In a way, it was probably the RAF/Avro Vulcan that drove the Russians to develop the K-19 missiles, and the Su-9/-11 and Su-15/-21 interceptors to carry those missiles; the USAF/Boeing B-47 and B-52 weren't quite so robust from a structural standpoint as the Vulcan. The current R-37 is sized for a target consistent with the Vulcan, as was the K-19.
That was BEAUTIFUL!! I used to watch these aircraft in the 60s, they used to take off in a staggered 3 abreast and BOY!! the sound!!!! At the time, along the road that run parallel to the runway, there were signposts. NO STOPPING! along with a caution of ARREST!! My dad used to slow down the lorry he drove to almost a standstill so i could watch them. Its the sight and sound i will never ever forget. If there is any one whos relations that worked at RUSTON BUSIRUS in 60s 70s get in touch.
my dad was the captain of XH558 and two other XH avro's until 1995 and did displays in it too but unfortunately i was too young to ever go and see him fly... thanks for uploading this though so i could see my old man doing what he did best!
and to think that is likely only 50% of what the aircraft was capable of. There is a great video of it doing a barrel role as well. Amazing. Really the flying wing.
Sorry, just watched this about 20 times in a row. It really is the most beautiful aircraft in the history of avionics, and this is a superb video of the last one in action. Thanks for a great video!
@musicbruv Thats what i was thinking lol. looks like the pilot took her up maybe 5 degrees too steep at just over 200 knots. Maybe against the wind too. Normally i think it would have blasted through those clouds and you wouldn't see it doing less han 300 knots at 35 degrees angle of attack all the way to 20000 feet.
@canadiantimberwolf1 Yes she's still flying. Well actually she's having her winter service right now. She lives at Robin Hood Airport, near Doncaster, otherwise known as Finningley.
The russians ability to shoot down 500mph aircraft at 70,000 feet put an end to large bombers. The UK's bomber fleet is the Tornado which can fight its way in with 30 mile range radar guided AA missiles and use the hills to hide from radar. It can now bomb 18 tanks per mission with the new upgrade.
There was a rumour that Maggie thatcher wanted to resurrect the TSR2 program after the Falklands, but found that not only had the shells,jigs and tooling been broken up but also the blue prints had gone walkies as well
As a kid growing up in Biggin Hill I used to watch the Vulcan take off at the end of the air displays there. Always made your insides rumble. It used to climb into the air at that same angle at full chat and then level out at about 1000 feet and shut off the taps and all was quiet. Simply amazing.
The Vulcan, the Victor and the EE Lightning is what scared the shit out of the Russians during the cold war. British design led the world back then. Shame we sold out to the Yanks.
@blacktiger955i I loved all of those planes, British designers are still doing it for us, Yanks are still Wanks. Our pilots are still the best. British Pilot + British Plane= You are in deep shit! Politicians create crap. RAF pilots drag success from it every time!
ok... I was there...flew up on the Catalina.. the year before I started working at wfd.. I've photos of this flight somewhere taken from the hardstanding past where XM603 used to be parked.. always remembered it as dramatic - and here it is in full stereo--- oh how I miss that howl!
One of these planes did a low level nuclear strike to new york in the 1960's to see if Russia could do it just flying low level then popping up to drop a rocket propelled nuke. This was done to show that the USA was not invulnerable to air strikes. The mission was a total success. The new York people never found out.
I'd not heard of the Vulcan civil variant but I knew a Victor airliner was on the drawing board at the time though never got passed the pencil and paper phase I don't think. Bloody good airliner if it ever was!
The loudest 3 Aircraft I have ever heard at Air Shows and I have seen every loud different Aircraft imaginable but the Vulcan,B1 Lancer,and Concorde to this day are loudest. The Nimrod comes a close second.
The extinct American 6 Engine XB70 Valkyrie,the TU Russian Blackjack and some MIG's are probably the only other Jetcraft ever that are louder.
When the Vulcan was still a prototype one of my "Aircraft for Boys" type books said Avro was developing an airliner version that would carry passengers across the Atlantic for 1d a mile -that's one old penny for those who do not know what 1d is. That would be about £14.50p or a good weeks pay for a skilled worker at the time. Anyone know what happened to that idea? Please! I know it was not a good source I am just asking!
I have seen both the B1 Lancer and Vulcan Bomber many times. Like both but I like the Vulcan short take off even better. And without Afterburners that is incredible.
One idiot posted a comment mention the Vulcan Bomber is probably the least favorite aircraft of his because he doesn't like the way it is shaped and looks from any angle. But the B1 was OK to him. The idiot is probably a typical ignorant American 25-35 years old who never ever saw the Vulcan Bomber at an Air Show in his life as I have many times here in Canada back in the 1970s.
This was on the BBC not long ago, a programme called Britains secret heritage. I was ashamed to hear the presenter refer to the Vulcan sitting on the end of the runway on 'tick over' as the Vulcan roar. *shakes head* no no no no no!
