Slater
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| posted on 26/3/16 at 05:12 PM |
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Vulcan
I managed to get inside a Vulcan today, well... the nose section and cockpit area which is sitting at Bournemouth Aviation Museum, next to the
airport.
There are plenty of other old stuff too, all the ones below you can climb into and sit in the cockpit.
EE Lightning
Gloster Meteor
Hawker Hunter
EE Canberra
Westland Wessex
De Haviland Vampire
Vickers Viscount
Vickers Vanguard
All cockpits are unbelievably cramped, very functional and certainly not built for comfort.
A great little museum.
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Vulcan Cockpit at Hurn Apt
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Vulcan Cockpit
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Vulcan at Hurn Apt
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Vulcan Nose Section
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Hawker Hunter at Hurn Apt
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Wing Commander Slater in the Hawker Hunter
Why do they call Port Harcourt "The Garden City"?...... Becauase they can't spell Stramash.
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owelly
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| posted on 26/3/16 at 07:07 PM |
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We did Solway Aviation Museum and got to play in the Vulcan there. The bloke showing us round was the pilot who landed the aircraft before it became a
static display. He took us through every part of the plane and it was marvellous.
http://www.ppcmag.co.uk
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davidimurray
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| posted on 26/3/16 at 07:33 PM |
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I seem to remember the Vulcan was designed for a single pilot but the RAF insisted it had two so they had to squeeze everything into the same space.
Gallery 1 http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.116893465324.130778.601005324
Gallery 2 http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.245243755324.181913.601005324&l=a9831a9319
Gallery 3 http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.440671625324.232627.601005324&l=3f0d42c523
Gallery 4 http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.490098255324.297598.601005324&l=efb083b7df
Gallery 5 http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150244028550325.366987.601005324&l=583fd5cd3a
Gallery 6 http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150550640070325.430417.601005324&type=3&l=fe779b358c
Duratec Engine Swap https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152527759580325.1073741828.601005324&type=1&l=40aae5e72f " target="_blank"> https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152527759580325.1073741828.601005324&type=1&l=40aae5e72f
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owelly
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| posted on 26/3/16 at 08:17 PM |
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Our Vulcan bloke reckoned the cockpit wasn't designed to have ejector seats. The ejector seats were much bigger than the original ones which
made it impossible to have large pilots....
http://www.ppcmag.co.uk
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steve m
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| posted on 26/3/16 at 08:21 PM |
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"Our Vulcan bloke reckoned the cockpit wasn't designed to have ejector seats. The ejector seats were much bigger than the original ones
which made it impossible to have large pilots.... "
I am unable to advise on the quote above, But Captain William Perrins has been flying the Vulcan over the last couple of years
I know him well, and he is not small or medium 
Thats was probably spelt wrong, or had some grammer, that the "grammer police have to have a moan at
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owelly
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| posted on 26/3/16 at 09:18 PM |
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I'm 6' and 17st. I didn't fit. I could just about squeeze through into the cockpit but there was no way I could fit in the seat and
use any controls!!
http://www.ppcmag.co.uk
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LBMEFM
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| posted on 27/3/16 at 06:12 AM |
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Truly a beautiful aircraft, once you seen an Vulcan fly you never forget how graceful it looks. Very cramped onboard as suggested, it had a five man
crew but only the two front seats were ejectors, the rest of the aircrew had to scramble through a hatch in the floor and if the landing gear was down
risked colliding with the front wheel strut on exit. Still a truly magnificent aircraft and along with the Concord true icons of British aircraft
design.
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prawnabie
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| posted on 27/3/16 at 08:11 AM |
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some of the laters ones had 7 seats too, if you could call the extra 2 "seats"
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garyt
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| posted on 17/4/16 at 09:19 AM |
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would love a seat in the EE Lightning, (Vulcan too) but its at the wrong end of the country 
remember we are not mad just creatively insane !!!!!
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 17/4/16 at 09:32 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by garyt
would love a seat in the EE Lightning, (Vulcan too) but its at the wrong end of the country
I'd rather have a seat in the Lightning that's kept down in South Africa - I'm not sure if it's still flying, but you used to
be able to pay an obscene amount of money and get a high-altitude, hands-on supersonic flight.
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scimjim
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| posted on 25/4/16 at 09:12 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
quote:
Originally posted by garyt
would love a seat in the EE Lightning, (Vulcan too) but its at the wrong end of the country
I'd rather have a seat in the Lightning that's kept down in South Africa - I'm not sure if it's still flying, but you used to
be able to pay an obscene amount of money and get a high-altitude, hands-on supersonic flight.
not the one that crashed in 2009 killing the pilot pilot, following blatantly atrocious maintenance - you must mean the other one they have,
maintained by the same company?
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 26/4/16 at 08:01 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by scimjim
quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
quote:
Originally posted by garyt
would love a seat in the EE Lightning, (Vulcan too) but its at the wrong end of the country
I'd rather have a seat in the Lightning that's kept down in South Africa - I'm not sure if it's still flying, but you used to
be able to pay an obscene amount of money and get a high-altitude, hands-on supersonic flight.
not the one that crashed in 2009 killing the pilot pilot, following blatantly atrocious maintenance - you must mean the other one they have,
maintained by the same company?
That's the one! It's all a pipe-dream anyway, as I couldn't afford the plane fare + hotel to South Africa, let alone the flight.
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907
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| posted on 26/4/16 at 02:53 PM |
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In my last year at school we went on a trip to RAF Wattisham where the Lightnings were stationed.
A pilot sat in the plane and we stood two at a time on a wheeled ladder beside the cockpit while he gave us a talk
about the plane and the controls.
I distinctly remember him saying that in fifteen minutes he could take off, intercept a Russian plane over the North Sea,
and be back in the Mess with a cup of tea.
There's never been a plane like it since.
Paul G
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steve m
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| posted on 26/4/16 at 03:06 PM |
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Apparantly at full chat, it ran out of fuel in 18 minites
so the 15 minite sorty was probaly correct, with 3 mins of reserve
according to one of my favorite VA pilots
[Edited on 26/4/16 by steve m]
[Edited on 26/4/16 by steve m]
Thats was probably spelt wrong, or had some grammer, that the "grammer police have to have a moan at
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907
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| posted on 26/4/16 at 04:14 PM |
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I did wonder if you would take it a bit easy on the way back...
But then you wouldn't want your tea to get cold would you. 
Paul G
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 26/4/16 at 04:18 PM |
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I love the old films of them taking off - hammer down the runway, lift off a little, put the wheels away, then go vertical for many thousands of feet.
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B33fy
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| posted on 26/4/16 at 05:06 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by steve m
Apparantly at full chat, it ran out of fuel in 18 minites
so the 15 minite sorty was probaly correct, with 3 mins of reserve
according to one of my favorite VA pilots
[Edited on 26/4/16 by steve m]
[Edited on 26/4/16 by steve m]
You know a lot of pilots Steve, are you are stewardess?
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steve m
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| posted on 26/4/16 at 05:40 PM |
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No Mike,
I currently work at Virgin Atlantic, until next Friday as made redundant
before that was at Dan Air, and before that Laker Airways
Pilot crew scheduling, is all I know
I know more Pilots than Baxi boilers
Thats was probably spelt wrong, or had some grammer, that the "grammer police have to have a moan at
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B33fy
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| posted on 26/4/16 at 09:47 PM |
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Oh thought you might look passable in a skirt lol..
All the best with the redundancy hope all goes to plan
Hopefully catch up soon Steve shouldn't be too much longer in getting the car on the road
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