Paul Duncan wrote: > --- leee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> At low display TOWs, and while in service, the >> take-offs were much more >> aggressive than XH558's test-flight take-off, shown >> in the clips, but even >> that gives some idea of what they were like:) The >> noise, of course, was >> indescribable, probably only matched by the >> Lightning at low-level and on >> full re-heat:) > > I saw one do a display at Cosford in the mid 80's and > it came down in an almost silent glide about 200 feet > above the runway, then pulled up vertical and gave it > what must have been full throttle and went straight > up. It was awesome, and the ground just shook! > > Paul > ~~~~~ >
With that wing span, I'd expect them to have great gliding characteristics, unlike the Lightning. I also know of an occasion when a Canberra B2 out manoeuvered a Lightning with a dive, splashed his target and left him behind in the climb. BTW, the B2 photo I promised quite a while ago didn't come out at all well when I scanned it. There are a few tales, when the Vulcan that did the Vulcan completed the H-bomb drop off Xmas Island and reported back to Hickham AF base, the controllers couldn't believe it, they were expecting them much later. The other was after the drop, the navigator had difficulty in convincing the pilot that he was not flying upside down. An ex-colleague flew as nav in Vulcans, he and another Vulcan nav, a long time acquaintance via hamradio projects and a CAA examiner at Wellesbourne as well as a CAA inspector told me that if you ever wanted to experience severe turbulance, you'd have to fly in a Vulcan at 250 MPH at 200 feet. I experienced mountain waves in a 757 over Colorado and that was a bad enough 20 minutes. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, Licensed Private Pilot Emeritus IBM/Amdahl Mainframes and Sun/Fujitsu Servers Tech Support Specialist, Cricket Coach Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux used for all Computing Tasks ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list Flightgear-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
