Had the joy of watching a Vulcan at Biggin Hill one year, from a farm nearby. She did a series of fly by's, then a touch and go, and on the second touch and go, the throttles went to the stops, and she went into a full throttle climb. Two circuits round the airfield and she was above cloud ceiling. The roar was absolutely incredible. An iconic aircraft.
Iconic plane of our time, must have been amazing to be there and see it. Last saw one in flight at an air-show a number of years ago now. Thanks for uploading!
I love the Vulcan, it's like something out of Thunderbirds. When I was a kid they flew over my home on a couple of occasions in procession and I can remember the earth shaking.
Saw a Vulcan at Woodford air show years ago, it's climbing ability was unbelievable, it came over the runway low and climbed vertically until it disappeared into the clouds. What a wonderful aircraft it's a pity it's not in use today but things move on as they do but I'll never forget that day.
I saw the Vulcan at Woodford also. It came over slowly with the bomb bay doors open. It looked EVIL. What a wonderful piece of kit. And the noise. Amazing!!!
I could just sit here and watch the Vulcan on repeat! oh! wait I think I just did!!! what a plane? what a beautiful machine! thanks for the vid! lasted 14 mins? reckon I've spent an hour! cheers.
That HOWL of the 4 Olympus 300 engines still gives me the goose-bumps down my spine. I was stationed at RAF Waddington after my training at RAF Halton. I serviced them for 2.5 years. Fond memories of cycling back to work in 1969 after lunch and watching in wonderment as to how the Vulcan took off then did a steep bank and still stayed in the sky....... I fell off my bike!
Well-remembered iconic Vulcan displays at RAF Finningley in the mid-late 70s. Vulcan would drift in along the runway and then open the taps full as it climbed nearly vertically to start the display. You didn't just hear it, you *FELT* the wall of sound. It would test your dentistry! Absolutely awe-inspiring...
Got to see a Vulcan during an air show at SAC Headquarters/ Offutt AFB in Belleview Nebraska in the 1970s. It was a crowd favorite. The thing that impressed me was the wide range of speed from as slow as a piper cub to 650 mph. The one at the air show made a low speed, low level pass then came back over a little later at close to 600 mph. Where I currently live, we have the B2 stealth bombers fly over three or four times a week and they are equally impressive for different reasons. They can come in extremely quiet, then nose up, go full throttle and rattle every window in town. Two or three times every summer I play golf on the course at that base.
Ungodly cross winds on this day. The pilot did a magnificent job bleeding off the speed with the rear wheels on th epavement while the nose "crabbed" as best it could into the wind. Gorgeous aircraft. I salute that team that flew all the way to the Falklands to try to crater the runway.
As a young army recruit on a basic training exercise (1978) out in some woods somewhere around Wokingham. I was lucky to experience a whole squadron flying low and in formation come directly over head. It shook the leaves off the trees .. awesome. Prior to that I had never heard of a Vulcan :)
@George Dula, that was when "Orlando International Airport" was McCoy Air Force Base and the USAF was holding annual bombing competition between the various US bombers and the UK Vulcans. They would scramble out of the base in the mornings and fly very difficult missions all day, getting back at dusk. It was an awesome time to watch aircraft! By the way, were you there the day the SR-71 landed at McCoy? It was in the late 1960's? :-)
My favourite plane. My father was in the RAF and when we were stationed in Cyprus in the early 60s I used to see them doing aerobatics. For such big planes they were wonderfully manoeuvrable. If there were two they looked like butterflies doing a mating dance.
I was 13 years old at the opening of Wellington Airport when the Vulcan wiped out it's port undercarriage. As the captain took it to emergency power, even at that age, I realized how crucial it was to regain airspeed. Now at the age of 73 I still get a wave of emotion from the "Vulcan Howl" that I heard so clearly that day. If you are interested search on youtube for "Vulcan Rongotai"
I saw the footage of that near catastrophe. I believe the airport opening went ahead despite very dangerous and blustery conditions at the airport. I miss all the V bombers and Concorde. I’m sure the Americans feel the same sense of loss for the F-111 and F-70 Valkyrie!
Saw the last Vulcan fly over our house a few years back on its goodbye flight around the country ... am not ashamed to say I had tears running down my face as it arced over and let those wonderful engines do their stuff .. a sight I will never forget ..
Got tears in my eyes again watching this video. I feel blessed to have seen this beautiful machine quite a few times and am devastated that it will never fly again!
The Vulcan is a magnificent, spectacular flying machine. A fearsome weapon of war ! It was featured in the James Bond film, "Thunderball". Who wouldn't love the Vulcan ? It's a dream !
We used to go everytime XH558 was flying from Donny until it was permanetley grounded ...remember a few years ago when the landing gear got stuck and they had to swiftly return from Scotland and circle the airfield to burn fuel off ...we met Martin Withers and George Johnny Johnson at a avro evening event in the hangar..great memories
Saw one at the Toronto air show, must have been about 1975. The yanks were showing off their fighters of the day, rate of vertical climb and all that. Then the Vulcan came cruising by, low level slow roll almost over the crowd, shaking everything, then after a few circuits went to afterburner and, well, skyed it; just showing we can do that too. Was a memorable day.
@tim: Ironic that - as a kid my prized toy was a model (with moving thrusters!) of a Harrier Jump Jet. As I recall, the Americans bought our fleet! The Harrier now serving the US.
@@nickolasreeks4743: If you say so. I just recall I was looking straight up the jet tubes as he climbed and they lit up. Maybe it was just a rather snappy throttle-up, I don't know, but it certainly performed impressively.
@@timjackson3954 After the restoration and removal of several tonnes of redundant kit she was very light at just over 100,000 lbs dry. Massive performance boost despite 'de-tuning' the 201 Series Olympus engines to 16,500 lbs thrust to preserve engine life.
At 55, I remember the V-Bombers were a common sight at air-shows in the 70's and 80's, but its the Vulcan that stands out in my mind as the most awesome...as it passed overhead in a low flyby the earth literally shook, and the sound was deafening. It was the highlight of any airshow I visited in my youth.
I was a plane spotter at Newcastle airport when one of these monsters did a touch and go, the whole ground shook when it flew overhead. Awesome aircraft.
My favourite as well, I remember seeing a squadron of them when I was a teenager. My second favourite was the lightning. Fantastic British Engineering at its best.
I get it that the Lightning did what it was designed to do aeronautically. It took off and climbed to altitude at a remarkable rate, to intercept potential Soviet attackers. But with only two offensive rockets installed, one on each chin, it looked a little weak and stupid . Why create a jet that rises fast as a rocket ship, then give it a flyswatter to go into battle with?
@@ammoalamo6485 Regardless of the armaments, the technology was far in advance of any country in the world at the time. Just look at modern day aircraft, they have years and years of proving and modifications before they are accepted into service. Credit where credit is due, it was the best at the time. It could still out perform many of today's jets, I think that alone is worth a thumbs up for British Engineering.
That great lady just didn't wanna land 1st approach. What a machine, but more special the guys that flew her. Thank you gentlemen, something we'll never see again.
My dad was an airframe technician on the Vulcan back in the day. I didn't get to know a lot about what he did as he passed away in 1975 so in some ways this airplane holds a special place for me! Whether he worked on this one I wouldn't know.
I was stationed with the 59th Fighter Interceptor Squadron at Goosebay, Labrador in 1962. The RAF landed a Vulcan for our Veterans Day celebration. It was roped off so we couldn't get next to it, but standing still it looked like it was flying. Great plane from a very exciting era.