@neillyf That big moth patterned Vulcan just taxis by saying " I'm taking care of things!" There is nothing to argue about, lovely, brilliant! Secure!
Freebeerfordworkers and Stockportrocker: Unionised labour working on Britain's strategic nuclear deterrent? I don't think so. My Dad was a radar fitter and RAF non-commissioned officer. He never was in a union.
DJPaulgee: You should have counted more carefully. Britain only ever had 169 V-Bombers in service including Victors, Vulcans and Valiants. In the 1970's their role as strategic nuclear deterrent was over, they had been replaced by Polaris in 1969.
Saw this AWSOME machine live at RAF Leuchars Scotland, yesterday Sat 10th Sept 2011, what a sight, and simply awe inspiring, proud to be British...............
@bertalloti Agreed. Only one aircraft can beat the Vulcan for sheer charisma and sound, and that is another product of Roy Chadwicks genius- The mighty Lancaster! Hard to believe that the Vulcan was designed in 1947, less than seven years between that & the development of the Lanc!
@LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH My personal opinion is that the Victor is far more menacing than the Vulcan. Just look at the front of it with all those angles, it spells "trouble".
@Polaris688 So true m8, it did happen tho, but only a few times from what i can gather during Operation BlackBuck(see below), an utter BEAST of an aircraft (churning ur guts-wise), saw them in the 80's at Prestwick International Air Show :)
I remember when back in the 1970's I visited my relatives just north of the city of lincoln, and we used to drive past scampton airbase where there were literally hundreds of vulcans parked up. Best thing of all was that a lancaster bomber was also gate gaurdian at the time. Such a lovely sight when you see two Avro legends share the same ground.
i was there!open mouthed young school boy, neighbour worked on the vulcan i sat in the pilots seat. there was also a vulcan sat on the runway fo years after not sure what happened to it, ?? Bramhall was a good place to grow up
@stockportrocker Curious. Did your neighbor say anything about the working practices at Avro Woodford? I knew an electrician who worked there in the 60's & left out of boredom. He said wiring the main console of a Vulcan was 2 weeks comfortable work but the unions had the place sewn up & they were allowed 6 weeks. There were card schools going on all over the place & men even bedded down in quiet parts of the fuselages. He finished when he was made foreman - no one would let him in on a game.
I got a really good look at one of these at the castle air museum in Atwater,CA. I'd have loved to go up inside it and have a look around though but it's off limits! An incredible aircraft up close,and that takeoff,wow!
@bogomir67 ,i dont know,weve scrapped the harrier fleet,big mistake.got to say we have some of the finest tanks ever produced in the south of england.ie,king tiger,jagd tiger,and the only working tiger tank in the world,fantastic german engineering.
I think you mean the Bovington Museum. That is truly a fine example of british sense for historicals - as we don't have half the vehicles they have there in running condition in all of Germany.
@bogomir67 ,yes bovington tank museum.unfortunatley the americans had the best german hardware,ie,the horner flying wing,die glocke,hannabau,vrill,etc
hrmpf... over here, they are considered "weapons of war" and there is no legal way to have one.
Good to know that some are in good caring hands. And there is no better place as in the hands of a "former enemy" who believes in the preservation of technological artifacts.
@bogomir67 ,theres a rich man in leicestershire in the midlands who has a working hetzer,borg,german halftracks,and nash horns,lucky man,amazing to see.great to see history preserved
I never cease to be amazed by the mighty Vulcan ,I remember it as a kid in the 50s displaying with the Victor and Valiant ,The amount of power those four engines push out to make it go vertical straight after rotation is amazing.
When I was a boy of about 11 years old, I was at school in Lincolnshire and one day we were playing football on the games field with about eight other games in progress, when a Vulcan from Waddington flew low over us. The pilot decided to see if he could stand it on it's tail much like that take off and of course pushed the huge Olympus engines to full power. The ground shook and every boy on the field stopped dead and watched it climb up and away. Unforgettable.
The first time I saw it at an Air Show was in July 1973. Highlight of the Air Show was the 4 Squadron F-101 Voodoos,C-130 Hercules JATO demo,and RAF Vulcan Bomber.
Here I was all set to write about the way some fast things look sexy just rolling or even parked ( see Lookheed F - 104). Raquel Welch just lying about sort of thing. Then, this Avro item rotates nose up to become a smooth piece of the sky. Raquel... uh,... playing volleyball...? Sorry, ma'am.
Yes mate served from 1950's till the late 60's as nuclear bomber until British submarines took over, then as a conventional bomber until they were withdrawn from active service in 1980's although several remained in a RAF Vulcan display flight until the early 1990's
@vonkiser indeed, along with the Victor and Valiant known as the V-bombers. the Valiant was retired quite quickly though because of structural defects and when the UK's nuclear arsenal went to submarines the Victor fleet became airborne refueling tankers and the Vulcan was on the verge of being scrapped until they needed a low-level conventional bomber again. there's only one left flying in the world now unfortunatly.
