Gemmel Posted 9 September, 2010 Share Posted 9 September, 2010 Out in Lordswood, very low, definately a military plane, only thing I can say it looked like was Concorde. Can't find anything that it looks like on Google. Anybody else see it, know what it is? (******* hope so or it's the looney bin for me) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baj Posted 9 September, 2010 Share Posted 9 September, 2010 A vulcan http://www.knowledgerush.com/wiki_image/2/21/Vulcan.filton.arp.750pix.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skintsaint Posted 9 September, 2010 Share Posted 9 September, 2010 least its dropped its payload...maybe on portsmouth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son of Bob Posted 9 September, 2010 Share Posted 9 September, 2010 If it was a Vulcan you'd know it. Probably the loudest plane you'll ever hear! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmel Posted 9 September, 2010 Author Share Posted 9 September, 2010 The picture that baj posted is it definately it, it had a single burner at the back and the colours are exact, but it didnt make that much noise. Any idea what it would be doing round here? Others would definatley have seen it...... I'll leave to them to give better descriptions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc_saint Posted 9 September, 2010 Share Posted 9 September, 2010 Only one still flying i believe after it was totally restored. There is an excellent book about the Vulcan and the role it played in the Falklands war. Well worth a read. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Vulcan-607-Rowland-White/dp/0552152293/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1284049852&sr=8-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedArmy Posted 9 September, 2010 Share Posted 9 September, 2010 Probably a UFO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintjinksie Posted 9 September, 2010 Share Posted 9 September, 2010 http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/8382457.Plane_crashes_into_garden/ ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelman Posted 9 September, 2010 Share Posted 9 September, 2010 If it was a Vulcan you'd know it. Probably the loudest plane you'll ever hear! Saw it at B'mouth last year. Can confirm that it is loud but the Typhoon was louder. Also think that the F-111 was even louder than both Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastleighSoulBoy Posted 9 September, 2010 Share Posted 9 September, 2010 The picture that baj posted is it definately it, it had a single burner at the back and the colours are exact, but it didnt make that much noise. Any idea what it would be doing round here? Others would definatley have seen it...... I'll leave to them to give better descriptions. The Avro Vulcan has 4 engines. Proteus, I think, but St.Landrew might put me right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggie Dunlop Posted 9 September, 2010 Share Posted 9 September, 2010 It is the Jersey airshow today so probably on its way back the mainland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanley Saint Posted 9 September, 2010 Share Posted 9 September, 2010 Scared the crap out of me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arizona Posted 9 September, 2010 Share Posted 9 September, 2010 Vulcan has to be one of the loudest aircraft out there, although the F-4 Phantom always used to set off a few car alarms at the Waddington Air Show. The noisiest aircraft on Earth is the Tupolev Tu-95 'Bear'. It had 4 contra-rotating props. The tips of the blades travel faster than the speed of sound. If you can imagine the sound of 32 blades travelling through the sound barrier... well you get the idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc_saint Posted 9 September, 2010 Share Posted 9 September, 2010 It is the Jersey airshow today so probably on its way back the mainland. It's based at RAF Lyneham up here near Swindon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robsk II Posted 9 September, 2010 Share Posted 9 September, 2010 You people worry me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmel Posted 9 September, 2010 Author Share Posted 9 September, 2010 You people worry me. :lol: The idea of me posting a "Fighter plane thread" sounds bizarre, the idea of me starting a thread on one, was before today, beyond comprehension..... That said it was ******* impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorgiesaint Posted 9 September, 2010 Share Posted 9 September, 2010 Only one still flying i believe after it was totally restored. There is an excellent book about the Vulcan and the role it played in the Falklands war. Well worth a read. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Vulcan-607-Rowland-White/dp/0552152293/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1284049852&sr=8-1 Would thoroughly recommend the book. If anyone has any doubts about our armed forces and what they have to put up with in terms of lack of equipment, then this will open your eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpb Posted 9 September, 2010 Share Posted 9 September, 2010 According to this, it was a Vulcan (about half way down)... http://forums.airshows.