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Vulcan flights 2013

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Re: Vulcan flights 2013

Post by Sylar » Sat Aug 24, 2013 3:09 pm

Looking at the Dawlish railway webcam it looks like it has completed the display, everyone seems to be going home!

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Re: Vulcan flights 2013

Post by Hurn » Sat Aug 24, 2013 3:11 pm

Dawlish display done, looks like they're trying for Dunsfold. :thumb:

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Re: Vulcan flights 2013

Post by Prometheusuk » Sat Aug 24, 2013 3:18 pm

Good luck to them.

Edit: Tucanos (Tankard) formation now on way to Dunsfold.
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Re: Vulcan flights 2013

Post by Hurn » Sat Aug 24, 2013 3:26 pm

Twitter said the Vulcan was overflying Bournemouth but I still didn't see it. :(

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Re: Vulcan flights 2013

Post by Prometheusuk » Sat Aug 24, 2013 3:29 pm

According to the Tucano guys Dunsfold is still unfit to display so not sure how it will pan out for XH558.
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Re: Vulcan flights 2013

Post by Hurn » Sat Aug 24, 2013 3:30 pm

Yeah I just had a text saying it's pouring with rain!

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Re: Vulcan flights 2013

Post by Prometheusuk » Sat Aug 24, 2013 3:32 pm

Hurn wrote:Yeah I just had a text saying it's pouring with rain!
Tucanos don't think they can get through the weather but will hold another 5 mins.

Vulcan now calling Farnborough but not getting a reply.

Edit: Vulcan still trying Farnborough but they unable to hear her, I must admit her audio quality isn't too good, about a R3.

Edit: Now talking with Farnborough, 8 miles north of Bognor, flying into display at Dunsfold.

16:44 Vulcan with Dunsfold radio...msg reads Dunsfold we almost made it but we chickened out :(
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Re: Vulcan flights 2013

Post by Mayfly » Sat Aug 24, 2013 3:49 pm

Any sightings of her now?

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Re: Vulcan flights 2013

Post by Hurn » Sat Aug 24, 2013 3:51 pm

Shame about the weather there when it's been dry as bone elsewhere in the South.

Apparently only Red10 landed at Dunsfold earlier. My source hasn't quite got the concept of display 'team' yet. :lol:

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Re: Vulcan flights 2013

Post by Prometheusuk » Sat Aug 24, 2013 3:52 pm

Mayfly wrote:Any sightings of her now?
Not here but I think she was routing Odiham, Oxford and so on on her way back to Doncaster.

Now informing Farnborough she will free call Brize and route Wantage then turn north east of there.

Vulcan radio operator sounds p!$$ed off, shame as they tried.
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Re: Vulcan flights 2013

Post by Hurn » Sat Aug 24, 2013 3:55 pm

I think they should divert to Hurn and just stay the week. :P

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Re: Vulcan flights 2013

Post by Prometheusuk » Sat Aug 24, 2013 3:57 pm

Hurn wrote:I think they should divert to Hurn and just stay the week. :P
As long as they route past the Bagshot Mast and do a few circuits :P
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Re: Vulcan flights 2013

Post by Mayfly » Sat Aug 24, 2013 3:57 pm

Twitter says she aiming for a fly through at Carfest South

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Re: Vulcan flights 2013

Post by Prometheusuk » Sat Aug 24, 2013 4:02 pm

According to my PlanePlotter her last position was to the East of Grove, West of Didcot.
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Re: Vulcan flights 2013

Post by llamafish » Sat Aug 24, 2013 4:26 pm

Just gone over Northampton, Vulcan crew aren't the only ones to be annoyed. If only I'd have known, that might have just been my only chance to see it flying..
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Re: Vulcan flights 2013

Post by Prometheusuk » Sat Aug 24, 2013 5:26 pm

llamafish wrote:Just gone over Northampton, Vulcan crew aren't the only ones to be annoyed. If only I'd have known, that might have just been my only chance to see it flying..
I can understand your upset but the cancellation was down to the weather.

Even the RAF Typhoon and the Tucano display team sacked it for the same reason.
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Re: Vulcan flights 2013

Post by llamafish » Sat Aug 24, 2013 6:48 pm

I wasn't attending the display, it flew right over my house and I missed it!
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Re: Vulcan flights 2013

Post by Hurn » Sun Aug 25, 2013 11:38 am

llamafish wrote:I wasn't attending the display, it flew right over my house and I missed it!
Same here, and to make it worse a mate phoned me from just down the road in Christchurch and said ' You'll never guess what I just saw!' :grr: :lol:

From twitter: Today's crew: Martin Withers, Bill Perrins, Barry Masefield and Jonathan Lazzari. ETD 13:45

Dunsfold display is scheduled for 15.00 I believe.

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Re: Vulcan flights 2013

Post by Hurn » Sun Aug 25, 2013 12:52 pm

Airborne :thumb:

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Re: Vulcan flights 2013

Post by Hurn » Sun Aug 25, 2013 2:55 pm

All displays done, heading back home.

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