It flew over where I live as a tribute to someone who I think worked on it, as it was her funeral. It was just beautiful to see and hear. Magnificent aircraft.
sigh. . . give it a rest! Both the B-52 & Vulcan awesome. Each built with a different mission in mind. You're comparing apples to oranges. Wanna' see somehting impressive? Here is a B-52/KC-135A MITO out of Griffis AFB in 1986. The ground would shake. /watch?v=SCnCXAhPDts
I used to go to the Woodford Airshow as a child regularly, and this was the highlight. My vivid memory was of the many car alarms set off by the sheer noise of this magnificant aircraft!
I grew up living a mile from the end of the runway where these were serviced at Bitteswell in Leicestershire in the 70's. sights sounds and smells i will never forget!
@ValiantXD818 It is, XH558 was the RAF Vulcan display aircraft from 1984 (When the Vulcans retired from active service) until 1993/1994 when budget cuts forced it to be grounded. The Chartity that runs it today bought it in 1997.
I remember seeing three of these babies fly really low over my school when I was a kid, (some Fifty plus years ago) on their way from Avalon (think maybe it was Laverton) in Victoria to Woomera in South Australia, and they scared the shit out of me then. Imagine what they could do today if given the chance.
Good clear shots. Air museum at Merced, Calif., has one in front area and opens it now and then. Too bad they can't crank up the engines--fantastically screamers back when they were flying.
love the howl from the engine intakes as they spool up at the start of the run. Fantastic. Thanks for the post. Must try and find out when the fast taxi run of the Vulcan at Long Marston is this year ( prob missed it ! ).
It is a pity that we did not refurbish and update these aircraft as the US did with the B-52. They would still be of use today as a stand-off launch platform for ALCM or LGBs.
It would be nice to see a few of these leveling Bradford or Bolton or Blackburn or Oldham .......... thats where most of the Taliban are coming from now ...
It would be nice to see a few of these leveling Bradford or Bolton or Blackburn or Oldham .......... thats where most of the Taliban are coming from now
@LOUISVART It actually has a brilliant fuel consumption, when it attends airshows it uses less fuel than a flight on a 747 from say London to California. It was designed to carry 10 tonne nuclear warheads from a distance of at least 2000-3000 miles.
This aircraft was like SR-71 ahead of its time. Stealth technology, etc.., I can't BELIEVE it came out in 1952! Thats at least 50 years ahead of its time..
How many modern aircraft of that size do you know that wouldn't stall performing a take off manoeuvre like that beautiful Vulcan just did with ease. I really miss seeing them fly.
In a way, it was probably the RAF/Avro Vulcan that drove the Russians to develop the K-19 missiles, and the Su-9/-11 and Su-15/-21 interceptors to carry those missiles; the USAF/Boeing B-47 and B-52 weren't quite so robust from a structural standpoint as the Vulcan. The current R-37 is sized for a target consistent with the Vulcan, as was the K-19.
bcschmerker 3 days ago
God that would've sucked if he stalled
XYZslayer 3 days ago
@XYZslayer He should have been able to make it even if it did stall by putting the noise down and continuing on full power.
Lucius1811 2 days ago
I've just cum in my pants watching this
jmcooney2000 6 days ago
Awesome i was there
MrVulcanbomber 6 days ago
used to bomb the runway in the falklands.proir to invasion, gary gaffikin brighthelm aus,
brighthelmjacks 1 week ago
Music! I don't think any other jet engine sounds as good as this!
ukultra 1 week ago
Starts at 1:41.
Pymmeh 1 week ago 7
That was BEAUTIFUL!! I used to watch these aircraft in the 60s, they used to take off in a staggered 3 abreast and BOY!! the sound!!!! At the time, along the road that run parallel to the runway, there were signposts. NO STOPPING! along with a caution of ARREST!! My dad used to slow down the lorry he drove to almost a standstill so i could watch them. Its the sight and sound i will never ever forget. If there is any one whos relations that worked at RUSTON BUSIRUS in 60s 70s get in touch.
karlcolt 2 weeks ago
Damn what a beauty!
clusterfak 2 weeks ago
@1092cb
Yes mate, 88 tonnes unladed able to carry 21,000lb of conventional or nuclear bombs in her day
MrMoss2001 2 weeks ago
is that plane a bomber? its pretty big and looks like one.
