andyrad29 Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 (edited) Hi hillsbro, What an experience eh? At least I have been inside the stationary display Concorde at Brooklands. I last saw the Vulcan a few weeks ago, from my garden, doing it's last display over Crofts Racing Circuit 10 miles away across the fields from my home in North Yorkshire just half a mile south of the border with County Durham. Could easily distinguish that iconic delta wing. Here's some pics I took 25 years ago of a faded old Vulcan at the South Yorkshire Air Museum which was based at Firbeck until relocating to Doncaster in 1999. There were very few people at the museum at the time of the pics and no one near the Vulcan. My co pilot became Mrs.R. 19 years ago. Peter. Correct me if i'm wrong these pics are of 391 at Blackpool which was broken up in the 90's ---------- Post added 02-01-2016 at 10:22 ---------- Correct me if i'm wrong these pics are of 391 at Blackpool which was broken up in the 90's Yes definatley XL391 which used to be at Blackpool Airport, here's myself and my brother taken on 17th April 1988! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v692/andyrad/391%2017.4.88_zpsviljd22g.jpg (the red fire engine at the rear still there!) ---------- Post added 02-01-2016 at 10:28 ---------- Great photos, Peter, and what a glamorous co-pilot! I seem to remember that in the early 1990s a Vulcan did a flypast at a Rother Valley Country Park event, but I wasn't able to get there. What a pity that the last Vulcan will soon be grounded, and nobody will ever again be able to fly in this iconic aircraft. The same applies, sadly, to Concorde - flying at Mach 2 is now just a memory for everyone except air force people. But here is a "Concorde composite" of my own 2003 trip. I got sozzled on the Veuve Clicquot and Hennessy XO! I have at least a peice of paper that was on that very last flight! what a peice of history... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v692/andyrad/certificate_zpsrqbgsw4a.jpg ---------- Post added 02-01-2016 at 10:49 ---------- Sadly not anymore. Not sure if it's happened yet but the last flight ever of a Vulcan was due some time towards the end of 2015. Unfortunaley yes it has and i am the lucky owner of a certificate which was on board that last ever flight! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v692/andyrad/certificate_zpsrqbgsw4a.jpg Edited January 2, 2016 by andyrad29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterR Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 (edited) Correct me if i'm wrong these pics are of 391 at Blackpool which was broken up in the 90's ---------- Post added 02-01-2016 at 10:22 ---------- Yes definatley XL391 which used to be at Blackpool Airport, here's myself and my brother taken on 17th April 1988! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v692/andyrad/391%2017.4.88_zpsviljd22g.jpg (the red fire engine at the rear still there!) Hi andyrad29, YES!! you're right, it was at Blackpool Airport. Great pic! I bow to your superior memory My wife, who was my girlfriend at the time, and I had a look at the Vulcan at Blackpool Airport on the same day as she flew, for the first time, in a light aircraft there in April '90. This was to get the feel of flying before our trip to what was Yugoslavia in May of that year, albeit in a bigger aircraft Peter. Edited January 2, 2016 by PeterR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyrad29 Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Correct me if i'm wrong these pics are of 391 at Blackpool which was broken up in the 90's ---------- Post added 02-01-2016 at 10:22 ---------- Yes definatley XL391 which used to be at Blackpool Airport, here's myself and my brother taken on 17th April 1988! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v692/andyrad/391%2017.4.88_zpsviljd22g.jpg (the red fire engine at the rear still there!) Hi andyrad29, YES!! you're right, it was at Blackpool Airport. Great pic! I bow to your superior memory My wife, who was my girlfriend at the time, and I had a look at the Vulcan at Blackpool Airport on the same day as she flew, for the first time, in a light aircraft there in April '90. This was to get the feel of flying before our trip to what was Yugoslavia in May of that year. Peter. brill stuff! and here's myself in the cockpit...think it was 50p to have a look in. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v692/andyrad/391_zpsrh8qnk5u.jpg such a shame how 391 ended up :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterR Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 (edited) brill stuff! and here's myself in the cockpit...think it was 50p to have a look in. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v692/andyrad/391_zpsrh8qnk5u.jpg such a shame how 391 ended up :( Another nice pic. We saw the last flight programme the other night and were reminded of the climb up into the cockpit. Not much more room than in the light aircraft! Great stuff. Only 50p eh. But it would be regarded by some as just one of many old scrappers at the time eh? Edited January 2, 2016 by PeterR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyrad29 Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Another nice pic. We saw the last flight programme the other night and were reminded of the climb up into the cockpit. Not much more room than in the light aircraft! Great stuff. Only 50p eh. But it would be regarded by some as just one of many old scrappers at the time eh? Certainly not a great amount of space compared to the size of the aircraft! Here are the steps up to XM655's Cockpit at Wellesbourne Airfield (incidentally the one used in that programme with Guy Martin) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v692/andyrad/ladders_zpsfz1dahny.jpg Well worth going there to see one of the fast taxi runs they do with her Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterR Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 (edited) Certainly not a great amount of space compared to the size of the aircraft! Here are the steps up to XM655's Cockpit at Wellesbourne Airfield (incidentally the one used in that programme with Guy Martin) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v692/andyrad/ladders_zpsfz1dahny.jpg Well worth going there to see one of the fast taxi runs they do with her Thought it was XH558 from Doncaster on Guy Martin's programme. Have look at this at Wellesbourne... http://uk.ask.com/youtube?q=wellesbourne+airfield&v=vsBycbLWKqk&qsrc=472&qo=homepageSearchBox Edited January 2, 2016 by PeterR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TORONTONY Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Talking of delta wing air craft, does anyone know if there are any Gloster Javelins still around. I believe they preceded the Hawker Hunter, but a little foggy on that. I do seem to remember Gloster making the first jet the Gloster Whittle, named after Frank Whittle who invented the jet engine, I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterR Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 (edited) Talking of delta wing air craft, does anyone know if there are any Gloster Javelins still around. I believe they preceded the Hawker Hunter, but a little foggy on that. I do seem to remember Gloster making the first jet the Gloster Whittle, named after Frank Whittle who invented the jet engine, I believe. This may interest you..... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-30622904 http://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/javelin/ Edited January 2, 2016 by PeterR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TORONTONY Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 This may interest you..... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-30622904 http://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/javelin/ Thanks Peter very interesting, reminds me of my dinky version as a kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyrad29 Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Thought it was XH558 from Doncaster on Guy Martin's programme. Have look at this at Wellesbourne... http://uk.ask.com/youtube?q=wellesbourne+airfield&v=vsBycbLWKqk&qsrc=472&qo=homepageSearchBox not the one he controlled. that was XM655 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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