It's the final day of the series looking at ten top Vulcan videos, and hopefully if you're a reader of this blog you've enjoyed the selection - I'll come to the final one in a moment.
Yesterday though was the day that mattered for the Vulcan team as the permit revalidation was to take place following the submission of the application to renew from Marshall Aerospace, and according to Vulcan officials everything went as expected, and the permit was extended by another 12 months which is fantastic news for the team & its supporters!
So we should all expect XH558 to depart Doncaster this afternoon for her appearance at Waddington as part of the Press Day, with the main show of course being at the weekend.
The skies of Lincolnshire will once again be thundering to the sound of the Vulcan with not one, not two, but three performances in four days - lucky people over there in Lincoln!!
Anyway, to the final video of the top 10, and I have to confess - it's one of my own - yep, sorry for that, but I was just so fortunate to get the Vulcan howl that day, and what a howl it turned out to be, lasting for an eternity, and also described on the youtube comments as something like off War of the Worlds, and yes you can understand where they are coming from on that one!
The video itself was filmed on a day when I decided to treat my mum to see the Vulcan take off - she'd not seen that in the past few decades, ad it was herself that introduced me to XH558, so she will have my eternal thanks for that.
Have a read of the full description on the video for everything that revolved around that day, but the whole Vulcan team were fantastic to us, with a closer up view, sitting inside the cock pit, and then the ultimate...seeing the Vulcan take off from the Brize Norton control tower - what a day...
Typical of my mum though to start talking just as the howl was about to be heard across what seemed the whole of Oxfordshire! Another thing about the video was the crazy looking skies that appeared too, it went from blue skies to a creepy pinky blue, with you almost thinking time for the lights to come on, and yet this was about 3pm!
Original link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqA6bgFPGWI
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Thursday, 30 June 2011
Wednesday, 23 March 2011
Waddo confirms Vulcan appearance in July
Well now that the airshow season is getting ever close, the rumours of appearances at various places across the UK now start to slip out, and some get confirmed, as we've seen now with the confirmation on the Waddington Airshow website that XH558 is due to appear there.
Last week we saw that Abingdon will potentially get to see her first as on Sunday 8th May (Victory in Europe Day), she is down to appear in Oxfordshire, and I'm sure there will be thousands flocking there to get a glimpse.
Other confirmed appearances include RAF Cosford on the 12th June, and just before that an appearance at Douglas Bay in the Isle of Man on the 10th June.
The appearances are of course subject to weather and serviceability, and more importantly down to funding, and already an appeal is underway for the fuel of the Vulcan's first flight of the year - and 'packs' of fuel can be purchased for £40 to help the Vulcan get off the ground at the end of this month as she looks to head to her new home which is being kept under wraps at the moment.
There is also the Summer Season Plaque 2011 too, where you can get your name in the Bomb bay doors for the rest of her life, and also shout when the doors open during a mid air display, "I can see my name in there!" as you convince yourself that yes, you can actually see it from the crowd line!
That is available to anyone that sets up a standing order for £5.58 per month, a paltry figure by any stretch to have something that you can boast proudly to friends and family, more details on that can be found here.
It's all good stuff, but remember that the team need to raise £350k by the end of May, already we have a total of £26k raised, and lets not forget that that was pretty much started at the same time as Comic Relief, so hopefully with that now out of the way, having raised a staggering £74m, then efforts can now be stepped up for the Vulcan appeal!
That's it for now...up the Vulcan!
Other confirmed appearances include RAF Cosford on the 12th June, and just before that an appearance at Douglas Bay in the Isle of Man on the 10th June.
The appearances are of course subject to weather and serviceability, and more importantly down to funding, and already an appeal is underway for the fuel of the Vulcan's first flight of the year - and 'packs' of fuel can be purchased for £40 to help the Vulcan get off the ground at the end of this month as she looks to head to her new home which is being kept under wraps at the moment.
There is also the Summer Season Plaque 2011 too, where you can get your name in the Bomb bay doors for the rest of her life, and also shout when the doors open during a mid air display, "I can see my name in there!" as you convince yourself that yes, you can actually see it from the crowd line!
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It's all good stuff, but remember that the team need to raise £350k by the end of May, already we have a total of £26k raised, and lets not forget that that was pretty much started at the same time as Comic Relief, so hopefully with that now out of the way, having raised a staggering £74m, then efforts can now be stepped up for the Vulcan appeal!
That's it for now...up the Vulcan!
Friday, 2 July 2010
Vulcan set to fly at Waddington
The good news has kept on coming today as the chances of the Vulcan appearing at Waddington this weekend are increasing by the minute, and fans are hoping that a positive announcement will be made in just over half an hour confirming that XH558 will fly at the Lincolnshire airshow.
All tests carried out during yesterday's flight have gone okay, and the paperwork has now been submitted, and it seems that we are set for a positive outcome.
It's certainly provoked a great deal of excitement amongst the supporters of the Vulcan, many of whom have followed the test flight and anticipated breaking news whilst at work, ensuring productivity levels were hit somewhat, well at least today is Friday!!
The news is expected to confirm that the Vulcan will fly from Brize Norton tomorrow, on to Waddington, then back to Brize, whilst on Sunday, it's off from Brize onto Waddington, then down to Goodwood before returning to RAF Lyneham, where she has spent plenty of time in the hangar since late last year, and will no doubt be desperate to stay out in the blue skies instead for the next few months!
Let's all keep our fingers crossed for some good news then!
Everyone deserves it!
All tests carried out during yesterday's flight have gone okay, and the paperwork has now been submitted, and it seems that we are set for a positive outcome.
It's certainly provoked a great deal of excitement amongst the supporters of the Vulcan, many of whom have followed the test flight and anticipated breaking news whilst at work, ensuring productivity levels were hit somewhat, well at least today is Friday!!
The news is expected to confirm that the Vulcan will fly from Brize Norton tomorrow, on to Waddington, then back to Brize, whilst on Sunday, it's off from Brize onto Waddington, then down to Goodwood before returning to RAF Lyneham, where she has spent plenty of time in the hangar since late last year, and will no doubt be desperate to stay out in the blue skies instead for the next few months!
Let's all keep our fingers crossed for some good news then!
Everyone deserves it!
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