@@dessmith68 Desmond, did the Vulcan have good flying characteristics? It just seemed to glide through the air. I had many photos of it at the Goose and they were lost in one of my moves. That and the photos of my F-102 Delta Dagger beside the Vulcan. Great planes. Wasn't it the Vulcan that made the flight to the Falklands during the war?
Fond memories - As a young boy and long before anyone dreamed of Donny having an airport, I regularly watched Vulcans here, when this location was RAF Finningley
Lived in Wheatley Hills Donny as a boy and every night at 6pm could hear them warm the engines up to full revs... Im sure half of Yorkshire could hear that strong powerful sound.
I was lucky enough to be serving in the RAF as an aircraft engineer when these were in service. It was EARSPLITTING hearing a QRA scramble take off from the airfield bu tone day were were waiting to cross the runway at Waddington when they pulled a scramble we had to hold at the threshold OMG the whol bus SHOOK can you imagine SIXTEEN AVONS on full power right beside you - VULCAN PORN!!! If Rolls Royce had pulled their finger out there was YEARS of life left in this airframe! A true shame she was left to die in a museum she should be FLYING!
Agreed. It's a crying shame. I served at RAF Waddington in the mid 1960's and for two short periods at RAF Cottesmore, then emigrating to Australia in 1966, serving in the Australian Military for 18 years, 2 of which were on exchange to the USAF. The sound of an Avro Vulcan on take off is awesome. One gets to feel it more being on the outside than inside of the aircraft. It was also welcoming to have some EE Lightning visit. Also you may recall that the Swiss Air Force based some of their aircraft at (IATA: WTN, ICAO: EGXW) RAF Waddington. For those that do not know, RAF Waddington. is in Lincolnshire. I wonder whether the Lancaster Bomber is still there? It was in a way the station mascot.
For the record it wasn't just RR it was BAE, Marshalls and RR together who had to withdraw support as the Vulcan was flying under CAA specific approvals as a complex ex military aircraft and was time rather than life expired. These 3 companies are not charities their Directors have a fiduciary obligation to their shareholders to mitigate any possible liability. rejoice at what we had for so long and lets not get into shrill comments about individual companies. Plus I suspect they know more about the legalities and responsibilities than you do.
I know one of the engineers who supports older military engines at Rolls Royce. He's a total plane nut and dedicated to his job. I don't know how much he directly had to do with XH558's engines, but I expect the team he works with will have had something to do with them. I know he and his team do their best to support ongoing operation of a type whilst there is still demand for it. Even so, there are limits on what is possible, especially on types where it is impossible to manufacture replacement components. Nobody likes taking decisions to withdraw support. There is, however, a point where a prudent decision based on engineering assessment has to be made that components are end of life and cannot be life-extended again. Others will know better than me, but even with all the work that was done, my recollection was that there was limited life left in the airframe which would have been impossible to refurbish to a point where it would be zero-lifed. This airframe imposed limit would have made ongoing support for the sole airworthy Vulcan an increasingly difficult proposition, as the limited life in the airframe plus the unavailability of components meant grounding became increasingly unavoidable as time went on. Ultimately a decision was taken to have one last season as a celebration before grounding her. We had the Vulcan back in the skies for several successful years. It went out with a fabulous tour and was operated safely. Let's be thankful for what we had.
I was on Line Sqdn at Waddington in 1968 and I remember a Vomit doing low level aeros followed a few seconds later by the whoooosh as the air tried to catch up
Andrew_koala - One Lancaster - 'City of Lincoln' - is now part of the BBMF Memorial Flight, based at Coningsby, and it is flown regularly. (The only other flying Lanc is in Ontario, Canada, and it visited here a few years ago. We saw two Lancasters and the Vulcan flying in formation from our back yard. Unforgettable! You can check the BBMF website for some very interesting details about the Flight's aircraft. We have a second Lancaster in Lincolnshire, 'Just Jane', based at East Kirkby, and owned by a trust. They are working towards returning it to flying condition. That aircraft was the gate guard at Scampton for a number of years, displayed with bomb casings of the Barnes Wallace-designed bouncing bomb and the Grand Slam bomb. That one might have been at Waddo, but I'm not sure. I was involved as part of a one day amateur radio station from inside 'Just Jane' when it was still at Scampton. Spent most of the (rainy) day inside the aircraft, and about 3 x4 hours in the tail gunner's position, log keeping. The rain was getting inside the aeroplane in a number of places. Thankfully, it is kept in a proper hangar nowadays. There is a static Vulcan at Waddington, alongside the A15. You can see it on Google Maps. A third Vulcan is at the air museum at Cottingham, near Newark. Go down the A46 from Lincoln, and turn left at Cottingham roundabout. You will also see that Vulcan on Google Maps.
Saw one of the seat Biggen Hill air show 40 years ago . We were walking across the end when it took off and it went vertical over our heads. THE GROUND SHOOK!!!!!
Lovely landing and quite impressive too. Last time I saw the Vulcan flying was at RAF Waddington Airshow. Best one I saw a few years back was at Wickenby Airshow. As it climbed, the noise was really something. Ear muff job. Nowadays, sadly, it's all static displays.
Last saw one of these very low, directly overhead coming in to land where I was working at the back of RAF Wittering in 1981...what a sound, what a sight.
What an amazing aircraft, I remember that night in 1982 when it bombed stanley airfield, I could hear it for about 10 minutes before they let loose the 1000lb bombs, very frightening but also a very proud moment time, what brave men that flew that 8000, miles and without any chance of being saved if things had gone completely wrong and ot very nearly did , thanks to each and everyone of them, bless them all 👏👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
A spectacular plane, to say the least, it flew over Singapore at around 1200 ft in in the 50's or 60's, I was so scared to see this in the sky and I ran inside our house...phew..I! I have to say that the Avro Vulcan is not kid friendly in the sky, its flight profile is looks very menacing..:-)
Fantastic footage must be the sharpest, clearest images of the Vulcan generally available excellent camera work. The sound is pretty good but, I have never heard a clip that has come close to hearing it in real life which I have been lucky enough to hear a few times. I know there are some aircraft that are equally loud or louder maybe but, that howl in real life is just awesome.
Lived close to RAF stations most of my life, Lincolnshire lad . Lived in Lincoln so had RAF Waddington one side and RAF Scampton the other. When three Vulcans took off line astern on active service day or night our house shook enough to move small objects. Later moved to a house on top of the Lincolnshire Wolds just a few miles from and in line with the runway at RAF Binbrook, from time to time Vulcans there too but mostly Lightning’s being scrambled to intercept Russian planes who were getting close to U.K. airspace. Two Lightning’s on full reheat climbing as hard as they could shook everything too. Good thing as I loved the aircraft of those times, almost all gone now, very little RAF left.
Im of an age where I remember these being in service and one day one flew over my hometown, pure white very low and howling like crazy. that stuck with me and hearing this now reminds me of that
Well it's 2021 and I have to keep looking at Vulcan videos because I can't see it flying in real life any more. It's up there with Concorde as my favourite plane of all time. My Father was based in Cyprus '68 - '71, a great place to be. As a 16 year old I have memories of seeing the aircraft of the time, English Electric Lightnings, Phantoms, and of course it was where the Red Arrows trained off season, but way above them were the brilliant white Vulcans. We used to watch them practice bombing floating targets out at sea, very majestic aircraft that we in the UK owe a lot to as they were part of our V Bomber force protecting us from harm.
