XH558 Anniversary Tour Route

vulcan over STOURPORT ON SEVERN

THURSDAY October 4 2012
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vulcan over STOURPORT ON SEVERN

THURSDAY October 4 2012
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Vulcan over Worcester

this is the report , with photograph , in today’s local Worcester paper –

http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/9959188.Iconic_bomber_flies_over_city/

Vulcan over Worcester

this is the report , with photograph , in today’s local Worcester paper –

http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/9959188.Iconic_bomber_flies_over_city/

I don’t often feel inclined to stand up for the VTST, peoples opinions are their own business, but your point about roads being ground to a halt is what they fight shy of why they don’t advertise the route with timings and I can understand that.

Shame you had to fly the photoship and miss the flypast!!! :p

I don’t often feel inclined to stand up for the VTST, peoples opinions are their own business, but your point about roads being ground to a halt is what they fight shy of why they don’t advertise the route with timings and I can understand that.

Shame you had to fly the photoship and miss the flypast!!! :p

And there I think you sum it up. Regardless of what you feel about the whole 558 thing when you see her in the air there is just something that lifts you.

That was certainly the case for the several thousand people who turned out at Staverton yesterday. The roads locally ground to a halt and every vantage point was taken. The Jet Age Museum did a roaring trade on cockpit tours of XM597 and there was a generally great atmosphere and a ‘buzz’ around the place. Whatever the naysayers in here think – and I, too, have my reservations about aspects of the way the project has run over the years – the feat of engineering and tenacity in dealing with the mountain of bureaucracy and truly admirable. If yesterday proves to be her last flight, it will be a loss to the historic aviation scene.

Us enthusiasts have our own, specialist and sometimes forthright opinions on the rights and wrongs of the VTTS project, but if we can capture 1% of the public enthusiasm for aeroplanes and the same amount of donations when she finally does get grounded, the future’s a little brighter for places like the Jet Age Museum an the myriad of other volunteer groups and individuals preserving less glamorous machines than the Vulcan.

Unfortunately, I had to miss the shenanigans on the ground at Gloucester, I ‘had’ to co-pilot the Cessna Caravan used for the air-to-air photoshoot. It was a tough job, but someone had to do it. (Having surgery to remove the grin later)

And there I think you sum it up. Regardless of what you feel about the whole 558 thing when you see her in the air there is just something that lifts you.

That was certainly the case for the several thousand people who turned out at Staverton yesterday. The roads locally ground to a halt and every vantage point was taken. The Jet Age Museum did a roaring trade on cockpit tours of XM597 and there was a generally great atmosphere and a ‘buzz’ around the place. Whatever the naysayers in here think – and I, too, have my reservations about aspects of the way the project has run over the years – the feat of engineering and tenacity in dealing with the mountain of bureaucracy and truly admirable. If yesterday proves to be her last flight, it will be a loss to the historic aviation scene.

Us enthusiasts have our own, specialist and sometimes forthright opinions on the rights and wrongs of the VTTS project, but if we can capture 1% of the public enthusiasm for aeroplanes and the same amount of donations when she finally does get grounded, the future’s a little brighter for places like the Jet Age Museum an the myriad of other volunteer groups and individuals preserving less glamorous machines than the Vulcan.

Unfortunately, I had to miss the shenanigans on the ground at Gloucester, I ‘had’ to co-pilot the Cessna Caravan used for the air-to-air photoshoot. It was a tough job, but someone had to do it. (Having surgery to remove the grin later)

Thank you Herr Dr, it has been interesting day, mainly because the airfield was closed though – carried out an obligatory bird run anyway!

Funny, one can be quite cynical about the Vulcan operation, but when you actually see it in the metal it does leave you in awe of the sheer presence of the great Avro bomber.

And there I think you sum it up. Regardless of what you feel about the whole 558 thing when you see her in the air there is just something that lifts you.

Thank you Herr Dr, it has been interesting day, mainly because the airfield was closed though – carried out an obligatory bird run anyway!

Funny, one can be quite cynical about the Vulcan operation, but when you actually see it in the metal it does leave you in awe of the sheer presence of the great Avro bomber.

And there I think you sum it up. Regardless of what you feel about the whole 558 thing when you see her in the air there is just something that lifts you.

Thank you Herr Dr, it has been interesting day, mainly because the airfield was closed though – carried out an obligatory bird run anyway!

Funny, one can be quite cynical about the Vulcan operation, but when you actually see it in the metal it does leave you in awe of the sheer presence of the great Avro bomber.

Thank you Herr Dr, it has been interesting day, mainly because the airfield was closed though – carried out an obligatory bird run anyway!

Funny, one can be quite cynical about the Vulcan operation, but when you actually see it in the metal it does leave you in awe of the sheer presence of the great Avro bomber.

For those at Cottesmore wondering why the flyover wasn’t lower or over the runway.

Q) EGTT/QROXX/IV/NBO/W/000/020/5244N00039W002

B) FROM: 12/09/29 05:16C) TO: 12/12/29 18:27
E) FORMELY RAF COTTESMORE AD DISUSED/CLOSED FOR ACFT OPS DUE TO
MILITARY GND ACTIVITY. PILOTS ARE REQUESTED NOT TO OVERFLY WI 2NM
RADIUS OF 5244N 00039W (KENDREW BARRACKS, COTTESMORE, RUTLAND).
12-09-0720/AS2.
LOWER: SFC

UPPER: 2000FT AMSL

For those at Cottesmore wondering why the flyover wasn’t lower or over the runway.

Q) EGTT/QROXX/IV/NBO/W/000/020/5244N00039W002

B) FROM: 12/09/29 05:16C) TO: 12/12/29 18:27
E) FORMELY RAF COTTESMORE AD DISUSED/CLOSED FOR ACFT OPS DUE TO
MILITARY GND ACTIVITY. PILOTS ARE REQUESTED NOT TO OVERFLY WI 2NM
RADIUS OF 5244N 00039W (KENDREW BARRACKS, COTTESMORE, RUTLAND).
12-09-0720/AS2.
LOWER: SFC

UPPER: 2000FT AMSL

🙂 Congratulations to her and all the crew and supporters,well done.
Hopefully she was seen by alot of people on her last flight of the year.

🙂 Congratulations to her and all the crew and supporters,well done.
Hopefully she was seen by alot of people on her last flight of the year.

^^GREAT SHOTS^^

Brightened a dull day up Cmdr? 😀

^^GREAT SHOTS^^

Brightened a dull day up Cmdr? 😀

The first Vulcan appearence at Saints since 1993.

Vulcan B.2 XH558 29 Sep 2012 by jamtey71, on Flickr

Vulcan B.2 XH558 29 Sep 2012 by jamtey71, on Flickr

Vulcan B.2 XH558 29 Sep 2012 by jamtey71, on Flickr

Vulcan B.2 XH558 29 Sep 2012 by jamtey71, on Flickr

Vulcan B.2 XH558 29 Sep 2012 by jamtey71, on Flickr

Thank you to VTTS for putting this flight on.

The first Vulcan appearence at Saints since 1993.

Vulcan B.2 XH558 29 Sep 2012 by jamtey71, on Flickr

Vulcan B.2 XH558 29 Sep 2012 by jamtey71, on Flickr

Vulcan B.2 XH558 29 Sep 2012 by jamtey71, on Flickr

Vulcan B.2 XH558 29 Sep 2012 by jamtey71, on Flickr

Vulcan B.2 XH558 29 Sep 2012 by jamtey71, on Flickr

Thank you to VTTS for putting this flight on.