
by Rich
I seem to remember a "Bristol" Olympus engine is this one and the same as the Rolls Royce Olympus Bristol was into Greek names while Rolls were river names on jet engines