You are so right mate, I miss going to shows over the Summer months and watching it fly, such a loss. I was at a place called Grafham Water during it's farewell flights, loads of us there just waiting. You saw it in the distance, then it dropped very low over the water, at the last minute it rose up producing a huge howl, tears were flowing down my face.
Did my RAF training on one at RAF Halton, most impressive watching it do a one way only landing on a grass strip only fit for Chipmunks, only just managed to stop before going through the end fence. Beautiful bird
When I was about 11, (approx 42 years ago) I saw one of these do a touch and go at RAF Church Fenton. Back then, we were sat a lot closer than I imagine H&S rules allow now. The noise was thunderous & devastating, though I have to say, not as high pitch screaming loud as the Harrier that hovered next to / just over the runway! Awesome. There was also a very high speed low flyby of a Phantom (I think) It was a dot on the horizon - bang and it was a dot the opposite way! Wouldn't be allowed to do it now. Amazing day.
Around 1957 we were playing in woods at Rivelin dams...Sheffield..UK. we had a weekend hut there...we heard a most unearthly whining roar... we legged it out into the open terrified - wondering what it was....to look up and see a Vulcan low overhead...
One flew low over our house once when I was about 12 years old, nearly crapped meself. Brilliant aircraft, now just don't see enough of this type of British innovation.
David G. Johnson - this would have been the all white VX770 or sister - plane VX777. Totally " ruler - straight " leading edge wings ( unlike XH558 ). As a child my parents had a little wooden " weekend retreat " close to Woodford Aerodrome, so I watched both Vulcan prototypes in test flights ( following on from the four Avro 707 single - seaters which did initial trials on the delta wing design ).
@@CHOGIEMAN1966 Thanks for that info'.. Martin.. I took a look on 'Google earth' and see that 'Woodford' houses the 'Avro heritage museum' that looks good for a visit... weekends. Cheers from Dj.
I once drove up to Bracebridge Health just outside Lincoln in the rain. They scrambled the squadron and they took off in formation. Incredible sound and sight with the engines driving the spray.
The best place to be when they scrambled was in Waddington Village Hall, which is adjacent to the runway. Six Vulcans scrambling during the Falklands conflict, while I was with friends in that Hall, was an unforgettable experience. The whole building was shaking, and the sound was deafening, even behind the double-glazed windows. A person's whole body vibrated with the sound. They were almost as loud as a squadron of Lightnings scrambling from RAF Binbrook, with full afterburners going. I live more than 5 miles away from Waddington, and we would hear clearly Vulcans taking off, every day, even above the city noise. The current aircraft are nowhere near as noisy.
I lived in Goose Bay, Canada, in the late 1970s, where 4 or 5 Vulcans at a time were deployed for a few months at a time, together with Victors for refuelling. They were fabulous to see and hear - every time a Vulcan took off the whole town would tremble. I wish I had taken some videos at the time.
Well Richard, I happen to know that at least one of those Vulcans was piloted by one of the Black Buck team that a few years later took out the Argie runway in Falkland in preparation for the British landings. Not the pilot to eventually do the run - but a key Scottish cog in selected group. The regular Canada training experience related to long distance flying at high speed over varied terrain (often at night in complete darkness - by instruments alone) at rather tricky height (regularly as low as 200ft over water). The idea being deep penetration into the USSR - Moscow, Leningrad etc on strategic missions in the event of a nuclear attack against the UK. In-going super low, climb high at the last possible point, to lob the ball into the basket so to speak. And maybe, just maybe even survive to return home. For what that would have been worth. th-cam.com/video/PBJ99bIhAVk/w-d-xo.htmlm38s
Wow, I liked how long they kept her nose wheel up on landing - that looked so smooth. I guess that was part of the normal braking process, using that huge delta wing as a giant speed brake?
Unfortunately XH558 was not allowed to use afterburners. In the days when Woodford hosted air shows a visiting Vulcan pilot would turn it's tail towards the crowd and engage the afterburners. When this happened your whole body shook, your internal organs felt like they were being rearranged. I worked at Woodford and was lucky enough to witness a mass start as we turned it. All four engines were fired up together without blasting pens. The result was a hole in the airfield the size of a small lake. That may be an exaggeration but it was nonetheless a massive hole. Tons of turf and soil were dispersed over the airfield never to be seen again. I have never witnessed such a demonstration of power.
Saw one doing circuits and bumps at RAF El Adem (Libya) at night in 1958. We stood on the peritrack almost under it - as close as we dared that is - and first one to cover his ears was 'chicken'. Glad it was me!
Really enjoyed seeing a classic warplane from the cold war in flight. Really did NOT appreciate having to stare at a goddamned flying bus for a third of the video. One quick edit would have gotten a like from me.
Maybe ignorance ? I just stumbled upon this video, have no real interest in planes, and thought the howl of Vulcan was gonna be an actual sound, like a howl. Respectfully - am not seeing anything too interesting in this video. I wanted to down vote it. Ill keep it neutral . No idea who Thomas Cook is.
Exciting "high alpha" landing - a delta-wing characteristic. Stationed on Wake Island in the early 70's, when the RAF fly "Batman" in every couple of weeks for re-fueling. A truly iconic aircraft... :-)
I read somewhere that Concorde could fly at AoA up to 19 degrees before the engines couldn't keep her in the air even at full throttle. It would still fly, but lose altitude. Reason for that characteristic is, at first, you have a normal airflow over the wings that generates lift. The slower you go, the larger the wingtip vortices get until you get something called "vortex lift" that will keep your plane flying (very inefficiently, but no stall!). I picture the vortex lift to myself as constantly sticking the airflow back onto the stalling wing, thus creating lift... ;-)
Saw her first at Southport air show, and last at her farewell tour as she came in over BAE in Preston. With a final waggle of her wings she was gone, never to return.
The Vulcan Howl - once heard never forgotten - used to lay on the beach at Buttons Bay RAF Akrotiri Cyprus and they would either take off or land depending on the wind -- happy days
What memories this brings back. I would have been 14 or 15 years old and belonged to 308 Squadron Air Cadets and was on summer camp at RAF Abingdon when I had the privilege to fly in this magnificent beast. Oh I yearn for yesterdays
Remember these coming to land at RAF waddington in the seventies after night exercises. The noise unbelievable and the ground shook. A magnificent sight.
This also takes me back nearly 50 years . We were at an old RAF base in the Midlands of England . For some reason the Vulcan had to do an emergency landing . Came in so low , clipped the rail power lines , runway was too short , got stuck in mud . Runway was too short for a take off , there it stayed :-)
@@rijuk45 cool , just cannot recall the name , does South Cerney ring a bell ? I think we did glider training there . Also had one of the first German jets , lean into nacel, pull petrol mower motor and retire :-)
I remember seeing one weekend in October '62, sitting at the end of a dispersal runway surrounded by a couple of trucks and RAF Police, all loaded and ready to fly off to Leningrad or Murmansk. Sqeaky bum time.
@mandellorian The Trust has to accept the professional views of BAE Systems, Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group which is the aircraft was time expired. this is slightly different to life expired but given its unique situation and the CAA's classification as 'complex-category ex military aircraft' different rules apply. Companies like Rolls-Royce have a 'Duty of Care' to their shareholders and have to mitigate potential liability. RR have to be able to guarantee those engines and their comes a point when they can't do that with 50 year old engines no matter how well maintained. You make an issue of the reluctance of the three companies to share data to others who would gaurantee its flying safety but forget where the trail of liability would end if God Forbid the thing crashed. Who do you think would be sued? Joe Bloggs Lts or Rolls Royce, BAE and Marshalls? If it is their data being used THEY are liable. So rather than slag off one company maybe look at the facts of the case.
