I take it as a sign. Get a Victor back in airworthy condition as per the Avro Vulcan. It may not be glamorous looking like the Vulcan but it was part of the cold war V bomber trio and later as a tanker it got the mighty Vulcans to the Falklands and provided in theatre support. It also saw service in the 1990 Gulf war giving sterling service to RAF and allied aircraft. A Victor has every right to be preserved as the Vulcan.
The co-pilot was an unnamed engineer (no legal action was taken against him). He simply froze according to the CAA report into the incident. Bob Prothero was the pilot on this day, he issued the order to the co-pilot, who was only an engineer to pull back on the throttle but he hesitated resulting in this. Luckily these things don't happen everyday and the Bob saved many lives that day because of his actions.
Do your research. The mistake was made by a junior engineer who accidentally took off. The fantastic recovery was made by the elderly former test pilot sat next to him who quickly took over and averted what was about to be an nasty crash into the ground. So who are you calling an 'idiot' exactly?
You can read the full story of this incident on wikipedia. A lot of critisism could be made, but for my money, the grandad at the controls did a fine job. Clearly once you;ve got it, you never lose it. Our servicemen..past and present... really are extraordinary people. RESPECT.
@MrGrumpybugger The Vulcan and Victor may well be items of the past, but displaying them in working order is the only way to show the children of the future how these machines functioned and what they looked like in their natural environment. I would rather see 1 flying Vulcan than 100 mounted and stuffed in a museum
Elderly former test pilot took over from the junior flight engineer that made the mistake - and what a quick and brilliant powered recovery he made at 1.09. Nice one!
it's not in flying condition, the aircraft was only maintained to a level to allow fast taxing along the runway. The pilot was a old Victor pilot in his 70s who no longer has a pilots license and the plane wasn't carrying enough fuel to circle round and land
Wonderful Old girl, I worked on these babies at Marham in the early 80s, was there as well when one lost an engine on the runway prior to a takeoff. Good to still see them anout.
@@TheReuMusic While she may have technically been airworthy (ie more likely not to fall apart in midair than fall apart in midair) I doubt she was carrying enough fuel to even make one circuit of the airfield.
The victor and the Vulcan wow absolutely brilliant aircraft they where something special how many people have heard the deafening howl of the mighty Vulcan phenomenal and regards to all the Victor's and Vulcan supporters
I say there are too many aircraft that have no airworthy examples now, or just not enough. I say more aircraft should be restored. I personally would love to see an Me262 flying.
RAF airshows always seem to be organisational nightmares... makes me wonder how they manage to run an airforce! Last RAF airshow I had the misfortune to attend (never again!) the show finished at 5pm. I didn't get the car out of the airfiled until after 9pm. Utter chaos! Despite the whole airfield being full with people unable to leave, they still went around and systematically closed everywhere including all the places you could get food and drink - AND the toilets!!! But yes, they make money..
love how conversation burst into life as it got back on the runway, everyone there saying "hold on that shouldnt of just happend". I agree with other comments that the victor should still fly, we all have our favourite planes, mines the Vulcan, but as a country we should preserve for flight some key british jets just like we do with the BBMF. Namely this, the lightning, mosquito, buccanear, canberra & Harrier. I understand the importance of the BBMF, but these aircraft where key for a time too!
Sadly, with most of the general public Tankers simply aren't as glamourous as Bombers. Despite the fact that the Victor had a much longer and arguably much more valuable service life in the RAF, many people who know the Vulcan are quite ignorant of it. When telling a relative that there should be a Victor flying again he said "yeah, but The Vulcan is huge and has those four big powerful engines". Right. I did point out the Victor was bigger with four equally powerful engines... ^_^
@ShoeLube I don't need to look into it. If the Pilot or person in charge of the aircraft at the time did not have the smarts to realize what was going on, then he does not have the smarts to be in that position. It actually is illegal to taxy an aircraft that you are not endorsed in or for that matter ground run the engines regardless of where you are. But I'm not sure why you mention that as I didn't. Why do people mention the bleeding obvious - "main thing is no one got hurt"???