1092cb 2 weeks ago
my dad was the captain of XH558 and two other XH avro's until 1995 and did displays in it too but unfortunately i was too young to ever go and see him fly... thanks for uploading this though so i could see my old man doing what he did best!
poloboo911 2 weeks ago
and to think that is likely only 50% of what the aircraft was capable of. There is a great video of it doing a barrel role as well. Amazing. Really the flying wing.
smilo996 2 weeks ago
Sorry, just watched this about 20 times in a row. It really is the most beautiful aircraft in the history of avionics, and this is a superb video of the last one in action. Thanks for a great video!
poyks 2 weeks ago
Looks like it is just hanging in the air hardly moving....great video
musicbruv 3 weeks ago
@musicbruv Thats what i was thinking lol. looks like the pilot took her up maybe 5 degrees too steep at just over 200 knots. Maybe against the wind too. Normally i think it would have blasted through those clouds and you wouldn't see it doing less han 300 knots at 35 degrees angle of attack all the way to 20000 feet.
Well thats what i do in Xplane lol.
Seriously though, great video.
bilko1971 1 week ago
Sometimes you see things that you couldn't have imagined seeing. That was one.
leffehoegaarden 3 weeks ago
Holy Feck. I reckon God has just dumped his Harley.
Flamorgan 3 weeks ago
Excellent video!
alaricdogface 3 weeks ago
Is she still flying..they had a problem with raising cash to keep her in the shows
canadiantimberwolf1 3 weeks ago
@canadiantimberwolf1 Yes she's still flying. Well actually she's having her winter service right now. She lives at Robin Hood Airport, near Doncaster, otherwise known as Finningley.
Backoffboogaloo 3 weeks ago
@Backoffboogaloo I've actually got some photos of XH558 at one of the last Finningley air shows. I'll have to get them scanned and posted.
poyks 2 weeks ago
I used to go Woodford all the time when I was a kid. Never could decide if the Vulcan or the Lighting was my favourite. Both awesome machines.
glasfurd31 4 weeks ago
Have seen this spectacular aircraft fly at Dayton Air Show, USA. Simply phenomenal.
TomCatSuperD 1 month ago
i was able to see one of these at castle air museum this year. what an amazing machine.
SIDisTHE 1 month ago
Stunning video!! Thank you. :)
poyks 1 month ago
The russians ability to shoot down 500mph aircraft at 70,000 feet put an end to large bombers. The UK's bomber fleet is the Tornado which can fight its way in with 30 mile range radar guided AA missiles and use the hills to hide from radar. It can now bomb 18 tanks per mission with the new upgrade.
FunnyVideoCollector 1 month ago
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FunnyVideoCollector 1 month ago
See 1991 doesn't seem that long ago, but when I say that happened 20 years ago? You then realise...
Joeaviation1712 1 month ago
@Freebeerfordworkers
Spot on mate there are drawings In the Internet of the concept and mentions on wikipedia , looks a bit like a chunky Concorde from the drawings
MrMoss2001 1 month ago
@Richkilla86er
I totally agree mate!
There was a rumour that Maggie thatcher wanted to resurrect the TSR2 program after the Falklands, but found that not only had the shells,jigs and tooling been broken up but also the blue prints had gone walkies as well
MrMoss2001 1 month ago
As a kid growing up in Biggin Hill I used to watch the Vulcan take off at the end of the air displays there. Always made your insides rumble. It used to climb into the air at that same angle at full chat and then level out at about 1000 feet and shut off the taps and all was quiet. Simply amazing.
The Vulcan, the Victor and the EE Lightning is what scared the shit out of the Russians during the cold war. British design led the world back then. Shame we sold out to the Yanks.
blacktiger955i 1 month ago
@blacktiger955i I loved all of those planes, British designers are still doing it for us, Yanks are still Wanks. Our pilots are still the best. British Pilot + British Plane= You are in deep shit! Politicians create crap. RAF pilots drag success from it every time!
allowayfreestate 1 month ago
Bet the Tenerife pilots wished they coulda done that.
greenseaships 1 month ago
1:58 for take off.
SPOOKSTR 2 months ago
Majestic
sylvianblue 2 months ago
The British needs a brand new strategic bomber because the Eurofighters and F-35Cs isn't enough.
RichKilla86ers 2 months ago
Probably empty, minimum fuel, and facing wind.
Alexvideoclip 2 months ago
@Alexvideoclip
Planes always face into the wind for take off and landing when it is possible, duh.
SanRafaelSwell 2 months ago
@Alexvideoclip That's still pretty impressive for an airplane that size with four non-afterburning turbojets.
Moose6340 1 month ago
Whoever hit dislike has no soul
scottcuppello 2 months ago
ok... I was there...flew up on the Catalina.. the year before I started working at wfd.. I've photos of this flight somewhere taken from the hardstanding past where XM603 used to be parked.. always remembered it as dramatic - and here it is in full stereo--- oh how I miss that howl!
johug69 2 months ago
went to see this in its hangar at doncaster today. awesome
bradmofo89 2 months ago
I see nothing spectacular about this
Vorrutyer 2 months ago
@Vorrutyer You're watching the wrong video then mate....
bearman74 2 months ago
@Vorrutyer well fuck off then
PurplePunisher69 1 week ago
One of these planes did a low level nuclear strike to new york in the 1960's to see if Russia could do it just flying low level then popping up to drop a rocket propelled nuke. This was done to show that the USA was not invulnerable to air strikes. The mission was a total success. The new York people never found out.
wraith01mg 2 months ago
I was there for this display. Thanks for posting!