Its the logistical nightmare of servicing such an expensive aircraft. Who picks up the annual inspection bill, as well as the maintenance bills when it flies around the Uk on tour. The same with Concorde, it was simply too costly to maintain.
@@peterlewis3540 It has a volunteer trust who do the servicing, the engines are fired up regularly, you can here them from my sons house on the old RAF Finningley camp.
There are many planes that should still be flying, for History's sake if nothing else I don't know if Victor Tankers are still flying, but my Father was in charge of the Victor simulator at RAF Marham....He let me fly it once....A security breach I am sure, but it was a wonderful experience. The RAF was Very Different to what is has now become, Belittled, both in Numbers and Morale, it is the same fate as the Army and Navy...Phil Hammond refuses to invest in any Armed Forces expansion.....I despair of this Government. My Dad always said the RAF was a Family, and a Fun Family, even while dropping paras over Suez from a Beverley (did you know Egypr put tanks in pits, with a ramp at the shooty end, so they could elevate to shoot at the beverlies?) he could go back to Cyprus to meet my mum. She shouldn't have been there, but they lived in a village...EOKA was killing UK Servicemen at the time, and the Village Priest prevented my Father from being shot, saying to the EOKA gunman that he must be left alone, as he was a good man. I was conceived there, so the RAF ferried my Mum home....Sadly, the Army guy who moved into the house a week later was not so viewed, and was killed....I have no idea why I am telling you this, I just felt the need, as perhaps a Cold War Child. God Bless our Service People.
I saw one of those leave Winnipeg, Manitoba , Canada for one of the very last times in.... I think it was in 85.She took off and you could smell her!!! She took of and then she was put hard to port , pivoted on her wing and took off like the graceful lady she was!!!
you should have watched a 4 vulcan scramble with thunderbirds playing over the Tanoy at RAF Waddington in the 80's. Brings back memories "Tower, Recovery mobile over" and humping friggin heavy break chutes off the runway into the back of a landrover.
Optikification were you SE or a Rigger? I was a FLM in the 70’s at Waddo. When they repacked the ‘chutes on the pans it was usually the heaviest Riggers or Sooties helped stomp the pack into the tail!
I think that landing would have been considered a 'ffs Rumens' landing... Kev Rumens was one of the pilots in the Vulcan's end years. He knew the limits of the flight envelope (if you know what I mean)
interdave999 RAF Waddington was the closest base to Digby that had a squadron of Vulcans,Scampton and Conningsby are also close. My Grandad worked on the Vulcan at Waddington from 1962 until they were decommissioned after combat service in the Falklands. I think it was 1983 they finally stopped flying. They would always test the Engines at full blast on a Saturday morning whilst I was trying to watch the six million dollar man, I lived seven miles from Waddington it would literally shake the house some much my mums ornaments would rattle.
@@marcuscopley6929 Thank you for reminding me. RAF Waddington it was. I would not say we got used to the noise but it didn't seem to bother us even when sleeping during the day when on night duty.
When these were in service I was hillwalking in the Western Highlands in a howling wind - couldn't hear anything more than a couple of feet away. Then one of these things suddenly came screaming over the ridge at zero altitude - I almost felt I could touch it. Made quite an impression...
Except the B2, the TR3B and the TR6 Telos. Yeah, the last two I mentioned are not approved as being "real" yet, but wait for it...they had the B2 and the F117 since the 70s, probably earlier. At those times those would be considered UFOs, too, to everyone who would see them :-)
I recall watching her from our house attic window ( Lydham Hall Rockdale - Sydney- Australia), coming in to land at Kingsford Smith Airport, Sydney. She was a magnificent sight .She approached from Wollongong- ( South of Sydney), you almost felt you could reach out and touch her. By memory on her return to England she had a malfunction on landing, I heard the two pilots ejected.....
I saw this beautiful Vulcan in 1972? When working as a apprentice carpenter on the roof of the skyline building in Queenstown NZ I felt privileged to witness this plane , especially as I was looking down on the delta wing of the Vulcan
Whoah!! At 7:50 she sinks like a stone, probably a patch of swirling air from the strong crosswind reversing the direction, heart sink time... nice recovery.
reminds me of hapyy days at the Leuchars air show, from the 60's until the close of operations at the base, the roar of the Vulcan fly past vibrated the ground brillianty, a wonderful moving expierence. kodak must have made a fortune of the film sold at that time capturing majic moments in time.
The most awesome, beautiful way of turning fuel into noise ever invented.
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Had the joy of watching a Vulcan at Biggin Hill one year, from a farm nearby. She did a series of fly by's, then a touch and go, and on the second touch and go, the throttles went to the stops, and she went into a full throttle climb. Two circuits round the airfield and she was above cloud ceiling. The roar was absolutely incredible. An iconic aircraft.
Iconic plane of our time, must have been amazing to be there and see it. Last saw one in flight at an air-show a number of years ago now. Thanks for uploading!
I miss seeing XH558 in the skies :'(
Always sounds like the sky is being torn apart when she climbs away from you under power :D
I love the Vulcan, it's like something out of Thunderbirds.
When I was a kid they flew over my home on a couple of occasions in procession and I can remember the earth shaking.
Saw a Vulcan at Woodford air show years ago, it's climbing ability was unbelievable, it came over the runway low and climbed vertically until it disappeared into the clouds. What a wonderful aircraft it's a pity it's not in use today but things move on as they do but I'll never forget that day.
I saw the Vulcan at Woodford also. It came over slowly with the bomb bay doors open. It looked EVIL. What a wonderful piece of kit. And the noise. Amazing!!!
I could just sit here and watch the Vulcan on repeat! oh! wait I think I just did!!! what a plane? what a beautiful machine! thanks for the vid! lasted 14 mins? reckon I've spent an hour! cheers.
Your welcome, glad you enjoyed.
That HOWL of the 4 Olympus 300 engines still gives me the goose-bumps down my spine. I was stationed at RAF Waddington after my training at RAF Halton. I serviced them for 2.5 years. Fond memories of cycling back to work in 1969 after lunch and watching in wonderment as to how the Vulcan took off then did a steep bank and still stayed in the sky....... I fell off my bike!
Well-remembered iconic Vulcan displays at RAF Finningley in the mid-late 70s. Vulcan would drift in along the runway and then open the taps full as it climbed nearly vertically to start the display. You didn't just hear it, you *FELT* the wall of sound. It would test your dentistry! Absolutely awe-inspiring...
Got to see a Vulcan during an air show at SAC Headquarters/ Offutt AFB in Belleview Nebraska in the 1970s. It was a crowd favorite. The thing that impressed me was the wide range of speed from as slow as a piper cub to 650 mph. The one at the air show made a low speed, low level pass then came back over a little later at close to 600 mph.
Where I currently live, we have the B2 stealth bombers fly over three or four times a week and they are equally impressive for different reasons. They can come in extremely quiet, then nose up, go full throttle and rattle every window in town. Two or three times every summer I play golf on the course at that base.
The roar of the Vulcan pulling a loop - that sound was something else! I do envy you seeing the B2 though. ; )
Fortunate to witness that air show as well. It was amazing! Wonderful memory for sure!
Ungodly cross winds on this day. The pilot did a magnificent job bleeding off the speed with the rear wheels on th epavement while the nose "crabbed" as best it could into the wind. Gorgeous aircraft. I salute that team that flew all the way to the Falklands to try to crater the runway.