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=2&p=271749 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted 9 September, 2010 Share Posted 9 September, 2010 Saw it at B'mouth last year. Can confirm that it is loud but the Typhoon was louder. Also think that the F-111 was even louder than both Tornado ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelman Posted 9 September, 2010 Share Posted 9 September, 2010 No - Typhoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Le Taxi Posted 9 September, 2010 Share Posted 9 September, 2010 Never forget the site of a fully armed Harrier hovering above Weston Shore a few years back(Southampton Air Show? 1998?), it was that close i could see the pilot, still havent got the stain out of my 512s! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted 10 September, 2010 Share Posted 10 September, 2010 No - Typhoon. Tornado ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted 10 September, 2010 Share Posted 10 September, 2010 Only one still flying i believe after it was totally restored. There is an excellent book about the Vulcan and the role it played in the Falklands war. Well worth a read. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Vulcan-607-Rowland-White/dp/0552152293/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1284049852&sr=8-1 I read this on holiday last year. Fantastic true story and a miracle how they pulled it off. The Vulcan effectively won us the Falklands war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Channon's Sideburns Posted 10 September, 2010 Share Posted 10 September, 2010 No worries, it was Cortese off to drop a load off at Pardew's.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcjwills Posted 10 September, 2010 Share Posted 10 September, 2010 Was definitely a Vulcan, I was driving down the M27 towards Eastleigh when it passed over the Motorway as it banked to go towards Southampton Airport Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockhill Posted 10 September, 2010 Share Posted 10 September, 2010 This is it over southampton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedAndWhite91 Posted 10 September, 2010 Share Posted 10 September, 2010 The man who helped manage the restoration lives on my street, so we often get it fly over our house quite low. The noise is immense, it's quality. On one of these occasions I was at work just down the road, it flew over setting car alarms off and people in the shop didn't have a clue what was going on. Great aircraft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huffton Posted 10 September, 2010 Share Posted 10 September, 2010 Tornado ? No, Typhoon (Eurofighter) The Vulcan is powered by Olympus turbojets (hence the noise), which also power Concorde and a few military ships. Did anyone else see the Spitfire which flew over Totton earlier? Fantastic sight even now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 11 September, 2010 Share Posted 11 September, 2010 In the early 70s I used to work with a chap who came from Bristol. He told me that in his day there used to be a petrol station just off the end of the runway at Filton. Then one day a Vulcan had to overshoot the runway and applied full power at very low altitude just as he was passing over the station. Apparently everything was blown flat and all the petrol pumps were left dangling on the end of their pipes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 11 September, 2010 Share Posted 11 September, 2010 No, Typhoon (Eurofighter) The Vulcan is powered by Olympus turbojets (hence the noise), which also power Concorde and a few military ships. Did anyone else see the Spitfire which flew over Totton earlier? Fantastic sight even now. A Vulcan was used as a testbed for the Olympus 593: http://www.2av8.co.uk/pages/xa903/xa903c.htm The Vulcan was powered by four earlier Olympus models: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Olympus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 11 September, 2010 Share Posted 11 September, 2010 The designer of the Vulcan (and the Lancaster), Roy Chadwick, worked for Avro at Hamble and lived at 38 Chessell Avenue, Southampton, from 1922 to 1929. There is a blue plaque on the house. http://www.wingweb.co.uk/biographies/Roy_Chadwick.html The Avro company was founded by Sir Alliott Verdon-Roe. He is buried in the graveyard at St. Andrews Church, Hamble. His son Geoffrey Verdon-Roe founded the Vero companies that used to be dotted around Southampton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpine_saint Posted 11 September, 2010 Share Posted 11 September, 2010 This is it over southampton Superb stuff. Anyone who wants to help keep the last of her kind flying, here is the site of the trust that maintians and flys her, donations always welcome : http://www.vulcantothesky.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpine_saint Posted 11 September, 2010 Share Posted 11 September, 2010 It's based at RAF Lyneham up here near Swindon Thought it was based at Bruntingthorpe in Leicestershire ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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