Ive just seen this on the news (10 sep 09) where it has also taken off by accident? I take it this was the same event being reported and not a repeat (churnalism) of an earlier accidental taxi takeoff as can be seen on another youtube vid from months ago? If so was it the same pilot I wonder? Two unexpected fast taxi takeoffs suggests a very excitable/willing pilot?
This is a large A/C, with engines that take a long time (relative) to spool up to full power, once at full power, it takes a long time for this large aircraft to attain a speed for flight. More than enough time for a pilot to cut the engines, hit the brakes, turn off the fuel etc. Watch the clip and count how long between full power applied and take off. It takes half a second to shut off engines.
@smithyboi6 True. I would safely say that, if this aeroplane, and crew, were the only 'facility' capable of doing a special, one-off mission, then this machine would have it's 'MOT' in a heartbeat!. Bloody paper shufflers!. As it is, from that day, the many children who were there and actually saw a Victor fly, albeit briefly, can tell their Grandchildren's Children, "When I was as young as you, I saw a Victor fly". "GrandPa, what's a Victor"?. "Press -'Play', and watch".
I believe the American pilots in The Gulf war developed a liking for the Victors. "They were always there", one pilot said. Maybe the best hope at seeing a Victor in the Air might be to give one to America, they are much better at preserving aviation heritage over there, and don't have the "Cancel All Aviation" (CAA) to contend with! :-)
@skateguy9758 No, they are long retired. After the first gulf war I think. That was the tanker variant. That one is in taxi-able condition but not certified as airworthy.
The old girl clearly wants to fly. Is there a fund to get a Victor back in the air as there was with the Vulcan? Would be great to see them both flying together.
Well, maybe I am being a bit dramatic with the wings falling off but this victor hasnt flown for 30 od years I think, and wasnt meant to fly here so anything could have happend. Expect anything from an un airworthy aircraft in the air. I understand you saying that they should have done a normal approach because it would have been really nice to see a victor fly again.
Amazing..The Victor is one of my favourite British military Aircraft..Obviously this bird wants too fly again..Perhaps one day. Problem is if they can't get that Vulcan in the air for very long because of the recession, I feel the Victor may take some time yet..Fingers cross though,i would love too see one in the environment she was built for.
Its such a shame shes not allowed to fly, it would be awesome to see her giving displays around the country, as she obviously wants to get airborne so badly judging from this footage. Keep up the good work and make it a reality Bruntingthorpe.
We need to get a victor to the sky thing going the same way they did the Vulcan to the sky. I'm an American and even I think this is the best plane in the world and want to see it fly again and not just a hop off the ground. It would be cool to have a victor and a vulcan fly in a formation.
Brillaint , you cant ever stop real aircraft flying , you just have to watch them , mostly chains and lack of fuel keeps them at bay but sometimes it all goes pete tong , way to go mr Victor
Its all to do with fatigue indexes or something, all aircraft start off with 100 and things like how fast you went and how heavy the aircraft was at take off can take little bits off at a time. The victors were extended to 130 f.i. whilst in service and were roughly on 128 when retired. One could fly again but a big big overhaul and lots of money would be needed.
I assume these taxi runs are done with very little fuel onboard as well. Must make her as light as a feather. I wonder if the CAA had anything to say about it?
When did this happen? Its in today's 09/09/09 Daily Mail as though its just happened. Still the airshow crowd unintentionally got more for their money than we did at Waddington when the Vulcan was supposed to fly and didnt.
I don't get it, a group of volunteers can build a 4-6-2 steam engine from scratch but we can't find someone to get the Victor & Valiant flying again. Surely it can't be THAT difficult? Ok, so maybe not the only Valiant left but surely this Victor?