Millerman77 2 months ago
@ freebeerfordworkers
I'd not heard of the Vulcan civil variant but I knew a Victor airliner was on the drawing board at the time though never got passed the pencil and paper phase I don't think. Bloody good airliner if it ever was!
paddy689909 2 months ago
Aaahh listen to those engines purr
Kingclown14 2 months ago
I want one!
luv2jive 2 months ago
Wow that is fucking awesome.
mechan9 3 months ago
ahhhh the vulcan is stalling!
markosp 3 months ago
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The loudest 3 Aircraft I have ever heard at Air Shows and I have seen every loud different Aircraft imaginable but the Vulcan,B1 Lancer,and Concorde to this day are loudest. The Nimrod comes a close second.
The extinct American 6 Engine XB70 Valkyrie,the TU Russian Blackjack and some MIG's are probably the only other Jetcraft ever that are louder.
BBQFanNo1 3 months ago
When the Vulcan was still a prototype one of my "Aircraft for Boys" type books said Avro was developing an airliner version that would carry passengers across the Atlantic for 1d a mile -that's one old penny for those who do not know what 1d is. That would be about £14.50p or a good weeks pay for a skilled worker at the time. Anyone know what happened to that idea? Please! I know it was not a good source I am just asking!
freebeerfordworkers 3 months ago
I´ve just 5hit myself.........
MIKE21071964 3 months ago
I can remember the Avro Vulcan flying over from BAC in Bedford with the olympus engine strapped to it for concorde engine testing... grrtt
GregPalmer1000 3 months ago
bruut maar vast nie de efficienste manier om te klimmen
tommytoon123 3 months ago
The Nimrod flying demo is the other British aircraft that comes close too.
BBQFanNo1 3 months ago
I have seen both the B1 Lancer and Vulcan Bomber many times. Like both but I like the Vulcan short take off even better. And without Afterburners that is incredible.
BBQFanNo1 3 months ago
One idiot posted a comment mention the Vulcan Bomber is probably the least favorite aircraft of his because he doesn't like the way it is shaped and looks from any angle. But the B1 was OK to him. The idiot is probably a typical ignorant American 25-35 years old who never ever saw the Vulcan Bomber at an Air Show in his life as I have many times here in Canada back in the 1970s.
BBQFanNo1 3 months ago
What was her number?I could'nt quite make it out
sarven10 3 months ago
@sarven10 It's XH558. It's the same one that is flying again now
Millerman77 2 months ago
its just so fucking sexy...the power the look and....THE NOISE!!!!!!!!
sandynathan 3 months ago
Thanks for sharing! What a beautiful Plane!!! I was breathless.Thanks again and greetings from Germany!!! You can really be proud to be British.
ironzentaur 3 months ago
i grew up with these aircraft as they were serviced at Bitteswell aerodrome in Leicestershire. Hawker sidley in the mid - late 70's.
My greatest memory was my dad complaining about having the chimneys repointed ever year and the putty rattling out of all the windows in the house.
8hrs solid of vulcan's flying the circuit with the runway less than a mile away will do that to a house!
And after all that i cant remember one person in the village complaining about the noise.
discoade 3 months ago
@discoade Only the Concorde I remember flying demo at the CNE Air Show in Toronto back in the early 1980's came to the same level of excitement.
BBQFanNo1 3 months ago
Ive never seen that done with any US planes except for an FA/18.
a Hustler or B-1 would never do that.
that was incredible.
kirkconway 3 months ago
not even using the wings lmaoooo just the jets!!!
franc00hh 3 months ago
This guy is playing with fire. One day he's gonna try one too many of these crazy take-offs.
colindominy 3 months ago
That take off was so steep it almost didn't look real.
Gary190tube 3 months ago
at 2:13 I'd have sweared it would have crashed and stalled
pmtad 3 months ago
This was on the BBC not long ago, a programme called Britains secret heritage. I was ashamed to hear the presenter refer to the Vulcan sitting on the end of the runway on 'tick over' as the Vulcan roar. *shakes head* no no no no no!
jenxx49 4 months ago
GREAT VID :)
FoxCommander101 4 months ago
wow, felt like stalling
starbreez3 4 months ago
i was at a rave that weekend
t1000eg 4 months ago
That thing looks like a behemoth !
MaineShag55 4 months ago
Awesome.
fatboy69s 4 months ago
jesus christ!!
up up and away much!?
snicks3211 4 months ago
@snicks3211 you can say that again!
