Do you like old aircraft?

Thanks for this - I've applied, as you say it's the chance of a lifetime

 

Cheers Terrordales, if I win I'll take my camera

 

...and a sick-bag

 

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Just been down the road to Newark Air Museum. It;s only two miles away but I only go once every 3 or 4 years.
I was going to do a 'Name that plane' game with the photos but lost the will to live uploading onto photobucket.
Anyway...

 

Yes the Vulcan is there. Still amazed that I can walk underneath the aircraft without banging my head as I'm 6'04'' tall. I went into the cockpit a few years ago.

 

I have a very small collection of metal bits that I have collected over the last year or so - at the end of the day I have believe that they are what the seller said they are - if they are not then I havent paid too much for them and at least the story behind each bit may make someone take an interest. Most of then are from a collection owned by a now deceased aviation expert called Pat Burgess who specialised in digs in Sussex. Each piece has a specific aircraft and pilot story - I have;

Pipework from Spitfire Merlin engine shot down over Sussex in 1940
Part of the engine casing from a Hurricane shot down over Sevenoaks, Kent in 1940
Part of the airframe of a Mosquito shot down during a raid over Norway
Part of the Hercules engine from a Wellington shot down over Bremen in 1942 and
Part of the airframe skin of Dambuster Lancaster Z-Zebra recovered from the crash site in Emmerich

Some have old weathered labels but as I say -even if they are fake they still invoke discussion and remembrance

 

Probably better than our manuals at work.

 

Think that also only needs four bolts, not sure what oil.

 

Finally got round to reading 'Vulcan 607' after all these years. I knew at the time that it was a tough mission but didn't realise that it was so touch and go or even that he Vulcan did a couple more missions over The Falklands not just the one.
Fascinating read.

 

i went to an airshow in the late 80's early 90's where a plane crashed - think it was a Gloucester meteor old jet? might have been at cosford? anyone remember this?

 

No bud.
I saw a documentary last year about the British cold war fighter development. At airshows in the 60s they were allowed to go through the sound barrier and one crashed amongst the crowd killing some of the crowd. The airshow continued and the next jet went though the sound barrier. Different times. Stuff upper lip and all that, what.

 

The show must go on dear boy.

 

There was a documentary on it not so long ago. My all time favourite plane.

 

I saw it too. I think you can still see it on YouTube.
I used to see the Vulcans regularly including a low level formation over my school around the Black Buck time. Also saw a demo of them scrambling a RAF Finningley for the Queen Silver Jubilee airshow. Incredible noise and sight.

 

Just seen on FB that it is the last season the Vulcan will be flying. See it airborne of you get chance, it is an amazing sight (and sound).
http://www.vulcantothesky.org/news/665/82/Important-announcement-on-the-2015-season.html

 

yeh ive seen it at eastbourne airbourne great noise

 

Running out of flying hours unfortunately. I'm making a point of seeing it every time it's in the air this year....