That was fantastic 👌So elegantly done. Superb Skills There.
Read 'Sea Harrier Over the Falklands' by Nigel 'Sharkey' Ward to get an eye-witness view of the Black Buck Vulcan efforts.
As a young army recruit on a basic training exercise (1978) out in some woods somewhere around Wokingham. I was lucky to experience a whole squadron flying low and in formation come directly over head. It shook the leaves off the trees .. awesome. Prior to that I had never heard of a Vulcan :)
One of these flew over Orlando when I was a kid in the early 1960s. It looked amazing.
@George Dula, that was when "Orlando International Airport" was McCoy Air Force Base and the USAF was holding annual bombing competition between the various US bombers and the UK Vulcans. They would scramble out of the base in the mornings and fly very difficult missions all day, getting back at dusk. It was an awesome time to watch aircraft!
By the way, were you there the day the SR-71 landed at McCoy? It was in the late 1960's? :-)
My favourite plane. My father was in the RAF and when we were stationed in Cyprus in the early 60s I used to see them doing aerobatics. For such big planes they were wonderfully manoeuvrable. If there were two they looked like butterflies doing a mating dance.
I was 13 years old at the opening of Wellington Airport when the Vulcan wiped out it's port undercarriage. As the captain took it to emergency power, even at that age, I realized how crucial it was to regain airspeed. Now at the age of 73 I still get a wave of emotion from the "Vulcan Howl" that I heard so clearly that day. If you are interested search on youtube for "Vulcan Rongotai"
I saw the footage of that near catastrophe. I believe the airport opening went ahead despite very dangerous and blustery conditions at the airport. I miss all the V bombers and Concorde. I’m sure the Americans feel the same sense of loss for the F-111 and F-70 Valkyrie!
Saw the last Vulcan fly over our house a few years back on its goodbye flight around the country ... am not ashamed to say I had tears running down my face as it arced over and let those wonderful engines do their stuff .. a sight I will never forget ..
Got tears in my eyes again watching this video. I feel blessed to have seen this beautiful machine quite a few times and am devastated that it will never fly again!
A stunningly beautiful work of art.
The Vulcan is a magnificent, spectacular flying machine. A fearsome weapon of war ! It was featured in the James Bond film, "Thunderball". Who wouldn't love the Vulcan ? It's a dream !
We used to go everytime XH558 was flying from Donny until it was permanetley grounded ...remember a few years ago when the landing gear got stuck and they had to swiftly return from Scotland and circle the airfield to burn fuel off ...we met Martin Withers and George Johnny Johnson at a avro evening event in the hangar..great memories
Saw one at the Toronto air show, must have been about 1975. The yanks were showing off their fighters of the day, rate of vertical climb and all that. Then the Vulcan came cruising by, low level slow roll almost over the crowd, shaking everything, then after a few circuits went to afterburner and, well, skyed it; just showing we can do that too. Was a memorable day.
bter combat soldiers
Sorry but no Vulcan had any form of afterburner/reheat. Only the test bed for the Concorde Engines
@tim: Ironic that - as a kid my prized toy was a model (with moving thrusters!) of a Harrier Jump Jet. As I recall, the Americans bought our fleet! The Harrier now serving the US.
@@nickolasreeks4743: If you say so. I just recall I was looking straight up the jet tubes as he climbed and they lit up. Maybe it was just a rather snappy throttle-up, I don't know, but it certainly performed impressively.
@@timjackson3954 After the restoration and removal of several tonnes of redundant kit she was very light at just over 100,000 lbs dry. Massive performance boost despite 'de-tuning' the 201 Series Olympus engines to 16,500 lbs thrust to preserve engine life.
Oh, so very British, and I say that with admiration.
At 55, I remember the V-Bombers were a common sight at air-shows in the 70's and 80's, but its the Vulcan that stands out in my mind as the most awesome...as it passed overhead in a low flyby the earth literally shook, and the sound was deafening. It was the highlight of any airshow I visited in my youth.
This Vaulcan is the most AWESOME aircraft ever built !! That sound on takeoff is unique and is the absolute sound of POWER !!!!
I was a plane spotter at Newcastle airport when one of these monsters did a touch and go, the whole ground shook when it flew overhead. Awesome aircraft.
My favourite as well, I remember seeing a squadron of them when I was a teenager. My second favourite was the lightning. Fantastic British Engineering at its best.
I get it that the Lightning did what it was designed to do aeronautically. It took off and climbed to altitude at a remarkable rate, to intercept potential Soviet attackers. But with only two offensive rockets installed, one on each chin, it looked a little weak and stupid . Why create a jet that rises fast as a rocket ship, then give it a flyswatter to go into battle with?
@@ammoalamo6485 Regardless of the armaments, the technology was far in advance of any country in the world at the time. Just look at modern day aircraft, they have years and years of proving and modifications before they are accepted into service. Credit where credit is due, it was the best at the time. It could still out perform many of today's jets, I think that alone is worth a thumbs up for British Engineering.
Beautiful, saw one at Bournmouth air display a few years back, just before the air frame miles expired, very sad that we wont see her again
That great lady just didn't wanna land 1st approach. What a machine, but more special the guys that flew her. Thank you gentlemen, something we'll never see again.
The Vulcan Bomber gives me goose bumps every time I watch it on TH-cam and am very lucky to have see it "live".
My dad was an airframe technician on the Vulcan back in the day. I didn't get to know a lot about what he did as he passed away in 1975 so in some ways this airplane holds a special place for me! Whether he worked on this one I wouldn't know.
I was stationed with the 59th Fighter Interceptor Squadron at Goosebay, Labrador in 1962. The RAF landed a Vulcan for our Veterans Day celebration.
It was roped off so we couldn't get next to it, but standing still it looked like it was flying.
Great plane from a very exciting era.
I think you,ll find it was the RAF who landed the aircraft. I flew into Goose Bay many times in a Vulcan some years later.(1969-1973)
@@dessmith68 Roger that....
@@dessmith68 Desmond, did the Vulcan have good flying characteristics? It just seemed to glide through the air.
I had many photos of it at the Goose and they were lost in one of my moves.
That and the photos of my F-102 Delta Dagger beside the Vulcan.
Great planes.
Wasn't it the Vulcan that made the flight to the Falklands during the war?
Ahhh Goose Bay. A happy play ground for so many Tornado Squadrons. What a place. : )
@@timothybaxter7392 We used to make our snow women with large breasts!!
Fond memories - As a young boy and long before anyone dreamed of Donny having an airport, I regularly watched Vulcans here, when this location was RAF Finningley
Me as well mate, the flight path was right above Moorends.
Me too, as a kid I recall seeing them at RAF Abingdon . Lovely big white aircraft at that time, saw them over Oxford many a time.
Stayed in Beltoft , used to fly by . Shocking how we took it as normal !! No longer !!
Lived in Wheatley Hills Donny as a boy and every night at 6pm could hear them warm the engines up to full revs... Im sure half of Yorkshire could hear that strong powerful sound.
I was lucky enough to be serving in the RAF as an aircraft engineer when these were in service. It was EARSPLITTING hearing a QRA scramble take off from the airfield bu tone day were were waiting to cross the runway at Waddington when they pulled a scramble we had to hold at the threshold OMG the whol bus SHOOK can you imagine SIXTEEN AVONS on full power right beside you - VULCAN PORN!!!
If Rolls Royce had pulled their finger out there was YEARS of life left in this airframe! A true shame she was left to die in a museum she should be FLYING!