If Tornado has a problem then it could stop or even go into a siding but that's a bit more difficult with an aeroplane so the authorities have to be a bit more careful unfortunately. Mind you the radio controlled models are getting so big these days that I sort of wonder whether we'll almost get there that way.
The co-pilot accidently put full throttle on instead of easing it off-he then froze on the spot and the 70 year old pilot had to bring if back down safely-he hadn't flown a victor since the 80s. Great piloting.
would be nice to have a victor join the vulcan. I wonder, what was the threshold the pilot had before he had to make a decision to throttle back and do a circuit.
@unapro3 Well if you looked into it, you would know that it was the Co-Pilot who mistakenly put the throttle on not the pilot. Maybe someone not experienced shouldn't have been given that responsibility but it's not illegal to taxi on private ground. I thought it was impressive because planes are hard to pilot and with a split second notice he put it down. Maybe he was lucky but the main thing is no one got hurt.
@Dagger3856 I think he might mean because it's an illegal manoeuvre due to the plane and pilots not being licensed. Although it is unfounded as the CAA are aware of it and have said they won't be taking legal action. It's an impressive recovery considering the pilot was 70 years old who and hadn't flown this plane for over 20 years since.
@daviator78 Thanks for taking the time viewing this video and leaving a comment. But your closed statement of 'You were unwise to put this on You-Tube' bemuses me as there is not much subsentence in your comment. Please take the time to explain why this was unwise.
this proves the victor, like its fans want it to fly again, becuase lets face it it was the BEST V force bomber - it went higher, faster and further and carried more bombs than the jumped up concorde by the name of Vulcan
'Fast Taxi'?? 'Fast' taxing is for flight test programs and do not include ROTATING THE AIRCRAFT. (They also do not include take off flaps to my knowledge) Something very fishy about that story.
@MrGrumpybugger Having served in the Royal Air Force & worked on more modern aircraft (Tornado ,Harrier GR5&7 & of course the mighty cat (Jag) I totally understand exactly how much work goes into maintaining an operational aircraft never mind a preserved one however going by your argument you would ground the Sally-B & of course the BBMF as it costs too much. They say "Lest we forget" & should these machines be grounded, it wont be long before people do.
@unapro3 The newspaper report I read said (rightly or wrongly) they were allowed to do the intended manoeuvre, you implied they weren't with your "Throw the Book" comment. That's Why I mentioned it. Didn't realise I was talking to an aviation expert such as yourself though. I don't know what your problem is, I only offered my thoughts to the uploader's question as the original poster hadn't replied. Also, if you don't like obvious statements, then I suggest you steer clear of TH-cam comments.
I don't think the exasperation that we can't get aircraft flying again is naive... The Vulcan drew record crowds to every airshow it attended. I live near one of them & roads for a 5 mile radius were completely gridlocked with traffic. Tens of thousands of people, these are big money events. The steam enthusists have no equivalents, it is a steady trickle, but they are much better at channeling the cash they do raise directly into projects. Where does all the airshow revenue go?
@MrGrumpybugger From a personal point of view (if you want to get into a pissing contest) I was on Op Granby, attached to the US on Op Provide Comfort 1, Op Deny Flight & Deliberate Force in Former Yugo. Thats beside the point though, I am in agreement on the Arrows, they ponce off to Cyprus while others are sweating blood in the skies of Afghanistan, however they are a good recruiting tool. In no way am I disrespecting private owners however some items should & must be protected by the state.
what are you talking about there are no remaining victors unfortuanately which are airworthy,because of the lack of mandatory spare parts engines undercarriage etc, the pilot was being totaly irrisponsable , mishap the bloody nose was pulled up ,no flaps no parachute was deployed. Lusty linda at elvington has done many taxi runs the last one reached i believe 130 knots take off speed ,did it take off no because the pilot was and is a professional
Need to save this aircraft from being scrapped as the airfield has been sold to car auction and storage firm. No more plane moving activity anymore, sounds like they don't want the aircraft on the site.
