Vulcan XH558 – Farnborough 08

Hi TJ

Great shots of the heroic Vimy and her pilots.

From the grandstand it did not look to me like it was only the wind that contributed to the vimy’s misfortunes as shortly afterwards the sky was full of a multitude of replica First World War aircraft doing ‘dogfights’ all over the Farnborough skies, but of course they did not take off or land at Farnborough.

For the sake of the pilot of the Vimy I am glad he/she stayed on tera firma that day. And as you rightly say avoided ploughing into the crowd.

I just found these 3 (maybe more) YouTube URLS of the Vimy in trouble –

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hf-DI…eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4WVi…eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I3Wy…eature=related

I am sure we shall see it safely airborne in the near future.

Cheers

Jay

Thanks for the comments.

Hi Jay,
The Vimy was certainly a heart-stopping moment. Great skills though to veer her away from the crowd.

It was about this time that I thought of jumping into the Vulcan enclosure if she had come any further across. I had a fence behind me and the crowd barrier in front, but the pilot managed to veer her safely away.

TJ

Great shots Teej.

You certainly can’t get enough of the Vulcan. Landing shots the best of the selection for me.

Thanks

Martin

TJ

I was in the Grandstand on Saturday and did the Halls on Sunday. Great weather apart from a few spits and spots on Saturday.

Pity the Vickers Vimy did not make it into the air on Saturday but due to cross winds aborted a take off.

These pics do the Vulcan proud.

As usual superb quality pics and demonstrating a great skill at getting things at their best angles.

Thanks for the comments.

Nikon D2X. Nikon 300mm f/2.8. Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8. On and off with Nikon 1.4x and 2.0x teleconverters.

TJ

simpy stunning, best i have seen. what camera and lens do you use. these shots make me want to throw my camera in the wheelie bin:o

Nice set of pic’s.

558 at Farnborough

Great shots as always T J – the 90 degree bank viewed through exhaust haze is terrific !

Ian