Tony Lockhart
Avoiding Stress, at Every Opportunity
What was distance from yourself to the aircraft for the F-15 shots? You can see a line of rivets between front canopy & nose cone - just incredible detail for something so fast.
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What was distance from yourself to the aircraft for the F-15 shots? You can see a line of rivets between front canopy & nose cone - just incredible detail for something so fast.
I don’t think that’s XH558. That’s a Black Buck Vulcan that bombed the Argies on the Falklands in ‘82. 558 is at Doncaster airport as far as I know.
What was distance from yourself to the aircraft for the F-15 shots? You can see a line of rivets between front canopy & nose cone - just incredible detail for something so fast.
I don’t think that’s XH558. That’s a Black Buck Vulcan that bombed the Argies on the Falklands in ‘82. 558 is at Doncaster airport as far as I know.
Thanks Tony , first time I've photographed aircraft and have next to zero knowledge about them I'm just going by the sign for it and the people that work there said it was XH558, also spoke to a guy that used to be part of Vulcan club .
I don’t think that’s XH558. That’s a Black Buck Vulcan that bombed the Argies on the Falklands in ‘82. 558 is at Doncaster airport as far as I know.
Yep, XM607. Been sat there for over 37 years, poor ol’ thing.
Correct.
Can't remember the tail number for definite (I go past Waddo at least a couple of times a week so should do!) but am pretty sure it's 607. It is indeed the very aircraft which did the bomb run on Stanley.
I’ve no idea what the latest is on 558. I know there are plenty of disappointed enthusiasts, but hey, few of them are willing to sell their houses to keep the old girl in a presentable condition.
Southend airport has a Vulcan. She had a quick, noisy taxy run a few months ago.
Maybe look at Bruntingthorpe? I’ve been once, to a Lightning Twilight Reheat run. Very impressive and loud! They usually do a Cold War Jets Day, with fast taxy runs. A few years ago the Victor took off for a few seconds!
Excellent thanks Tony will have to check that out Cold War Jets Day sounds very interesting !
Complete break down in cockpit communications at a previous Cold War Jets Day:
Bloody hell !
The Typhoon was the first jet that I was aware of that made great use of bonding in the primary structure.
Nimrod components were Redux bonded - I have some test specimens here used on Nimrod MRA4, er, development. Details here :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redux_(adhesive)
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From memory, the ribs in the wings of the Typhoon are bonded to the wings. And they form into their final rib shape during the curing (heat) process. Must save a fair bit of weight and man-hours.
Do you mean 'rib's or 'spars' ? Few ribs in the wing design as shown here :- https://www.militaryimages.net/media/eurofighter-typhoon-cutaway.103882/
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