Agreed. It's a crying shame. I served at RAF Waddington in the mid 1960's and for two short periods at RAF Cottesmore, then emigrating to Australia in 1966, serving in the Australian Military for 18 years, 2 of which were on exchange to the USAF.
The sound of an Avro Vulcan on take off is awesome. One gets to feel it more being on the outside than inside of the aircraft.
It was also welcoming to have some EE Lightning visit.
Also you may recall that the Swiss Air Force based some of their aircraft at (IATA: WTN, ICAO: EGXW) RAF Waddington.
For those that do not know, RAF Waddington. is in Lincolnshire.
I wonder whether the Lancaster Bomber is still there? It was in a way the station mascot.
For the record it wasn't just RR it was BAE, Marshalls and RR together who had to withdraw support as the Vulcan was flying under CAA specific approvals as a complex ex military aircraft and was time rather than life expired. These 3 companies are not charities their Directors have a fiduciary obligation to their shareholders to mitigate any possible liability. rejoice at what we had for so long and lets not get into shrill comments about individual companies. Plus I suspect they know more about the legalities and responsibilities than you do.
I know one of the engineers who supports older military engines at Rolls Royce. He's a total plane nut and dedicated to his job. I don't know how much he directly had to do with XH558's engines, but I expect the team he works with will have had something to do with them. I know he and his team do their best to support ongoing operation of a type whilst there is still demand for it. Even so, there are limits on what is possible, especially on types where it is impossible to manufacture replacement components.
Nobody likes taking decisions to withdraw support. There is, however, a point where a prudent decision based on engineering assessment has to be made that components are end of life and cannot be life-extended again. Others will know better than me, but even with all the work that was done, my recollection was that there was limited life left in the airframe which would have been impossible to refurbish to a point where it would be zero-lifed. This airframe imposed limit would have made ongoing support for the sole airworthy Vulcan an increasingly difficult proposition, as the limited life in the airframe plus the unavailability of components meant grounding became increasingly unavoidable as time went on. Ultimately a decision was taken to have one last season as a celebration before grounding her.
We had the Vulcan back in the skies for several successful years. It went out with a fabulous tour and was operated safely. Let's be thankful for what we had.
I was on Line Sqdn at Waddington in 1968 and I remember a Vomit doing low level aeros followed a few seconds later by the whoooosh as the air tried to catch up
Andrew_koala - One Lancaster - 'City of Lincoln' - is now part of the BBMF Memorial Flight, based at Coningsby, and it is flown regularly. (The only other flying Lanc is in Ontario, Canada, and it visited here a few years ago. We saw two Lancasters and the Vulcan flying in formation from our back yard. Unforgettable!
You can check the BBMF website for some very interesting details about the Flight's aircraft. We have a second Lancaster in Lincolnshire, 'Just Jane', based at East Kirkby, and owned by a trust. They are working towards returning it to flying condition. That aircraft was the gate guard at Scampton for a number of years, displayed with bomb casings of the Barnes Wallace-designed bouncing bomb and the Grand Slam bomb. That one might have been at Waddo, but I'm not sure. I was involved as part of a one day amateur radio station from inside 'Just Jane' when it was still at Scampton. Spent most of the (rainy) day inside the aircraft, and about 3 x4 hours in the tail gunner's position, log keeping. The rain was getting inside the aeroplane in a number of places. Thankfully, it is kept in a proper hangar nowadays. There is a static Vulcan at Waddington, alongside the A15. You can see it on Google Maps. A third Vulcan is at the air museum at Cottingham, near Newark. Go down the A46 from Lincoln, and turn left at Cottingham roundabout. You will also see that Vulcan on Google Maps.
Superb footage.
Many thanks for posting.
Saw one of the seat Biggen Hill air show 40 years ago . We were walking across the end when it took off and it went vertical over our heads. THE GROUND SHOOK!!!!!
BIGGIN* Hill.
I was at Popham for the farewell tour, it set off most of the car alarms in the carpark!
Hahaha brilliant!
I was at East Mids. Very sad.
Lovely landing and quite impressive too. Last time I saw the Vulcan flying was at RAF Waddington Airshow. Best one I saw a few years back was at Wickenby Airshow. As it climbed, the noise was really something. Ear muff job. Nowadays, sadly, it's all static displays.
Last saw one of these very low, directly overhead coming in to land where I was working at the back of RAF Wittering in 1981...what a sound, what a sight.
What an amazing aircraft, I remember that night in 1982 when it bombed stanley airfield, I could hear it for about 10 minutes before they let loose the 1000lb bombs, very frightening but also a very proud moment time, what brave men that flew that 8000, miles and without any chance of being saved if things had gone completely wrong and ot very nearly did , thanks to each and everyone of them, bless them all
👏👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
a magnificent old biest.
.. ja .. greets from northern-germany
Rip Vulcan
RIP Thomas Cook
A spectacular plane, to say the least, it flew over Singapore at around 1200 ft in in the 50's or 60's, I was so scared to see this in the sky and I ran inside our house...phew..I!
I have to say that the Avro Vulcan is not kid friendly in the sky, its flight profile is looks very menacing..:-)
Fantastic footage must be the sharpest, clearest images of the Vulcan generally available excellent camera work. The sound is pretty good but, I have never heard a clip that has come close to hearing it in real life which I have been lucky enough to hear a few times. I know there are some aircraft that are equally loud or louder maybe but, that howl in real life is just awesome.
Thank you.
Fabulous plane, neat bit of driving too!
Could it actually be reengineered, the b-52, c-130 or c-5a (now c-5m).
The Vulcan makes the loudest sound I ever heard. Absolutely awesome & terrifying.
You should hear the Tupolev Tu-95 "Bear"!!!!
Awesome Vulcan video! It looks like a giant albatross in the sky!
That looked a challange to land ..looked a nice day but I bet there was a fair cross wind....
Lived close to RAF stations most of my life, Lincolnshire lad . Lived in Lincoln so had RAF Waddington one side and RAF Scampton the other. When three Vulcans took off line astern on active service day or night our house shook enough to move small objects. Later moved to a house on top of the Lincolnshire Wolds just a few miles from and in line with the runway at RAF Binbrook, from time to time Vulcans there too but mostly Lightning’s being scrambled to intercept Russian planes who were getting close to U.K. airspace. Two Lightning’s on full reheat climbing as hard as they could shook everything too. Good thing as I loved the aircraft of those times, almost all gone now, very little RAF left.
Im of an age where I remember these being in service and one day one flew over my hometown, pure white very low and howling like crazy. that stuck with me and hearing this now reminds me of that
Well it's 2021 and I have to keep looking at Vulcan videos because I can't see it flying in real life any more. It's up there with Concorde as my favourite plane of all time. My Father was based in Cyprus '68 - '71, a great place to be. As a 16 year old I have memories of seeing the aircraft of the time, English Electric Lightnings, Phantoms, and of course it was where the Red Arrows trained off season, but way above them were the brilliant white Vulcans. We used to watch them practice bombing floating targets out at sea, very majestic aircraft that we in the UK owe a lot to as they were part of our V Bomber force protecting us from harm.
beautiful birdsong to accompany in England's green and pleasant land! How the howl brings a tear to my eye.
You are so right mate, I miss going to shows over the Summer months and watching it fly, such a loss. I was at a place called Grafham Water during it's farewell flights, loads of us there just waiting. You saw it in the distance, then it dropped very low over the water, at the last minute it rose up producing a huge howl, tears were flowing down my face.