@MrGrumpybugger Unfortunatly, that is why Concorde will never fly again as Airbus no longer support it. It would appear that the Vulcan is now getting to the point where it is self sustaining. When an 8 minute display at an airshow costs around £30k (£8k of that is fuel) & they have boxes of spares to play with, this machine will be airworthy for many years to come with or without BAE's help. BBMF MUST remain part of the MoD. I would not like our aviation heritage to go to private owners
@MrGrumpybugger We are going to have to agree to disagree then I'm afraid. All museums do marvellous work, even down to the Tower museums on the old USAAF fields in Norfolk & Suffolk. Shame we can't manage to get a Lightning or two on the display circuit :) now that would be a sight to show the younger ones!
god all these comments, its obvious ow it come to take off, the victor would not be full of fuel meaning its very light, there were heavy cross winds and the victor is amazingly aerodynamic and has great lift characteristics, no suprise to me that a plane so light with such aerodynamics in a cross wind suddenly lifted, they were designed to get up quickley after all. and as for these planes and others yes they should be paid for by the government and kept flying. people go on about the cost,
It would be great to see them airborne again, unfortunately I don't think this will ever be the case as the majority pushed their limits as tanker's during the falklands conflict! As a nation we need to restore an example to fly, in order to celebrate our aviantion/engineering heritage and keep it alive. Which has unfortunately gone down the toilet over the past couple of decades!!!!
Yeah what ever, as much as we love the victor, why does the Vulcan get more press, yes you may be correct about the higher, faster thing, but one thing is soooooo clear the Avro vulcan is a more lovely looking plane to look at and see, Delta wing lady forever!!
I take it as a sign. Get a Victor back in airworthy condition as per the Avro Vulcan. It may not be glamorous looking like the Vulcan but it was part of the cold war V bomber trio and later as a tanker it got the mighty Vulcans to the Falklands and provided in theatre support. It also saw service in the 1990 Gulf war giving sterling service to RAF and allied aircraft. A Victor has every right to be preserved as the Vulcan.
They should get all 3 in flying order the victor Vulcan and valiant and have them in air shows together
Wirh zero flaps. Those Rolls Royce Conways were powerful!
The co-pilot was an unnamed engineer (no legal action was taken against him). He simply froze according to the CAA report into the incident. Bob Prothero was the pilot on this day, he issued the order to the co-pilot, who was only an engineer to pull back on the throttle but he hesitated resulting in this. Luckily these things don't happen everyday and the Bob saved many lives that day because of his actions.
Do your research. The mistake was made by a junior engineer who accidentally took off. The fantastic recovery was made by the elderly former test pilot sat next to him who quickly took over and averted what was about to be an nasty crash into the ground. So who are you calling an 'idiot' exactly?
This is inaccurate: th-cam.com/video/TGjPu6DPzWU/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=P1Magazine watch that for full info.
You can read the full story of this incident on wikipedia.
A lot of critisism could be made, but for my money, the grandad at the controls did a fine job. Clearly once you;ve got it, you never lose it. Our servicemen..past and present... really are extraordinary people. RESPECT.
@MrGrumpybugger
The Vulcan and Victor may well be items of the past, but displaying them in working order is the only way to show the children of the future how these machines functioned and what they looked like in their natural environment.
I would rather see 1 flying Vulcan than 100 mounted and stuffed in a museum
Elderly former test pilot took over from the junior flight engineer that made the mistake - and what a quick and brilliant powered recovery he made at 1.09. Nice one!
Victor: I wanna fly
Pilots: Down, Down
Victor: Nooooooooo
Pilots: That was close
Victor: ..............Dam it!
it's not in flying condition, the aircraft was only maintained to a level to allow fast taxing along the runway. The pilot was a old Victor pilot in his 70s who no longer has a pilots license and the plane wasn't carrying enough fuel to circle round and land
Sevoverkill. I think their enthusiasm got a little carried away, they are lucky it didn't turn out worse than that and people didn't get killed...!
