HHA Buccaneer

Cant wait till she fly’s

James

Looks like airshows are going to be interesting again soon !

Imagine soon to have the Vulcan, Vixen and the Buccaneer back from the dead 🙂 🙂

Does anyone know what’s happening with the bucc, thought it was supposed to make first flight in 2006?

Sorry I was talking about the Hunters with regards to 2006 airshows, it would be nice to one displaying at Waddo like they did in 2004.

I would like to come to the open day in May, but have other commitments, hopefully
there will be another event later in the year.

Bucc back to flight, who knows maybe the authorities will soften up and let a Lightning fly 😮 .

John.

Ask the CAA 😉

So can not wait to see a Bucc fly in the UK skies again.

James

Morning all,

FMK.6JOHN

I’m sure my dad might have taken pictures of it, being another Immingham resident, will ask him when I see him later this week.

Cheers

Tim

Thanks Tim, Scampton not far from me so hopefully the next year will be an aviation milestone………Two new hangers at Duxford/Cosford, XH558 (fingers very crossed!), Bucc back to flight, who knows maybe the authorities will soften up and let a Lightning fly 😮 .

Regards,

John.

Andrewman – HHA have two commitments for May. we are supporting the RAF Coningsby Families day on the 20th May and also appearing at Duxford on the 21st May. Airshow booking confirmations don’t usual come in until end May at best so can’t give you any more info at this time. If you want to see more and get information at first hand you could always attend our Open Day on the 20th or join the Hunterteam Club, see the air scene uk article for details.

HHA – have you decided what airshows you are going to be at this year and if so could
you tell us which ones please ?

If you read the article……

First flight is unlikely to be until 2007.
Airshow participation is dependant on support from organisers (Operators don’t generally have the luxury to pick and choose!).

HHA – have you decided what airshows you are going to be at this year and if so could
you tell us which ones please ?

Do you still do ground runs on the SU22 and what are your long term plans for this jet ?

Good luck with the Bucc it will be nice to see if flying 🙂

Kind words gents, thank you, it is an inspiration to maintain our tenacity in this project knowing that so many people are behind us..
VX927 – We have a total of 12 hunter frames on the inventory 10 of which are maintained in ready or near ready state for flight. The two that were making all the noise at the weekend were undergoing their post maintenance performance check runs. We will only make an aircraft fully ready for flight once we have work for it. The expense of insuring an aircraft for flight plus the overhaul costs of time lifed components does not make good business sense to have the whole fleet ready to go. Those two aircraft and one other will be fully flight cleared for this year with others to be generated depending on tasking requirements.
CKing – I agree it was an excellent article by Gary who works tirelessly to keep his well informed and well constructed site running, mainly through his own dedication and with little or no financial support. It is true that the article did only skim the surface of the depth of work and research that had to be undertaken to get the approval from the CAA but with space and time constraints Gary covered all the salient points and produced an informative and accurate description of events. We are eager to see her fly too and on that day I feel all the difficulties and hard work will fade into memory.

Good work fella – seeing her airborne will make all the meetings with the CAA seem worth it!

All the best

TT

A very interesting read, thanks for posting.

Godd luck to all at HHA

Andy B (lpg)

An excellant artical that proberbly only skimms over the hard work that HHA have done to get this far. It should be required reading for anybody who says “Why can’t we have a flying Vulcan/Lightning/Phantom etc etc.” I wish them well in their endevors and look forwad to seeing the Bucc fly.

Rgds Cking

HHA – It was good to see a couple of your hunters getting their engines run at the weekend… How many serviceable hunters have you got up here at Scampton?

Thanks for your.support guys. We are as keen as everyone to get her back in the air but in aviation everything takes time.

Brilliant news cant wait too see her at airshows.

Good to see the Bucc returning to the Air 😀

james

Morning all,

FMK.6JOHN

I’m sure my dad might have taken pictures of it, being another Immingham resident, will ask him when I see him later this week.

Cheers

Tim

The article states that the airframe was road moved from the port of Immingham, Has anyone got any pics they could post? it would be interesting too see as ‘Ming’ used to be an old haunt of mine!.

I used to have about twenty images on my old PC before it blew up, I’ll have a dig around to see if I can find any prints that I can scan in.

Great articule. Unbelievable amount of work gone into this not to mention money. I imagine most of us would have looked at the work required shrugged our shoulders and headed for the pub. I for one are most gratefull – looking forward to 2007. 🙂

FANTASTIC, FANTASTIC, FANTASTIC…….the bucc is one of my all time favorites. i cant wait to the spring of next year…….THE BRICK IS BACK….. 😀