Why exactly won’t the displays be ‘as they were in service’ ?
This thread has prompted me to read again Tim Laming’s The Vulcan Story.
Chapter 8 is devoted to displaying the Vulcan and in it S/Ldr David Thomas describes in great detail how they went about it.
The in service g limits for the airframe were zero negative and +2 positive. The max they ever pulled was in the final 60 degree climb out and that never went beyond +1.8g.
The whole display used the vast amount of lift available and bucketloads of power to overcome gravity at low speeds rather than brute force applied to the airframe.
Bearing in mind that 558 will have been subject to effectively a ground up rebuild by professional aerospace companies it will be in 100% servicable condition and S/Ldr Thomas and his colleages will operate the aircraft in no less a professional manner than before, so why should we see displays that are vastly diffrent to those we remember?
What would be the point of the whole effort if all we are treated to is a few passes staight up and down the flightline ? We, as enthusiasts, and Joe Public will rapidly (and rightly) become bored after a year of two. Whilst I do have gripes about them, I think even VTTS will have taken this into consideration from the outset.
Who said, or where did they read, that the displays would have to be any different? Or is it just the anti-558 crowd spreading any rumour they can to cast more doubt into the minds of supporters of 558 and VTTS?
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