Indeed, Bob Prothero (an ex-civilian colleague) remembered the basic tenet: fly the plane.
@ I believe the 'co-pilot' was actually an engineer with zero flying experience who worked on the upkeep of the bomber on the grounds...
Wonderful Old girl, I worked on these babies at Marham in the early 80s, was there as well when one lost an engine on the runway prior to a takeoff. Good to still see them anout.
last time a victor takes to the sky😢
60103 Flying Scotsman if I was the pilot I’d literally ignore CAA regulations and fly her to the heavens, where she rightful,y belongs
@@TheReuMusic That plane wasn't airworthy. No-one wants the last flight of their plane to be a crash.
Nathaniel AYI more of a heavy landing
@@TheReuMusic While she may have technically been airworthy (ie more likely not to fall apart in midair than fall apart in midair) I doubt she was carrying enough fuel to even make one circuit of the airfield.
The victor and the Vulcan wow absolutely brilliant aircraft they where something special how many people have heard the deafening howl of the mighty Vulcan phenomenal and regards to all the Victor's and Vulcan supporters
best footage so far, fantastic!
Great to see it, respect is due to the pilot,bet the passengers shat themselves LOL.
That's amazing to behold. Kudos to the skill and experience of the pilot.
Well, that will be remembered, and talked about for a long time! Those pilots are probably the stuff of legend, by now!
i have been in that exact plane a while before this happened at bruntingthorp. the inside of the victor is amazing. the pilot let us in.
She lives!
The mighty Victor is re-born, albeit accidently.
I was hoping for a video of this, thanks.
Finally it gets posted!
I say there are too many aircraft that have no airworthy examples now, or just not enough. I say more aircraft should be restored. I personally would love to see an Me262 flying.
There are Me 262's flying in fact a few.
I agree, but if the airplane were to crash we would loose a wonderful aircraft (just like the Northrop flying wing that crashed in April)
Thats the best view I've seen of the accidental take off
She looks so damn good with lift under her wings. Thx to the old yeller for bringing her back sefely and even more thx to the engineers mistake. :)
RAF airshows always seem to be organisational nightmares... makes me wonder how they manage to run an airforce! Last RAF airshow I had the misfortune to attend (never again!) the show finished at 5pm. I didn't get the car out of the airfiled until after 9pm. Utter chaos! Despite the whole airfield being full with people unable to leave, they still went around and systematically closed everywhere including all the places you could get food and drink - AND the toilets!!! But yes, they make money..
Bruntingthorpe Fast Jets Day still happens now and it's best airshow that I've ever attended. It isn't an RAF show.
.............built to fly....it tried to fly.
It didn't "try" to fly, it actually flew
If nothing else, that's a gently extended finger in the direction of the CAA who said she'd never fly again. Well caught, sir!
That... was scary! I can't believe he got that back - fantastic job.
Nice video. not see it before now. I was more surprised I can see myself on that video.
Martyn Jones were you flying the plane lol
I swear this made my evening 😂😂😂😂😂
love how conversation burst into life as it got back on the runway, everyone there saying "hold on that shouldnt of just happend". I agree with other comments that the victor should still fly, we all have our favourite planes, mines the Vulcan, but as a country we should preserve for flight some key british jets just like we do with the BBMF. Namely this, the lightning, mosquito, buccanear, canberra & Harrier. I understand the importance of the BBMF, but these aircraft where key for a time too!
Blimey first time i've seen any footage, Victor to the Sky!!!
Sadly, with most of the general public Tankers simply aren't as glamourous as Bombers. Despite the fact that the Victor had a much longer and arguably much more valuable service life in the RAF, many people who know the Vulcan are quite ignorant of it. When telling a relative that there should be a Victor flying again he said "yeah, but The Vulcan is huge and has those four big powerful engines".
