Classic British Flight Sim

Hi Chaps..

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:

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DaveB :tab:

I read the other day Dave that it will be grounded in October when it flies into Brooklands using a grass runway :think:

Know anything????


Garry

BTW Dave

Those take off and landing times......are they the same day :roll:

Garry

Hello Mate..

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

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DaveB :tab:

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

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

Tks for that Rich

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 :-(

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DaveB :tab:

Flies slow enough for thr pilot to use a brollie don't it Dave....?

Ok i'm off..... ;-)

Tony

Yes mate. It's also a good reason to have a captain and first officer. The first officer is perfectly qualified to get wet

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DaveB :tab:

Hi Guy's..

Just received this link of the Vimy's flight on Monday ;-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PFH6e6s ... 0D&index=0

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DaveB :tab: