Amazing aircraft, my uncle was one of the navigators on the Vulcan that crashed on 9/11/1959 in Kings Lynn. Devastated his twin sister, my mother. (Still alive). We are very proud of his service and on Easter Sunday are blessed that it never had to drop a nuclear weapon.
Watching this, lump in my throat - the hairs on my arms on end with that 'howl' at takeoff . . . there are no words (sigh) I was fortunate enough to see a Vulcan in flight, at an airshow on the last trip one made to Canada around 1980. Sincere thanks to all involved in the restoration to flight, and the continued maintenance, of this very beautiful & grand lady.
Would be neat to take an airframe and modernize the controls and electronics. Not to a military standard but just enough to keep it flying for airshows and such.
When James Bond was still Ian Fleming’s own ‘no women’s lib or political correctness’ 007. I recall Argentina thought being bombed on Falklands was impossible. Both Moscow and Beijing have tried to copy it to this day. Against war of course, but realist, I wish we could keep some of all these engineering marvels operational. Ty.
Unfortunately Aircraft built from modern high strength Aluminum alloy have a shorter service life. The high strength Aluminum is more prone to fatigue and corrosion than the older softer alloy. This in addition to the complex nature of modern aircraft makes keeping the airworthy much more difficult and expensive
The USAF was able to keep the B-52 in the sky since the 1950s, and now a British company, Rolls-Royce is repowering them. If the British government took that kind of initiative with these aircraft the US wouldn't have had to maintain such a large bomber fleet and NATO wouldn't be so dependent on the US for bomber coverage.
Omgoodness, what a sad day😢 Not because she was a nuclear bomber, but because she was the predecessor of concord, of which there are also no remaining flying examples 😢 Yes, OK, fuel guzzling, but surely incredible innovations from the past to be improved upon, but kept as 'flying ambassadors'!
I am from America and the Vulcans bomber still to me is the coolest jet bomber to looked at !!!! I am at 15 and eached time do I see one It does maked me think of Japan movies as like JAPAN vs. RODAN , very coolest of science fiction movies !!! AND it did to fly actually 8,000 miles to the Falklands War and backed again!!!!! That are totally wicked looking aircrafts! SALUTE TO VULCAN !!!
I was at Bruntingthorpe for the first flight day, i was invited to attend for my contributions to the fund. I was also there as the only public person for the first engine start day, Walking beneath her left wing to the test site with the chief engineer who did the restoration was an incredible moment.I was awarded one of her instuments on a mount for a momento. Watching her fly in RAF didplays at Finningley when I was a kid I adored her then and still do.
I've got the book written about the raid on Port Stanley, and one thing it mentions outright that you (only) get between the lines in this documentary is that every Vulcan was basically hand made. In order to get each airframe assembled and working as it should many, many parts and subsystems were hand-fitted. That meant that each and every Vulcan was a little different from every other Vulcan. Each had it's own quirks, traits, little foibles. In a system that complex, that amounts to something very like a personality. One may be will be sullen, another reluctant, still another might be called angry and require a very careful hand. But each is it's own creature. For whatever reason, XH558's character was that she took care of her crew and brought them home, even when things went wrong. I can't think of any higher praise for an aircraft.
You know back in the late 1980's if anyone made a bold claim to me that a Vulcan Bomber in the future would be restored to flying again in 2008 I would have laughed at them and called them mentally insane. Back in the 1980's I had all Vulcan Bombers forever grounded inside with moth balls around it after October 1986. Video sights and sounds do no justice to the energy experience of being right there in person feeling, hearing and seeing. It is impossible to describe the energy experience of seeing a Vulcan Bomber best take offs and flying displays back in the 1970's close up at Air Shows to anyone who has not been there just like it is impossible to describe the energy of what an Elvis Presley Concert or The Who with Keith Moon Concerts are like to anyone who has not been to one back then at that time.
Squadron Leader Barry Masefield had me cackling for a min there... talking so calmly about unconventional ejections from a Vulcan and your dentures greeting the landing gear on your way out. Then again, he sat on that wing intent on ferrying a nuke to the USSR numerous times. Nothing really gets to him any more...
It is sad that this beautiful bird will never leave the ground again. Now she ends her flying career and becomes a beautiful museum piece, filled with wonderful history.
That raid was a prime example, that with excellent training, experience, and discipline, old school can still get it done. Argentina taking the Falklands would be like Cuba taking Puerto Rico from the United States.....only attacking Cuba is like slapping someone from the table for the U.S. Argentina is way down on the other side of the Earth from Britain.
Brilliant British engineering ❤❤❤:what a damn shame it has to stay in a hanger or a museum for the rest it's life. Atleast Aston Martin kept the name honoured.
The acrobatics at 22:19 through 22:39, being performed by a stratigic nuclear bomber is why Moscow were in a panic. For a while, they had nothing to counter, Soviet air defence was left wide open.
There is a Vulcan as a Gate Keeper at CFB Happy-Valley Goosebay in Labrador Canada. I was always surprised by the similarities in the Vulcan by AV Roe and the Arrow by AVRO.
Takes me back 52 years to RAF South Cerney , as an Air Cadet at school we went there for glider training , winch launched from the ground . Still have my logbook 🙂 Pride of place was a white Vulcan . It had an issue in flight and was forced to land there . The undercarriage took out the powerlines of the railway on an embankment on approach . Sadly , the runway was too short , rolled of the end and sank into the ground . Was eventually dug out and moved close to the hangers , the runway was too short for a takeoff :-(
I always think it’s funny when they’re like “one of the few civilians ever to fly a military aircraft” my family none of which formally served in the military have a ex navy air craft we regularly fly in a hanger 😂
Is this recent? I remeber adiscussions in late autumn that due to insurabce issues the transport per flight has been decliened and the Vulcan may have been disassembled and transported per road and hence loosing it's licence to roll out as well.
22:19 to 22:39 First time I've actually seen a Vulcan perform that move, not many figter / inteceptor jets could have matched that. It's almost on par with a Phantoms manouverability. Moscow was left wide open, no suprise they were in a panic.
@@t44e6 In the early days for sure, but it depends on which vision we're talking about. If you're interested, look up IAI F-4-2000 "Super Phantom" deminstration at Le Bourget. We had over 2 operational squadrons of these.
That's a museum piece when they grounded they need to put it in a British Air Force museum do United States when we grounded our f-14s like I don't even think you can find an f-14 anywhere
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Amazing aircraft, my uncle was one of the navigators on the Vulcan that crashed on 9/11/1959 in Kings Lynn. Devastated his twin sister, my mother. (Still alive). We are very proud of his service and on Easter Sunday are blessed that it never had to drop a nuclear weapon.
Mate I'm history freak. Thank you. Mick Australia 🇦🇺.
Hope it stay frying and government needs. Let's not us forget. God bless
I saw the Vulcan fly a two air shoes. She was something very special. It's a sad thing to think it's over. Simply amazing performance for a bomber.
Been trying to find those air shoes forever now
Watching this, lump in my throat - the hairs on my arms on end with that 'howl' at takeoff . . . there are no words (sigh)
I was fortunate enough to see a Vulcan in flight, at an airshow on the last trip one made to Canada around 1980.
Sincere thanks to all involved in the restoration to flight, and the continued maintenance, of this very beautiful & grand lady.
I was privileged to see the Vulcan perform at Transpo 72
at Dulles International Airport. I will never forget it.
I didn't know Hugh Jackman was a pilot 😂
Annoying Hugh Jackman.
Absolutely awesome video and presentation and still a absolutely awesome aircraft and so sad to see it not be able to fly again.
This man guy martin
bring it to the USA and let it fly for ever.
There is a Vulcan on display at the S.A.C Museum
Would be neat to take an airframe and modernize the controls and electronics. Not to a military standard but just enough to keep it flying for airshows and such.
When James Bond was still Ian Fleming’s own ‘no women’s lib or political correctness’ 007. I recall Argentina thought being bombed on Falklands was impossible. Both Moscow and Beijing have tried to copy it to this day.
Against war of course, but realist, I wish we could keep some of all these engineering marvels operational. Ty.
Unfortunately Aircraft built from modern high strength Aluminum alloy have a shorter service life. The high strength Aluminum is more prone to fatigue and corrosion than the older softer alloy. This in addition to the complex nature of modern aircraft makes keeping the airworthy much more difficult and expensive
Live Long & Prosper 🖖
The USAF was able to keep the B-52 in the sky since the 1950s, and now a British company, Rolls-Royce is repowering them. If the British government took that kind of initiative with these aircraft the US wouldn't have had to maintain such a large bomber fleet and NATO wouldn't be so dependent on the US for bomber coverage.
I had the pleasure seeing vulcan on her last tour 4 times, following her from Blackpool to Woodfood...god speed vulcan...brotish legend..
Omgoodness, what a sad day😢
Not because she was a nuclear bomber, but because she was the predecessor of concord, of which there are also no remaining flying examples 😢
Yes, OK, fuel guzzling, but surely incredible innovations from the past to be improved upon, but kept as 'flying ambassadors'!
When I was about 10 (50 years ago) I saw a Vulcan flying at an airshow in Canada.
Very elegant in the air.
I am from America and the Vulcans bomber still to me is the coolest jet bomber to looked at !!!! I am at 15 and eached time do I see one It does maked me think of Japan movies as like JAPAN vs. RODAN , very coolest of science fiction movies !!! AND it did to fly actually 8,000 miles to the Falklands War and backed again!!!!! That are totally wicked looking aircrafts! SALUTE TO VULCAN !!!
Did they not strap a Concord engine onto one of these for testing ?
They did
I was at Bruntingthorpe for the first flight day, i was invited to attend for my contributions to the fund. I was also there as the only public person for the first engine start day, Walking beneath her left wing to the test site with the chief engineer who did the restoration was an incredible moment.I was awarded one of her instuments on a mount for a momento.
Watching her fly in RAF didplays at Finningley when I was a kid I adored her then and still do.
God i would love to take a ride in one
I've got the book written about the raid on Port Stanley, and one thing it mentions outright that you (only) get between the lines in this documentary is that every Vulcan was basically hand made. In order to get each airframe assembled and working as it should many, many parts and subsystems were hand-fitted. That meant that each and every Vulcan was a little different from every other Vulcan. Each had it's own quirks, traits, little foibles. In a system that complex, that amounts to something very like a personality. One may be will be sullen, another reluctant, still another might be called angry and require a very careful hand. But each is it's own creature.
For whatever reason, XH558's character was that she took care of her crew and brought them home, even when things went wrong. I can't think of any higher praise for an aircraft.
Stop at 7.12
I quite agree; why can't they keep her, or one of her sisters, up to scratch, to just be able to fly as a part of nostalgia?
You know back in the late 1980's if anyone made a bold claim to me that a Vulcan Bomber in the future would be restored to flying again in 2008 I would have laughed at them and called them mentally insane. Back in the 1980's I had all Vulcan Bombers forever grounded inside with moth balls around it after October 1986. Video sights and sounds do no justice to the energy experience of being right there in person feeling, hearing and seeing. It is impossible to describe the energy experience of seeing a Vulcan Bomber best take offs and flying displays back in the 1970's close up at Air Shows to anyone who has not been there just like it is impossible to describe the energy of what an Elvis Presley Concert or The Who with Keith Moon Concerts are like to anyone who has not been to one back then at that time.
Squadron Leader Barry Masefield had me cackling for a min there... talking so calmly about unconventional ejections from a Vulcan and your dentures greeting the landing gear on your way out. Then again, he sat on that wing intent on ferrying a nuke to the USSR numerous times. Nothing really gets to him any more...
It is sad that this beautiful bird will never leave the ground again. Now she ends her flying career and becomes a beautiful museum piece, filled with wonderful history.
That raid was a prime example, that with excellent training, experience, and discipline, old school can still get it done. Argentina taking the Falklands would be like Cuba taking Puerto Rico from the United States.....only attacking Cuba is like slapping someone from the table for the U.S. Argentina is way down on the other side of the Earth from Britain.
