4 hours sideways 😉
For who, the seller or the buyer????? 😮
Those are component data / mod plates, not the aircraft ‘VIN’ plate
Did a Nimrod AEW ever reach the RAF to count as ‘production’ ?
Works in AOL, but I’ve no idea what it is !
Never mind who flew or serviced them, what happened to the planes? Any surviving?
Very mixed feelings when I watch that clip. 22 years of my life there
“…. to see the things you gave your life to, broken”
The Vulcan would never have wing fold, plus imagine the hangar height if it did.
So huge lifts, mahoosive steam catapults and arrestor gear……
Be easier to put a motor on the Isle of Wight
Yep – small wing, set a long way back to give good low level ride / stability.
I often wonder if it had gone into service, how many accidents would have occured…………..
…………. because all my pussy cats would have been ( unforgiving ) two seat trainers 😉
Very sad,and I guess one of those accidents that would happen one day.
Large groups of people in close proximity to machinery is always going to be risky. Hopefully lessons will be learned and the races continue next year in a safer form.
Having seen the video, the aircraft goes up very steeply whilst rolling right to the inverted, then descends near vertical to impact – nasty
yes bruntingthorpe…. which brings me to my other question… the availability of retired aircraft suitable for reactivation…. XH558 for example…. elvingtons big birds…. various buccs and hunters… a lightning or two…..
The Cosford / Cranwell training fleets would be the best option
F16 was still planted last night, parts have been removed.
Found this on the net:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mike_miley/5991710179/
Interesting object in the background too – historic ( demobbed ) or visiting ?
Does that imply they are actually in storage conditions, as opposed to retired ?
Please don’t speculate guys….it is unhelpful, does not serve any purpose only to upset people and make armchair enthusiasts feel they have a rightful opinion, which in this case, they do not. That is why we have investigators.
I have been involved in aviation all my working life and such speculation is worthless.
Tony – I’m not speculating ( and made that clear ) but having spent all my working life in aviation, including assisting in several AAIB investigations, I ( like most engineers ) do find the ‘why’ a fascinating subject 😉
The main thing is this was a non fatal
Wasn’t there a bit in a magazine recently telling of an occasion where a BBMF Spit had the gear stuck up.
Apparently the only way to get it down was to roll inverted and select it, to take the weight off the uplocks.
By no means casting aspersions or making assumptions, but I do wonder….
With yellow spinners ?