The plane enthusiasts thread

[Richard A Thackeray]

Shame that, given it's Yorkshire links

It was based at Finningley, for a while. in its operational life

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

B2 stealth bomber over quite low the other day. I think Fairford is playing host.

 

[DaveReading]

It was based at Finningley, for a while. in its operational life

Yes, I remember there always used to be a great view of the Vulcans on their pads from the train on the railway line that passed under the runway approach lights.

 

[Jameshow]

Even if the YAM had wanted the Vulcan, the cost of moving it there would be prohibitive.

Remove the engines and a couple of Chinooks I rekon!! 🤔🤣🤔🤣

 

[Badger_Boom]

Remove the engines and a couple of Chinooks I rekon!! 🤔🤣🤔🤣

Probably a more realistic than the popular 'accidentally fly it out' solution bandied about by some social media fantasists.

 

[Badger_Boom]

Yes, I remember there always used to be a great view of the Vulcans on their pads from the train on the railway line that passed under the runway approach lights.

As a child I remember watching them in the far distance flying in and out of Finningley from our school playground on the southern edge of Pontefract.

 

[DaveReading]

Remove the engines and a couple of Chinooks I rekon!! 🤔🤣🤔🤣

No, you'd definitely need four, one at each corner.

 

[Mike_P]

Surely like this

View: https://m.facebook.com/VulcantotheSkyTrust/photos/a.175141942516809/1185166528181007/%3Ftype%3D3&ved=2ahUKEwjY-ZqNuO6AAxWzRkEAHbH8DEwQFnoECCUQAQ&usg=AOvVaw0ZpvsR6wpcbfs5Z_2JTNSR

 

[DaveReading]

Surely like this

Not really.

Look at any photo of a Vulcan and see if you can tell where the wings start.

 

[Jameshow]

Russians have the heaviest lift choppers I guess the aren't going to lend them!🤔🤣😢🤔🤣😢

 

[Jameshow]

Latest idea....

A400m could lift it without the engines due to the extra drag... I'll give Brize Norton a ring in the morning as they will all be down the pub by now!🤣🤣🤣

 

[DaveReading]

A400m could lift it without the engines due to the extra drag...

The industry needs more people who can take this kind of innovative approach to aerodynamics.

 

[DRM]

Remove the engines and a couple of Chinooks I rekon!! 🤔🤣🤔🤣

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mount_Hope_III
The Americans have form for this, having done it before, albeit a Soviet Mil Mi-25 HIND-D Attack helicopter

 

[DaveReading]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mount_Hope_III
The Americans have form for this, having done it before, albeit a Soviet Mil Mi-25 HIND-D Attack helicopter

Well yes, though of course they weren't daft enough to try to lift a single load with two helicopters, for obvious reasons.

 

[Jameshow]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mount_Hope_III
The Americans have form for this, having done it before, albeit a Soviet Mil Mi-25 HIND-D Attack helicopter

Not sure they are interested in the tech onboard a Vulcan sadly the grandad to the b1 bomber!!