Vulcan set to return to the skies

arrrggghhhh - still no actual date!! :frusty:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/leicestershire/7049694.stm

 

She was apparently moving under her own power very recently so the first flight can't be far away. Would be truly magnificent to see.

 

From: http://www.tvoc.co.uk/

 

I hope they televise it and broadcast it on national TV, it would be a very good thing to see!

Imagine for a minute, the four lightnings from South Africa and the Vulcan flying in a formation!

 

Morse, presumably you've seen them fly in the past. Don't they just make concorde sound like a purring pussy cat in comparison? I remember the post-Falklands flypast. I think I was deaf for a week.

 

Great idea on both points, Morse!

 

aaaaarrrrrrggggghhhhhh :frusty:

The story has been updated:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/leicestershire/7049694.stm

A Vulcan bomber has flown again after years of restoration work by engineers in Leicestershire.

 

And this has appeared on the Vulcan site:

I'm not surprised - we want to see VIDEOS!!

 

:clapping::clapping::clapping::cry_smile:

Yeeeeeeeeeha!

 

http://www.lutterworthmail.co.uk/news/Vulcan-finally-takes-flight.3391931.jp

 

Video!!!!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/...0C0C0&nbram=1&lang=en&bbram=1&ms3=4&size=16x9

I can't get it to work as don't have the right plug ins. Apparently it was live on Sky News as well.

 

Photos to bring a tear to your eye:

http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=75206

 

Need to wait until I get home before viewing the video!

 

Oh god that is AMAZING!

Kyt, you need Real Player, and when it opens it will shrink your screen, DO NOT maximise it or the video will keep stopping.

 

It's Andy who can't see it (I've PM'd him the link for the latest RP download). I've recorded the roar and it's now my ringtone.

 

I was just watching the flight on Sky news on the very large screen in the works canteen! It was awesome! No doubt it will be available on the BBC site!

 

What you get is the link posted above. not very good I am afraid.

 

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=t6Hi-lt4P5U
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=skKIfQMzQJw
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=rzN6nqpOTGc
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=HdrTmwkGZeQ
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=mxb0Duv-aAc

 

Magnificent videos, Kyt! Nothing like having a reporter do his research before the event though!

 

Damn you uni! Why don't you have speakers on the computers?