Blkchevy98 4 months ago
nice rc plane.....lol..
Marciano2510 4 months ago
damn, that was worth the wait
shackletainment 4 months ago
Aahhhhhhhhhh the Vulcan Howl.
neillyf 4 months ago 17
@neillyf That big moth patterned Vulcan just taxis by saying " I'm taking care of things!" There is nothing to argue about, lovely, brilliant! Secure!
allowayfreestate 1 month ago
nice plane but I still think the lancaster and british WW2 planes with the propeller engines are cooler lol ;) GOD SAVE THE QUEEN
Dreadepic 4 months ago
Freebeerfordworkers and Stockportrocker: Unionised labour working on Britain's strategic nuclear deterrent? I don't think so. My Dad was a radar fitter and RAF non-commissioned officer. He never was in a union.
DJPaulgee: You should have counted more carefully. Britain only ever had 169 V-Bombers in service including Victors, Vulcans and Valiants. In the 1970's their role as strategic nuclear deterrent was over, they had been replaced by Polaris in 1969.
NickDavies6789 4 months ago
F**k Me! - What a take off?!
george385 4 months ago
Into the weather!
Drfusebox 4 months ago
Saw this AWSOME machine live at RAF Leuchars Scotland, yesterday Sat 10th Sept 2011, what a sight, and simply awe inspiring, proud to be British...............
bertalloti 4 months ago 24
@bertalloti And muslim!
Dercommandingofficer 2 months ago
@bertalloti Agreed. Only one aircraft can beat the Vulcan for sheer charisma and sound, and that is another product of Roy Chadwicks genius- The mighty Lancaster! Hard to believe that the Vulcan was designed in 1947, less than seven years between that & the development of the Lanc!
LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH 1 month ago
@LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH My personal opinion is that the Victor is far more menacing than the Vulcan. Just look at the front of it with all those angles, it spells "trouble".
blacktiger955i 1 month ago
@bertalloti wow it took it 18 secs to lift-off, impressive stuff
MrDub00StepKing 3 weeks ago
@Polaris688 So true m8, it did happen tho, but only a few times from what i can gather during Operation BlackBuck(see below), an utter BEAST of an aircraft (churning ur guts-wise), saw them in the 80's at Prestwick International Air Show :)
watch?v=KUspAedhY3M
SuperChoronzon 4 months ago
I remember when back in the 1970's I visited my relatives just north of the city of lincoln, and we used to drive past scampton airbase where there were literally hundreds of vulcans parked up. Best thing of all was that a lancaster bomber was also gate gaurdian at the time. Such a lovely sight when you see two Avro legends share the same ground.
DJPaulgee1 4 months ago
i was there!open mouthed young school boy, neighbour worked on the vulcan i sat in the pilots seat. there was also a vulcan sat on the runway fo years after not sure what happened to it, ?? Bramhall was a good place to grow up
stockportrocker 4 months ago
@stockportrocker Curious. Did your neighbor say anything about the working practices at Avro Woodford? I knew an electrician who worked there in the 60's & left out of boredom. He said wiring the main console of a Vulcan was 2 weeks comfortable work but the unions had the place sewn up & they were allowed 6 weeks. There were card schools going on all over the place & men even bedded down in quiet parts of the fuselages. He finished when he was made foreman - no one would let him in on a game.
freebeerfordworkers 4 months ago
@freebeerfordworkers That what Unions do - destroy British Industry.
george385 4 months ago
Saw your magnificent Vulcan fly here in the USA at the Dayton Intenational Air Show in the 1970's. Earth shaking and awesome in all respects.
TomCatSuperD 4 months ago
I got a really good look at one of these at the castle air museum in Atwater,CA. I'd have loved to go up inside it and have a look around though but it's off limits! An incredible aircraft up close,and that takeoff,wow!
Oldbmwr100rs 5 months ago
must be expensive to keep them in flying condition...
But if the Brits know one thing - it's taking care of vintage technology (not scrapping all of them, like we do...)
bogomir67 5 months ago
@bogomir67
Not true unfortunately. There is only one left capable of flying the XH558. but itis an incredible plane.
As for taking care of vintage technology, it was amazing we got the thing to the Falklands when it was in service.
rokerroar 5 months ago
@bogomir67 ,i dont know,weve scrapped the harrier fleet,big mistake.got to say we have some of the finest tanks ever produced in the south of england.ie,king tiger,jagd tiger,and the only working tiger tank in the world,fantastic german engineering.
MrOutofthis 4 months ago
@MrOutofthis
I think you mean the Bovington Museum. That is truly a fine example of british sense for historicals - as we don't have half the vehicles they have there in running condition in all of Germany.
bogomir67 4 months ago
@bogomir67 ,yes bovington tank museum.unfortunatley the americans had the best german hardware,ie,the horner flying wing,die glocke,hannabau,vrill,etc
MrOutofthis 4 months ago
@MrOutofthis
hrmpf... over here, they are considered "weapons of war" and there is no legal way to have one.
