Tomorrow or Sunday for Vimy departure

That is Clifden, County Galway (not “Clifton”), close to where Alcock & Brown’s flight finished.

If the weather permits, the Vimy is apparently now due to depart from St John’s, Newfoundland. tomorrow (Sunday) a.m. with an ETA at Clifton, Ireland, of 0600-0700 on Monday morning…..anyone know any more?

Seen it an hour or so ago on ITV news, some great video clips! The National Geographics page on the Vimy has been updated http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/vimy/index.html but looks like she won’t be flying until tomorrow now.

Just in time for legends? Would be nice, I’d love to see this aircraft fly.

Stuart

You and a lot of of others, join the growing crowd.

I understand that this weekend’s weather has been no good for the Vimy’s departure – a contact in St John’s says the weather has been miserable there all week and even Friday’s test flight appears to have been postponed.

After several day’s silence, the Vimy website’s Daily Updates now states that next Weds looks like the next opportunity for the Atlantic flight and meanwhile engineer John Lanoue is doing further work on the aeroplane.

the vickers vimy will depart st john’s, newfoundland go across the atlantic to clifden in county galway,ireland. Assuming a successful crossing the aircraft is hoped to make a final tour of the UK before it’s retired from flying and put into a museum,for updates goto www.aeroplanemonthly.com. THe vimy has already flown the first two legs of the Vimy triple crown historic flights England-Australia 1994 and London-Cape town in 1999, after it’s 1999 flight from england to south africa it was re-egined with a 600hp orenda powerplants.

so if all goes well you may well see a vimy flying in the u.k. 🙂

I couldn’t find any updates on your link. It just directs you to the link I provided,which tells you nothing about the plans following the crossing,other than it’s coming to England.

the vickers vimy will depart st john’s, newfoundland go across the atlantic to clifden in county galway,ireland. Assuming a successful crossing the aircraft is hoped to make a final tour of the UK before it’s retired from flying and put into a museum,for updates goto www.aeroplanemonthly.com. THe vimy has already flown the first two legs of the Vimy triple crown historic flights England-Australia 1994 and London-Cape town in 1999, after it’s 1999 flight from england to south africa it was re-egined with a 600hp orenda powerplants.

so if all goes well you may well see a vimy flying in the u.k. 🙂

Great Stuff

What is going to happen to it when it arrives? Will it be joining the european display circuit or it to return to the US?

also is this the same aircraft as i remember seeing at Biggin Hill in 1996?

Jay

Yes,this aircraft was built in 1994,and was the one which flew to Australia,and South Africa on two separate occasions.It is,I believe the only flying Vimy.

It is due to come to England after the crossing,but don’t know the details.

Steve Fossett may not be a celebrity (ie he hasn’t been on a gameshow or Big Brother in England!!) but he is a legend and quite a historical figure. The aircraft too has some celebrity status. And the feat is a very dicey one, with lots of chance for the whole lot to go pear-shaped. You’d think the media would love this…

I can’t say for certain, but perhaps the UK media has not “chosen to ignore this”, they may be simply unaware it is happening. After all, if they’ve not said anythign in the press, how do you know they are even aware of it at the big newspapers and BBC, etc? The news may never have reached them. World media usually goes to great lengths to cover Steve Fossetts other aerial attempts. This lack of coverage in the UK could be down to the organisers themselves, perhaps not approaching UK media companies? Just a thought.

Great Stuff

What is going to happen to it when it arrives? Will it be joining the european display circuit or it to return to the US?

also is this the same aircraft as i remember seeing at Biggin Hill in 1996?

Jay

I wish them the very best of luck and hope they make it okay! If I was flying it, I would be ‘all cocked’ and brown seat! 😮

Just in time for legends? Would be nice, I’d love to see this aircraft fly.

Stuart

thats good news then..

yep youre right about the UK ‘Media’ Andy… it also doesnt involve a ‘celebrity’ so not of any interest to most of joe Public.. 😉

Steve Fosset would be an interesting bloke to spend an evening in the pub with, a few tales to tell…

the Vimy site mentions England on the flight schedule, although its a ‘TBD’ – would be nice if it did make it over here..

Neil.

Just found that,but you beat me to it! Link here–

http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/vimy/index.html

Yes,it’s pretty poor,but surely there will be increased coverage when the aircraft actually gets airborne? You can follow the flight on my link(I think!).

National Geographic should be running a live video stream.
It’s shown as a link on the NG website but isn’t live yet.

I intend to stay up and watch as much as I can.
Sadly as it’s not British, the media here chose to ignore it.
Andy

Yes,it’s pretty poor,but surely there will be increased coverage when the aircraft actually gets airborne? You can follow the flight on my link(I think!).

I have still not seen or heard anything about this in the UK media. How poor is that?

I wish them the best of luck but must admit that this kind of thing makes me extremely nervous.

Stuart

MOST EXCELLENT!!