Did my RAF training on one at RAF Halton, most impressive watching it do a one way only landing on a grass strip only fit for Chipmunks, only just managed to stop before going through the end fence. Beautiful bird
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awesome video, thank you
Thomas Cook driver: Lot of people watching the runway - anyone famous coming through?
Tower: Vulcan is 15 miles out.
Sums it up really. MIGHTY!
When I was about 11, (approx 42 years ago) I saw one of these do a touch and go at RAF Church Fenton. Back then, we were sat a lot closer than I imagine H&S rules allow now. The noise was thunderous & devastating, though I have to say, not as high pitch screaming loud as the Harrier that hovered next to / just over the runway! Awesome. There was also a very high speed low flyby of a Phantom (I think) It was a dot on the horizon - bang and it was a dot the opposite way! Wouldn't be allowed to do it now. Amazing day.
I lived close to Bruntingthorpe as a boy, and Vulcans regularly flew overhead, occasionally, a Victor too. Vulcans we called the Batwings.
Around 1957 we were playing in woods at Rivelin dams...Sheffield..UK. we had a weekend hut there...we heard a most unearthly whining roar... we legged it out into the open terrified - wondering what it was....to look up and see a Vulcan low overhead...
One flew low over our house once when I was about 12 years old, nearly crapped meself. Brilliant aircraft, now just don't see enough of this type of British innovation.
David G. Johnson - this would have been the all white VX770 or sister - plane VX777. Totally " ruler - straight " leading edge wings ( unlike XH558 ). As a child my parents had a little wooden " weekend retreat " close to Woodford Aerodrome, so I watched both Vulcan prototypes in test flights ( following on from the four Avro 707 single - seaters which did initial trials on the delta wing design ).
@@CHOGIEMAN1966 Thanks for that info'.. Martin.. I took a look on 'Google earth' and see that 'Woodford' houses the 'Avro heritage museum' that looks good for a visit... weekends. Cheers from Dj.
I once drove up to Bracebridge Health just outside Lincoln in the rain. They scrambled the squadron and they took off in formation. Incredible sound and sight with the engines driving the spray.
The best place to be when they scrambled was in Waddington Village Hall, which is adjacent to the runway. Six Vulcans scrambling during the Falklands conflict, while I was with friends in that Hall, was an unforgettable experience. The whole building was shaking, and the sound was deafening, even behind the double-glazed windows. A person's whole body vibrated with the sound. They were almost as loud as a squadron of Lightnings scrambling from RAF Binbrook, with full afterburners going. I live more than 5 miles away from Waddington, and we would hear clearly Vulcans taking off, every day, even above the city noise. The current aircraft are nowhere near as noisy.
I lived in Goose Bay, Canada, in the late 1970s, where 4 or 5 Vulcans at a time were deployed for a few months at a time, together with Victors for refuelling. They were fabulous to see and hear - every time a Vulcan took off the whole town would tremble. I wish I had taken some videos at the time.
Well Richard, I happen to know that at least one of those Vulcans was piloted by one of the Black Buck team that a few years later took out the Argie runway in Falkland in preparation for the British landings. Not the pilot to eventually do the run - but a key Scottish cog in selected group.
The regular Canada training experience related to long distance flying at high speed over varied terrain (often at night in complete darkness - by instruments alone) at rather tricky height (regularly as low as 200ft over water). The idea being deep penetration into the USSR - Moscow, Leningrad etc on strategic missions in the event of a nuclear attack against the UK. In-going super low, climb high at the last possible point, to lob the ball into the basket so to speak. And maybe, just maybe even survive to return home. For what that would have been worth.
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Wow, I liked how long they kept her nose wheel up on landing - that looked so smooth. I guess that was part of the normal braking process, using that huge delta wing as a giant speed brake?
Unfortunately XH558 was not allowed to use afterburners. In the days when Woodford hosted air shows a visiting Vulcan pilot would turn it's tail towards the crowd and engage the afterburners. When this happened your whole body shook, your internal organs felt like they were being rearranged. I worked at Woodford and was lucky enough to witness a mass start as we turned it. All four engines were fired up together without blasting pens. The result was a hole in the airfield the size of a small lake. That may be an exaggeration but it was nonetheless a massive hole. Tons of turf and soil were dispersed over the airfield never to be seen again. I have never witnessed such a demonstration of power.
Saw one doing circuits and bumps at RAF El Adem (Libya) at night in 1958. We stood on the peritrack almost under it - as close as we dared that is - and first one to cover his ears was 'chicken'. Glad it was me!
Really enjoyed seeing a classic warplane from the cold war in flight. Really did NOT appreciate having to stare at a goddamned flying bus for a third of the video. One quick edit would have gotten a like from me.
You had to stare at it? That’s weird, I just skipped it. And then liked it 😁
Must have cost him a penny or two to get his name out there.
Spectacular Aircraft. Unforgettable sounding engines. ..too bad for its retirement. .
Avro Vulcan is one of the coolest aircraft on the planet. British aviation at its best. 3 cheers! Albany, NY USA
33 discontent Thomas Cook travellers downvoted this video. There is not other explanation possible.
Maybe ignorance ? I just stumbled upon this video, have no real interest in planes, and thought the howl of Vulcan was gonna be an actual sound, like a howl. Respectfully - am not seeing anything too interesting in this video. I wanted to down vote it. Ill keep it neutral . No idea who Thomas Cook is.
Other than the obvious - Argentinians?
Jon Doe they must be nutters then
how can 50 tons of aluminium , 4 rolls olympus and various other bits be turned into such an awe inspiring beauty.
Exciting "high alpha" landing - a delta-wing characteristic. Stationed on Wake Island in the early 70's, when the RAF fly "Batman" in every couple of weeks for re-fueling. A truly iconic aircraft... :-)
I read somewhere that Concorde could fly at AoA up to 19 degrees before the engines couldn't keep her in the air even at full throttle. It would still fly, but lose altitude.
Reason for that characteristic is, at first, you have a normal airflow over the wings that generates lift. The slower you go, the larger the wingtip vortices get until you get something called "vortex lift" that will keep your plane flying (very inefficiently, but no stall!).
I picture the vortex lift to myself as constantly sticking the airflow back onto the stalling wing, thus creating lift... ;-)
Fantastic video mate, thanks
Saw her first at Southport air show, and last at her farewell tour as she came in over BAE in Preston. With a final waggle of her wings she was gone, never to return.
The Vulcan, British engineering at its best! No computers here!!
all that wing, touches down like a feather. one my British favs
The Brits made a class act there, A great piece of history. How much for a ride? Enjoyed the video.
Avro Vulcan, from an era Brittain was still a proud nation...
After Brexit that'll return.
You have a very nice style of communication with a kinky undertone jemmimallah but a blind spot for irony. Btw I'm Dutch and live in the Netherlands.
Vulcans featured in the opening scenes of "Thunderball". Always worth watching just for that..!
I saw the movie at its release, and was enthralled by that magnificent aircraft. Sad to see it go.
Yes, I saw it the other day. I only remembered they landed one in the sea, lovely surprise to see 3 or 4 taking off!
Filmed at Waddington.mid afternoon. I was in the background. Autographs given later.
The Vulcan Howl - once heard never forgotten - used to lay on the beach at Buttons Bay RAF Akrotiri Cyprus and they would either take off or land depending on the wind -- happy days
Your plane Mr. Bond! A flying Aston Martin DB5!