Right. I did point out the Victor was bigger with four equally powerful engines... ^_^
@ShoeLube I don't need to look into it. If the Pilot or person in charge of the aircraft at the time did not have the smarts to realize what was going on, then he does not have the smarts to be in that position. It actually is illegal to taxy an aircraft that you are not endorsed in or for that matter ground run the engines regardless of where you are. But I'm not sure why you mention that as I didn't. Why do people mention the bleeding obvious - "main thing is no one got hurt"???
Great video, prime spot to view it, thanks for sharing.
Ive just seen this on the news (10 sep 09) where it has also taken off by accident? I take it this was the same event being reported and not a repeat (churnalism) of an earlier accidental taxi takeoff as can be seen on another youtube vid from months ago? If so was it the same pilot I wonder? Two unexpected fast taxi takeoffs suggests a very excitable/willing pilot?
You should not anthropomorphize old aircraft. They hate that.
This is a large A/C, with engines that take a long time (relative) to spool up to full power, once at full power, it takes a long time for this large aircraft to attain a speed for flight. More than enough time for a pilot to cut the engines, hit the brakes, turn off the fuel etc. Watch the clip and count how long between full power applied and take off. It takes half a second to shut off engines.
@smithyboi6
True.
I would safely say that, if this aeroplane, and crew, were the only 'facility' capable of doing a special, one-off mission, then this machine would have it's 'MOT' in a heartbeat!.
Bloody paper shufflers!.
As it is, from that day, the many children who were there and actually saw a Victor fly, albeit briefly, can tell their Grandchildren's Children, "When I was as young as you, I saw a Victor fly".
"GrandPa, what's a Victor"?.
"Press -'Play', and watch".
I believe the American pilots in The Gulf war developed a liking for the Victors. "They were always there", one pilot said. Maybe the best hope at seeing a Victor in the Air might be to give one to America, they are much better at preserving aviation heritage over there, and don't have the "Cancel All Aviation" (CAA) to contend with!
:-)
@skateguy9758
No, they are long retired. After the first gulf war I think. That was the tanker variant. That one is in taxi-able condition but not certified as airworthy.
The old girl clearly wants to fly. Is there a fund to get a Victor back in the air as there was with the Vulcan? Would be great to see them both flying together.
Well, maybe I am being a bit dramatic with the wings falling off but this victor hasnt flown for 30 od years I think, and wasnt meant to fly here so anything could have happend. Expect anything from an un airworthy aircraft in the air. I understand you saying that they should have done a normal approach because it would have been really nice to see a victor fly again.
Amazing..The Victor is one of my favourite British military Aircraft..Obviously this bird wants too fly again..Perhaps one day. Problem is if they can't get that Vulcan in the air for very long because of the recession, I feel the Victor may take some time yet..Fingers cross though,i would love too see one in the environment she was built for.
Its such a shame shes not allowed to fly, it would be awesome to see her giving displays around the country, as she obviously wants to get airborne so badly judging from this footage. Keep up the good work and make it a reality Bruntingthorpe.
We need to get a victor to the sky thing going the same way they did the Vulcan to the sky. I'm an American and even I think this is the best plane in the world and want to see it fly again and not just a hop off the ground. It would be cool to have a victor and a vulcan fly in a formation.
Accidental take off eh, that old chestnut ;)
It will be awesome to see the awesome bird take off again
Brillaint , you cant ever stop real aircraft flying , you just have to watch them , mostly chains and lack of fuel keeps them at bay but sometimes it all goes pete tong , way to go mr Victor
1:07 It really should be actually
Its all to do with fatigue indexes or something, all aircraft start off with 100 and things like how fast you went and how heavy the aircraft was at take off can take little bits off at a time. The victors were extended to 130 f.i. whilst in service and were roughly on 128 when retired. One could fly again but a big big overhaul and lots of money would be needed.
I assume these taxi runs are done with very little fuel onboard as well. Must make her as light as a feather. I wonder if the CAA had anything to say about it?
When did this happen? Its in today's 09/09/09 Daily Mail as though its just happened. Still the airshow crowd unintentionally got more for their money than we did at Waddington when the Vulcan was supposed to fly and didnt.
