Vulcan XH558

Found this on youtube, certainly a different view. Oh, whack the sound up! Enjoy! XH558: RIAT 2012 - Onboard Sunday Display - YouTube

 

I just love the pieces where you can see that menacing shadow running over the ground..

 

Super that....lovely landing........

 

Many thanks for pointing that out what a fabulous piece of machinery......having had the opportunity to fly Concorde to the USA some years ago the sound of those Olympus engines brought back some fond memories............

 

But Concorde had reheat and that's what made takeoff and accelerating to supersonic speeds so exciting.

 

It certainly did....quite a kick up the backside on take off...........

 

Once the airframe hours are up, is that it? are any other Vulcans or Victors with more hours left in them yet? and how was XH558 chose to be the one that took to the air again i remember seeing a shot of a Victor doing a hop when it was suppossed to be only taxiable and not airworthy

 

You mean this: Victor Bomber XM715 on News at Ten - YouTube

 

I think there is a difference between airworthy on paper and actually airworthy - understandably, from a safety perspective.

 

Or a loco without a boiler cert that could be steamed up.

 

Here is a short video I took of her at last weekends Wings and Wheels event at Dunsfold:
Vulcan XH558 display at Dunsfold Wing and Wheels 2012. - YouTube

It includes the famous Vulcan Howl about 1minute 20 seconds in.

 

Just saw XH558 over Southampton waters as it was moving from Bournemouth to Shoreham. The weather was appalling, and I somehow managed to see it through the mist. I have attached a photograph, with an edited version to the left.

Considering I haven't seen XH558 in years, I have seen it twice in a week, having seen it up at Didcot last Sunday.

James at SVN

 

She flies over Alresford quite regularly, last year I was just walking back to my car after a spot of railway photing on the Mid Hants and she flew right in front of me at about 250 feet. Unfortunately I had just put my camera away! Flew over my house twice last Sunday but only caught her the first tome, and then just a back view.

 

Was packing up our club stand at a Mini/MINI show in Worthing today, and was greeted with this view overhead, as well as the view of her banking into Shoreham.

So glad I've managed to get a glimpse of her, will definitely make the effort to see her again!

 

She would have been rather higher than that.

 

Indeed. Most people are very poor judges of height, especially where aircraft are concerned.