Avro Vulcan XH558 at RAF Brize Nortons Families Day 09

Avro Vulcan XH558 at RAF Brize Nortons Families Day 09

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[Twosharppencils]

What a howl and verticalascent! Who was the pilot today? He was flinging her about. So, so beautiful. My mascara is running copiously. Well done gal and well done Cluny, Thank you.

[blizzardthewatcher]

I belive it was Kev Rumans [sp ?] and Martin Withers today ;)

Cheers Shari xx

[stevieboy558]

Excellent as always Paul. Thanks. Have a good one tomorrow.

[blizzardthewatcher]

Cheers Steve :)

Il try , somehow i feel Cosfords going to be packed lol XD

[ibw123]

Nick lots of us at Brize were in front of 558 but no howl. Blizzard has a video of a similar display with the howl very noticeable. It is as much to do with power settings as posittion of the listener. But you are right as the howl is caused by the huge volume of air being sucked into the intakes and these act like giant "organ pipes" . If the throttles are opened far enough however the howl can be heard in flight as 558 powers up. Throttle settings are now reduced to preserve engine life.

[Burtbibbles]

Hello Children!

The Howl is caused by resonance in the intakes, not often heard from behind and tis much better when you stood under her.!

[ecclesbun]

You did manage to capture some of the awesome intake resonance howl! Of course it sounds much louder as the aircraft is approaching. The howl was heard in flight at this year's Sunderland Airshow as the Vulcan powered up. Another great video, Paul.

[miked860]

Holy shit it the pilot had to steer it all the way down the runway.

It's great to see a piece of aviation history still flying because more often than not they end up as museum pieces only.

[poyks]

I thought it was a bit of a wobbly take off! Great view on the vid!

[grahamstanley]

Great footage. Brings back many memories from Bitteswell days, where British Aerospace looked after the old girls. And that was the 70's!

Did anyone see the Cuban 8 from take off at the Paris air show waaaay back? Same time as the Starfighter was in circuit.

The howl could be heard anywhere if the throttles are opened enough!

Graham S

[NickTheHorse]

you only really get the howl when you're in front of the vulcan. That's why whenever i go and see it, i make sure i'm at the far end of the runway

[ibw123]

Only thing missing was the howl.

Great stuff again Paul.

[xe624]

Anyone see the slight vear off the runway halfway down the runway? Saw that as I was looking through the viewfinder of my camera!

[KPMVulcansRule]

Brilliant, Paul - as usual !! Great to see XH558 where She belongs - in the air.

A nice start to a great 2009 airshow season - See you all at Waddo.

KPM aka "aka"

[avrovulcanxh558]

Thanks Paul, this is fantastic. I think that was a bit more than a wiggle prior to take off though, think he unstuck just in time !! note the runway centreline at takeoff AWESOME. Thank you