I went up in a Lightning from Coningsby, 1 x in a Canberra from West Raynham, and last in a Phanny from Raf Guetersloh in Germany to Marshalls in Cambridge on a Cat 1 compassionate leave.
Many jets have Mach meters, not just supersonic ones. You do know the Victor was supersonic in a shallow dive I suppose, not that pilots were permitted to go there.
@@CanadairCL44 Sapphires were only fitted on the B.1 variant of the Victor. To give the airframe enough power to carry Blue Steel, it took the added thrust of Conways!
My uncle was a upper gunner in WWII he completed 36 missions over Germany in 1939.
Not in one of these he wasn't!
36 missions in 4 months (outbreak of war September - December 1939)? I doubt it.
This brings back so many memories of my one and only Victor flight back when I was an ATC cadet!
+Graham Summers I managed a jaunt in a Nimrod at Kinloss as a cadet.
I did a Nimrod myself, though mine was from St Mawgan.
Lucky you
I went up in a Lightning from Coningsby, 1 x in a Canberra from West Raynham,
and last in a Phanny from Raf Guetersloh in Germany to Marshalls in Cambridge on a Cat 1 compassionate leave.
This bird should be flying still, a real shame.
I enjoyed that. I also agree with previous post- this bird should still be flying.
Well nowadays the standard aviation enthusiast has worn thin due to the lack of an operational v bomber.
Hell do i wish one would fill the skies again
The handley page victor has got to best looking cockpit instrument layout out of all the cold war bombers.
If I had the money id buy one and get it flying again as my private jet.
That was exciting. Some people go to jail for taking pictures of the controls of cockpits.
Use the Victor shape, add modern engines and electronics etc.. What an aircraft would result !
A MACH meter on a Victor?
All those lovely buttons and switches!!!
What is that handle on the pilots, right hand?
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Many jets have Mach meters, not just supersonic ones. You do know the Victor was supersonic in a shallow dive I suppose, not that pilots were permitted to go there.
Back when they were bombers, with clean wings, no stub wings. They were incredibly graceful aircraft and could venture up to 60k feet.
The handle that looks like a quadrant is the steering tiller.
Is this 10 minutes of a bloke with his hand in the air?
Not a QRA Start, then?
Facility was removed from the starboard engines as part of the K.2 conversion.
The port engines on the K2 still had “combustion” start
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sounds like he's got a flat battery at 8min 42 :-)
What a strange place to have the steering tiller.
Waste of time watching this video.
Not if you are a dial watcher like me 😊Or like listening to Rolls Royce Conways spooling up.
@@timhancock6626 Armstrong Siddeley Sapphires surely?
@@CanadairCL44 Sapphires were only fitted on the B.1 variant of the Victor. To give the airframe enough power to carry Blue Steel, it took the added thrust of Conways!
@@CanadairCL44 Conways if you wanted it to actually fly 😁 ooh, the Red Arrows have just flown over my house 👍
@@timhancock6626 Lucky chap! Is it your birthday?