What memories this brings back. I would have been 14 or 15 years old and belonged to 308 Squadron Air Cadets and was on summer camp at RAF Abingdon when I had the privilege to fly in this magnificent beast. Oh I yearn for yesterdays
Remember these coming to land at RAF waddington in the seventies after night exercises. The noise unbelievable and the ground shook.
A magnificent sight.
I miss seeing her fly so much.
This also takes me back nearly 50 years . We were at an old RAF base in the Midlands of England . For some reason the Vulcan had to do an emergency landing . Came in so low , clipped the rail power lines , runway was too short , got stuck in mud .
Runway was too short for a take off , there it stayed :-)
Wellesbourne? If it was then I can tell you its still there!
@@rijuk45 cool , just cannot recall the name , does South Cerney ring a bell ? I think we did glider training there . Also had one of the first German jets , lean into nacel, pull petrol mower motor and retire :-)
THANK YOU FOR THE UPLOAD
I remember seeing it at Farnborough in the 1960s. It used to circle the airfield like an evil bat.
I remember seeing one weekend in October '62, sitting at the end of a dispersal runway surrounded by a couple of trucks and RAF Police, all loaded and ready to fly off to Leningrad or Murmansk. Sqeaky bum time.
It should still be flying
@mandellorian The Trust has to accept the professional views of BAE Systems, Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group which is the aircraft was time expired. this is slightly different to life expired but given its unique situation and the CAA's classification as 'complex-category ex military aircraft' different rules apply. Companies like Rolls-Royce have a 'Duty of Care' to their shareholders and have to mitigate potential liability. RR have to be able to guarantee those engines and their comes a point when they can't do that with 50 year old engines no matter how well maintained.
You make an issue of the reluctance of the three companies to share data to others who would gaurantee its flying safety but forget where the trail of liability would end if God Forbid the thing crashed. Who do you think would be sued? Joe Bloggs Lts or Rolls Royce, BAE and Marshalls? If it is their data being used THEY are liable.
So rather than slag off one company maybe look at the facts of the case.
Its the logistical nightmare of servicing such an expensive aircraft.
Who picks up the annual inspection bill, as well as the maintenance bills when it flies around the Uk on tour.
The same with Concorde, it was simply too costly to maintain.
@@peterlewis3540 It has a volunteer trust who do the servicing, the engines are fired up regularly, you can here them from my sons house on the old RAF Finningley camp.
mandellorian but doesn’t the UK MOD own the plane? That would include the design which is government property? How did they get away with that?
There are many planes that should still be flying, for History's sake if nothing else
I don't know if Victor Tankers are still flying, but my Father was in charge of the Victor simulator at RAF Marham....He let me fly it once....A security breach I am sure, but it was a wonderful experience. The RAF was Very Different to what is has now become, Belittled, both in Numbers and Morale, it is the same fate as the Army and Navy...Phil Hammond refuses to invest in any Armed Forces expansion.....I despair of this Government. My Dad always said the RAF was a Family, and a Fun Family, even while dropping paras over Suez from a Beverley (did you know Egypr put tanks in pits, with a ramp at the shooty end, so they could elevate to shoot at the beverlies?) he could go back to Cyprus to meet my mum. She shouldn't have been there, but they lived in a village...EOKA was killing UK Servicemen at the time, and the Village Priest prevented my Father from being shot, saying to the EOKA gunman that he must be left alone, as he was a good man. I was conceived there, so the RAF ferried my Mum home....Sadly, the Army guy who moved into the house a week later was not so viewed, and was killed....I have no idea why I am telling you this, I just felt the need, as perhaps a Cold War Child. God Bless our Service People.
I saw one of those leave Winnipeg, Manitoba , Canada for one of the very last times in.... I think it was in 85.She took off and you could smell her!!! She took of and then she was put hard to port , pivoted on her wing and took off like the graceful lady she was!!!
Lol it's an aeroplane...
An airplane with a lot of character!
Greased her in, what a beautiful landing. Amazing aircraft, so much missed
May I have your permission to use this audio track on a student radio show?
What student radio show would this be ????
Never Gets Old!
you should have watched a 4 vulcan scramble with thunderbirds playing over the Tanoy at RAF Waddington in the 80's. Brings back memories "Tower, Recovery mobile over" and humping friggin heavy break chutes off the runway into the back of a landrover.
Optikification were you SE or a Rigger? I was a FLM in the 70’s at Waddo. When they repacked the ‘chutes on the pans it was usually the heaviest Riggers or Sooties helped stomp the pack into the tail!
I saw 4 circuling over the A1 coming south from Tony's. Impressive just before they went to the Falklands.
used to watch them touch and go at raf valley, it was awesome then as it still is now
Was also a watcher there back in the 60' s , could still go and climb over the crashed planes and find half burnt 'secret ' documents . :-)
Interestig how the nose is held up so long in the rollout. Is this standard technique or something that was done to preserve life on this rare bird?
I think that landing would have been considered a 'ffs Rumens' landing...
Kev Rumens was one of the pilots in the Vulcan's end years. He knew the limits of the flight envelope (if you know what I mean)
I was stationed at RAF Digby near Lincoln in 1959 close to a base for Vulcans. They were loud. Can't remember the name of the station.
interdave999 RAF Waddington was the closest base to Digby that had a squadron of Vulcans,Scampton and Conningsby are also close. My Grandad worked on the Vulcan at Waddington from 1962 until they were decommissioned after combat service in the Falklands. I think it was 1983 they finally stopped flying. They would always test the Engines at full blast on a Saturday morning whilst I was trying to watch the six million dollar man, I lived seven miles from Waddington it would literally shake the house some much my mums ornaments would rattle.
@@marcuscopley6929 Thank you for reminding me. RAF Waddington it was. I would not say we got used to the noise but it didn't seem to bother us even when sleeping during the day when on night duty.
so many outstanding british airplanes have been designed and operated. On top of my list are the de Havilland Mosquito and the Vulcan.
Plywood airplane?? Yes, and a damn fine aircraft it was!!
When these were in service I was hillwalking in the Western Highlands in a howling wind - couldn't hear anything more than a couple of feet away. Then one of these things suddenly came screaming over the ridge at zero altitude - I almost felt I could touch it. Made quite an impression...
Damit, that's one impressing aircraft... they don't make seriously mean looking planes like that nowadays. They are all just kind of Teslas now.
Except the B2, the TR3B and the TR6 Telos. Yeah, the last two I mentioned are not approved as being "real" yet, but wait for it...they had the B2 and the F117 since the 70s, probably earlier. At those times those would be considered UFOs, too, to everyone who would see them :-)
I recall watching her from our house attic window ( Lydham Hall Rockdale - Sydney- Australia), coming in to land at Kingsford Smith Airport, Sydney. She was a magnificent sight .She approached from Wollongong- ( South of Sydney), you almost felt you could reach out and touch her. By memory on her return to England she had a malfunction on landing, I heard the two pilots ejected.....
posted by Fred Long
A amazing machine, would love to have seen the full V Force flying together!
I saw this beautiful Vulcan in 1972? When working as a apprentice carpenter on the roof of the skyline building in Queenstown NZ
I felt privileged to witness this plane , especially as I was looking down on the delta wing of the Vulcan
So why was the first landing aborted?
Whoah!! At 7:50 she sinks like a stone, probably a patch of swirling air from the
strong crosswind reversing the direction, heart sink time... nice recovery.
reminds me of hapyy days at the Leuchars air show, from the 60's until the close of operations at the base, the roar of the Vulcan fly past vibrated the ground brillianty, a wonderful moving expierence. kodak must have made a fortune of the film sold at that time capturing majic moments in time.