Good to know that some are in good caring hands. And there is no better place as in the hands of a "former enemy" who believes in the preservation of technological artifacts.
bogomir67 4 months ago
@bogomir67 ,theres a rich man in leicestershire in the midlands who has a working hetzer,borg,german halftracks,and nash horns,lucky man,amazing to see.great to see history preserved
MrOutofthis 4 months ago
foo . .. ..............
arturmdc 5 months ago
You wouldn't think it's a 60 year old bomber, would you ?
godzillasdad 5 months ago
i wish i was there
xxlushedenxx 5 months ago
I never cease to be amazed by the mighty Vulcan ,I remember it as a kid in the 50s displaying with the Victor and Valiant ,The amount of power those four engines push out to make it go vertical straight after rotation is amazing.
Taildragger2411 5 months ago
When I was a boy of about 11 years old, I was at school in Lincolnshire and one day we were playing football on the games field with about eight other games in progress, when a Vulcan from Waddington flew low over us. The pilot decided to see if he could stand it on it's tail much like that take off and of course pushed the huge Olympus engines to full power. The ground shook and every boy on the field stopped dead and watched it climb up and away. Unforgettable.
anothercrusader 5 months ago 2
The first time I saw it at an Air Show was in July 1973. Highlight of the Air Show was the 4 Squadron F-101 Voodoos,C-130 Hercules JATO demo,and RAF Vulcan Bomber.
BBQFanNo1 5 months ago
Gotta love that MOAAANNNNNN when the lucky pilot gooses the throttles!
Koaslice191 5 months ago
Here I was all set to write about the way some fast things look sexy just rolling or even parked ( see Lookheed F - 104). Raquel Welch just lying about sort of thing. Then, this Avro item rotates nose up to become a smooth piece of the sky. Raquel... uh,... playing volleyball...? Sorry, ma'am.
MrDarwinsDog 5 months ago
Holy crap, that is da shit...what a girl....makes you go all weak kneed :)
holcroft1969 5 months ago
WOW !!!
theonlysminor 5 months ago
@vonkiser
Yes mate served from 1950's till the late 60's as nuclear bomber until British submarines took over, then as a conventional bomber until they were withdrawn from active service in 1980's although several remained in a RAF Vulcan display flight until the early 1990's
MrMoss2001 5 months ago
probably not the best quality video but the plane makes up for it.
willisisapillis 5 months ago
Wasnt this originally designed as a nuclear bomber?
vonkiser 5 months ago
@vonkiser yep along with the victor and valiant :)
TheF16luva 5 months ago
@vonkiser indeed, along with the Victor and Valiant known as the V-bombers. the Valiant was retired quite quickly though because of structural defects and when the UK's nuclear arsenal went to submarines the Victor fleet became airborne refueling tankers and the Vulcan was on the verge of being scrapped until they needed a low-level conventional bomber again. there's only one left flying in the world now unfortunatly.
pkscarr 3 months ago
i love the old vulcans and victors, the vulcan could out-turn just about any fighter at 30,000 feet+ :)
navnig 5 months ago
b52 is cool but vulcan is much much more beautiful! It sounds like a thunderbirds plane too which I like.
cm6405 5 months ago
Another British gem.
It flew over where I live as a tribute to someone who I think worked on it, as it was her funeral. It was just beautiful to see and hear. Magnificent aircraft.
sgh1963 5 months ago
sigh. . . give it a rest! Both the B-52 & Vulcan awesome. Each built with a different mission in mind. You're comparing apples to oranges. Wanna' see somehting impressive? Here is a B-52/KC-135A MITO out of Griffis AFB in 1986. The ground would shake. /watch?v=SCnCXAhPDts
Itchhhh 5 months ago
Thats the sound of death & destruction "mate".
combustercan 6 months ago
You guys arguing are such lowlifes.
LukeNAESA10 6 months ago
I used to go to the Woodford Airshow as a child regularly, and this was the highlight. My vivid memory was of the many car alarms set off by the sheer noise of this magnificant aircraft!
Scousefire 6 months ago
I grew up living a mile from the end of the runway where these were serviced at Bitteswell in Leicestershire in the 70's. sights sounds and smells i will never forget!
discoade 6 months ago
saw this fly today at southport air show, the loudest thing ive ever heard !!!
Lost24break 6 months ago
@Lost24break We saw it earlier that day over Windermere, was spectacular! Unbelievably loud in the spiral climb, you cloud smell the fuel in the air.
basslinedan 6 months ago
Does anybody know if that's xh558?