I don't get it, a group of volunteers can build a 4-6-2 steam engine from scratch but we can't find someone to get the Victor & Valiant flying again.
Surely it can't be THAT difficult?
Ok, so maybe not the only Valiant left but surely this Victor?
If Tornado has a problem then it could stop or even go into a siding but that's a bit more difficult with an aeroplane so the authorities have to be a bit more careful unfortunately.
Mind you the radio controlled models are getting so big these days that I sort of wonder whether we'll almost get there that way.
The co-pilot accidently put full throttle on instead of easing it off-he then froze on the spot and the 70 year old pilot had to bring if back down safely-he hadn't flown a victor since the 80s. Great piloting.
i wonder if she had enough fuel to make a circuit and land again if it was not possible for it to get down safely.
would be nice to have a victor join the vulcan. I wonder, what was the threshold the pilot had before he had to make a decision to throttle back and do a circuit.
@unapro3 Well if you looked into it, you would know that it was the Co-Pilot who mistakenly put the throttle on not the pilot. Maybe someone not experienced shouldn't have been given that responsibility but it's not illegal to taxi on private ground. I thought it was impressive because planes are hard to pilot and with a split second notice he put it down. Maybe he was lucky but the main thing is no one got hurt.
@Dagger3856 I think he might mean because it's an illegal manoeuvre due to the plane and pilots not being licensed. Although it is unfounded as the CAA are aware of it and have said they won't be taking legal action. It's an impressive recovery considering the pilot was 70 years old who and hadn't flown this plane for over 20 years since.
@daviator78
Thanks for taking the time viewing this video and leaving a comment.
But your closed statement of 'You were unwise to put this on You-Tube' bemuses me as there is not much subsentence in your comment. Please take the time to explain why this was unwise.
Just listen to all those car alarms going off!
excellent video Dagger3856, right place @ the right time, 5stars....................
I hope that the aeroplane was not damaged in this incident?
Nice to see her airborne again
this proves the victor, like its fans want it to fly again, becuase lets face it it was the BEST V force bomber - it went higher, faster and further and carried more bombs than the jumped up concorde by the name of Vulcan
Great line - I am stealing this ;)
'Fast Taxi'?? 'Fast' taxing is for flight test programs and do not include ROTATING THE AIRCRAFT. (They also do not include take off flaps to my knowledge) Something very fishy about that story.
what was the damage? but nice movie, spectacular
What got me is the barrage of camera shutters when she leaps into the air
@daviator78 Don't tell me, you were the pilot?
are they still in service ???
was there supposed to be a takeoff?
it's all perfectly innocent.
the pilot saw a cloud that looked like elvis and wanted a closer look.
sadly.... the king is gone.
if he didn't intend to take off why the flaps set?
I don't get it? If it wasn't supposed to be flying then why was it charging down the runway??
It's how we test the operation of car alarms in the UK.
@MrGrumpybugger
Having served in the Royal Air Force & worked on more modern aircraft (Tornado ,Harrier GR5&7 & of course the mighty cat (Jag) I totally understand exactly how much work goes into maintaining an operational aircraft never mind a preserved one however going by your argument you would ground the Sally-B & of course the BBMF as it costs too much. They say "Lest we forget" & should these machines be grounded, it wont be long before people do.
what happened? it seems that the plane lost power
Did it take off or not?
Unknown circumstance, weather diversity, local conditions, I would speculate, would all contribute to the 'exclusion of plan' as evidenced this day.
I really wish they'd get that aircraft airworthy again, Such a shame she's grounded.
Well captured dagger. Must have been a real fright to be there too. Story was in today's Times.
0:48 what a sound.
@unapro3 The newspaper report I read said (rightly or wrongly) they were allowed to do the intended manoeuvre, you implied they weren't with your "Throw the Book" comment. That's Why I mentioned it. Didn't realise I was talking to an aviation expert such as yourself though. I don't know what your problem is, I only offered my thoughts to the uploader's question as the original poster hadn't replied. Also, if you don't like obvious statements, then I suggest you steer clear of TH-cam comments.