Sliced up in pieces of scrap at the end of it's life Same as for the CF-105 had, but right as they were barely starting their lives. . 😢
Nice, but in many situations of this perfect document I wanna see and hear airplane, than Mr. Martins face and voice...sorry.
The only plane to twice breach American air defence twice on exercise.
Brilliant British engineering ❤❤❤:what a damn shame it has to stay in a hanger or a museum for the rest it's life. Atleast Aston Martin kept the name honoured.
Iconic, unforgettable profile! Any plane that gives communists anxiety is legendary!
The acrobatics at 22:19 through 22:39, being performed by a stratigic nuclear bomber is why Moscow were in a panic. For a while, they had nothing to counter, Soviet air defence was left wide open.
When peffel crossed the peace negotiations in turkey, did he not know that there is no volcan anymore to protect his ruthless plans?
The Vulcan represents the era of post war Brittan. I hope that they can keep her operational, if only to taxi around the field.
Guy is a natural because he does a lot of crazy,totally bat shit stuff
There is a Vulcan as a Gate Keeper at CFB Happy-Valley Goosebay in Labrador Canada. I was always surprised by the similarities in the Vulcan by AV Roe and the Arrow by AVRO.
Graceful & Dangerous. Flying Is Fun.
Takes me back 52 years to RAF South Cerney , as an Air Cadet at school we went there for glider training , winch launched from the ground . Still have my logbook 🙂
Pride of place was a white Vulcan .
It had an issue in flight and was forced to land there . The undercarriage took out the powerlines of the railway on an embankment on approach .
Sadly , the runway was too short , rolled of the end and sank into the ground .
Was eventually dug out and moved close to the hangers , the runway was too short for a takeoff :-(
Stop at 57,00
What happened to all of her sisters?
Is there absolutely nothing remaining of them?
I always think it’s funny when they’re like “one of the few civilians ever to fly a military aircraft” my family none of which formally served in the military have a ex navy air craft we regularly fly in a hanger 😂
If anyone want's to go see the Vulcan, there is one at the North East Land, Sea And Air Museums.
Does it have a cloaking device ?
Does sound like an angry Clingon Bird of Pray.
Brilliant aircraft! Cheers ol girl!
Keep it flying. Great history of British aviation just like the Harrier
Who is Guy Martin and what the hell is he saying?
What a marvellous video. Thank you so very much.
Really makes you appreciate the aircraft and the people behind it a lot morr
Put a mannequin of Mr. Spock in the cockpit.
Is this recent? I remeber adiscussions in late autumn that due to insurabce issues the transport per flight has been decliened and the Vulcan may have been disassembled and transported per road and hence loosing it's licence to roll out as well.
This whole docu took place in 2015. XH558's final flying season.
Silly how Brits have license plates/ tags even on the vehicles that transport luggage to and from baggage and shove airliners away from the terminal.
Wait a second... Guy Martin?! xD
Nice set of Pork Chops
22:19 to 22:39 First time I've actually seen a Vulcan perform that move, not many figter / inteceptor jets could have matched that. It's almost on par with a Phantoms manouverability.
Moscow was left wide open, no suprise they were in a panic.
The Phantom was not known for it's maneuverability.
@@t44e6 In the early days for sure, but it depends on which vision we're talking about.
If you're interested, look up
IAI F-4-2000 "Super Phantom" deminstration at Le Bourget.
We had over 2 operational squadrons of these.
Very interesting docu
Sad thing.
Wow one can, he really likes it.
Guy is like a mechanic version of Brian Cox.
tell me more about it
👏👏👏👏👏👏.
Looks like its modelled off of a paper aeroplane
Whi the hell is guy Martin? Chief clown? Ruins the show about a great aircraft.
That's a museum piece when they grounded they need to put it in a British Air Force museum do United States when we grounded our f-14s like I don't even think you can find an f-14 anywhere
somebody buy it lol
25k what?
Yeah. In 1993. David Walton bought it in 1993!