ValiantXD818 6 months ago
@ValiantXD818 It is, XH558 was the RAF Vulcan display aircraft from 1984 (When the Vulcans retired from active service) until 1993/1994 when budget cuts forced it to be grounded. The Chartity that runs it today bought it in 1997.
sthill1993 6 months ago
@sthill1993 thanks for the reply
ValiantXD818 6 months ago
Saw the last, ever restored one yesterday at the Royal International Air Tattoo 2011.
LukeNAESA10 6 months ago
@LukeNAESA10 How was it?????????
sakoshooter48 6 months ago
@sakoshooter48 Unbelievable
LukeNAESA10 6 months ago
I remember seeing three of these babies fly really low over my school when I was a kid, (some Fifty plus years ago) on their way from Avalon (think maybe it was Laverton) in Victoria to Woomera in South Australia, and they scared the shit out of me then. Imagine what they could do today if given the chance.
bushranger51 6 months ago
Where can i get 1
zakshaks 6 months ago
u can see a vulcan fly at this years sunderland air show 30/31st july 2011
geordierocker44 6 months ago
Such a shame these have gone. The noise of one of these overhead would be enough for me to pop a pebble to be honest.
tallburt 7 months ago
Beautiful, the 'Us and them' bomber.
townclose 7 months ago
Good clear shots. Air museum at Merced, Calif., has one in front area and opens it now and then. Too bad they can't crank up the engines--fantastically screamers back when they were flying.
ranhat2 7 months ago
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What a load of shit, my dog could do this take off
FlyingJet250 7 months ago
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PurplePunisher69 6 months ago
love the howl from the engine intakes as they spool up at the start of the run. Fantastic. Thanks for the post. Must try and find out when the fast taxi run of the Vulcan at Long Marston is this year ( prob missed it ! ).
593OLYMPUS 7 months ago
It is a pity that we did not refurbish and update these aircraft as the US did with the B-52. They would still be of use today as a stand-off launch platform for ALCM or LGBs.
drjamespotter 8 months ago
@drjamespotter Ill bet the old Vulcan still had a trick or two up her magnificent dress!
sakoshooter48 6 months ago
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It would be nice to see a few of these leveling Bradford or Bolton or Blackburn or Oldham .......... thats where most of the Taliban are coming from now ...
r4mbo67 8 months ago
It would be nice to see a few of these leveling Bradford or Bolton or Blackburn or Oldham .......... thats where most of the Taliban are coming from now
r4mbo67 8 months ago 24
@r4mbo67 oops norty - you missed out birmingham - handsworth
alantew 4 months ago
@r4mbo67 ,lol,most are brummie too.heard them in afghan myself
MrOutofthis 3 months ago
XH558 this is ATC may i remind you that you are not flying a rocket. over....
LfcGoddardENGCJG 8 months ago 12
OMG that's beautiful!
Mojave888 8 months ago
You will never see another nuclear bomber take off like that, EVER!
bazman85 8 months ago
@bazman85 B-1?
ranhat2 7 months ago
@ranhat2 Errrm. NO.
bazman85 7 months ago
No weapon load, very little fuel and HUGE wings...
Wonderful.
catfish552 8 months ago
@catfish552
it has plenty of fuel
its just the engine drinks it up like an alcoholic
LOUISVART 6 months ago
@LOUISVART It actually has a brilliant fuel consumption, when it attends airshows it uses less fuel than a flight on a 747 from say London to California. It was designed to carry 10 tonne nuclear warheads from a distance of at least 2000-3000 miles.
LukeNAESA10 6 months ago
i love the howl and how it looks too big to go that fast
DasShurikenRoy 8 months ago
You can almost hear the stall warning having a fit
vultee1956 9 months ago 2
because it is slow
thenamesbondy 9 months ago
why does it look like its going to slow?
0neofthem 9 months ago
@0neofthem because its feckin huge to be behaving like that
eatthisvr6 9 months ago
UP UP AND AWAY
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tobqymaahy3713 9 months ago
Lovely aircraft...please keep it in good shape and take care of it....
Navium 9 months ago
What a takeoff - straight up?!
george385 9 months ago
the sound of the cold war love it
trojanoutwood 9 months ago
They should paint it white as it was in its cold war days
buidseach 9 months ago
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UTubeisSHIT523441 10 months ago
This aircraft was like SR-71 ahead of its time. Stealth technology, etc.., I can't BELIEVE it came out in 1952! Thats at least 50 years ahead of its time..
UTubeisSHIT523441 10 months ago
My father told me he was at RAF Gaydon and he watched a 4 minute scrable with 4 vulcan bombers it was an amazing sight to watch
jovanystevepritchard 10 months ago
How many modern aircraft of that size do you know that wouldn't stall performing a take off manoeuvre like that beautiful Vulcan just did with ease. I really miss seeing them fly.
dazyboy1973 10 months ago
@dazyboy1973 It could do it because it wasn't loaded with anything.
transdrole 10 months ago
Homesick Angel.....
Meuw858 10 months ago 15
@Meuw858
:'(
JAMamation 7 months ago