I don't think the exasperation that we can't get aircraft flying again is naive...
The Vulcan drew record crowds to every airshow it attended. I live near one of them & roads for a 5 mile radius were completely gridlocked with traffic. Tens of thousands of people, these are big money events. The steam enthusists have no equivalents, it is a steady trickle, but they are much better at channeling the cash they do raise directly into projects.
Where does all the airshow revenue go?
@MrGrumpybugger From a personal point of view (if you want to get into a pissing contest) I was on Op Granby, attached to the US on Op Provide Comfort 1, Op Deny Flight & Deliberate Force in Former Yugo. Thats beside the point though, I am in agreement on the Arrows, they ponce off to Cyprus while others are sweating blood in the skies of Afghanistan, however they are a good recruiting tool. In no way am I disrespecting private owners however some items should & must be protected by the state.
Opppps,bloody hell!!
Great to see and glad all is ok.
But get the Gel airborne again!
what are you talking about there are no remaining victors unfortuanately which are airworthy,because of the lack of mandatory spare parts engines undercarriage etc, the pilot was being totaly irrisponsable , mishap the bloody nose was pulled up ,no flaps no parachute was deployed. Lusty linda at elvington has done many taxi runs the last one reached i believe 130 knots take off speed ,did it take off no because the pilot was and is a professional
Need to save this aircraft from being scrapped as the airfield has been sold to car auction and storage firm. No more plane moving activity anymore, sounds like they don't want the aircraft on the site.
@MrGrumpybugger Unfortunatly, that is why Concorde will never fly again as Airbus no longer support it. It would appear that the Vulcan is now getting to the point where it is self sustaining. When an 8 minute display at an airshow costs around £30k (£8k of that is fuel) & they have boxes of spares to play with, this machine will be airworthy for many years to come with or without BAE's help. BBMF MUST remain part of the MoD. I would not like our aviation heritage to go to private owners
The takeoff got people questioning about it huh 😓sad she is gone from the sky
@MrGrumpybugger We are going to have to agree to disagree then I'm afraid. All museums do marvellous work, even down to the Tower museums on the old USAAF fields in Norfolk & Suffolk. Shame we can't manage to get a Lightning or two on the display circuit :) now that would be a sight to show the younger ones!
god all these comments, its obvious ow it come to take off, the victor would not be full of fuel meaning its very light, there were heavy cross winds and the victor is amazingly aerodynamic and has great lift characteristics, no suprise to me that a plane so light with such aerodynamics in a cross wind suddenly lifted, they were designed to get up quickley after all. and as for these planes and others yes they should be paid for by the government and kept flying. people go on about the cost,
this was at elvington not brungtinthorpe
No at Brunters.
Lusty Lindy is at Elvington and she's a good girl who doesn't try taking off.
fast taxi would normally include rotate & land within runway limits - they caught a gust & weren't able to correct because of pulled power
Wow, nice recovery looks like the crosswind took her.
Would have been tempted to take it up and beyond. Nice vid of the old girl
This Victor still has what is takes to fly, she wants to be in the air!
She wanted to fly again, just one single time and she did (=
It would be great to see them airborne again, unfortunately I don't think this will ever be the case as the majority pushed their limits as tanker's during the falklands conflict! As a nation we need to restore an example to fly, in order to celebrate our aviantion/engineering heritage and keep it alive. Which has unfortunately gone down the toilet over the past couple of decades!!!!
Yeah what ever, as much as we love the victor, why does the Vulcan get more press, yes you may be correct about the higher, faster thing, but one thing is soooooo clear the Avro vulcan is a more lovely looking plane to look at and see, Delta wing lady forever!!
@Judjefferys No worries, I'm glad there are still 2 :-)
Way a go!! Fly girl fly....