Two Vulcans: A Last Farewell Vulcan Fast Taxi

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Check out the brilliant fast taxi from XM655 at Wellesbourne. With plenty of in-cockpit action!

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  • @mike.47
    @mike.473 жыл бұрын

    British engineering at its finest. Could you imagine what it would be like if it had afterburners?

  • @bloodswettears234

    @bloodswettears234

    3 жыл бұрын

    Concord, similar engine

  • @SR71ABCD

    @SR71ABCD

    3 жыл бұрын

    Wait till WW3 and we might have one with afterburners.

  • @VulcanBomberxm655

    @VulcanBomberxm655

    2 жыл бұрын

    It would look a tortured and twisted mess as the engines exited the airframe because it wasnt built to handle, or indeed the power. A Vulcan Olympus bears no resemblance at all to the Olympus 593 used In concorde

  • @UnknownPersononGoogle

    @UnknownPersononGoogle

    Жыл бұрын

    It’s engines are powerful enough let alone afterburners. These engine make the floor shake like an earthquake when one flew past.

  • @FutureFlash2034

    @FutureFlash2034

    Жыл бұрын

    @@VulcanBomberxm655 The core is similar. As it is based off of the tsr.2's engines which are based off of bristol olympus engines like the 301 in our XM655. So not comparitavely the same but based on the same core.

  • @nigeldewallens1115
    @nigeldewallens11152 жыл бұрын

    I remember my mum driving back from Cornwall in the late seventies and we had the sunroof open and suddenly it went black and I looked up and there was a Vulcan doing low level flying right over head! I have never forgotten it! It was magical and the roar from those engines was just wonderful!!

  • @umute1653
    @umute1653 Жыл бұрын

    4:06 she wants to fly again!!!😭😭

  • @MrHistorian123
    @MrHistorian1234 жыл бұрын

    Helicopter at 2.14: Look, I can fly backwards! Vulcan: Sonny, I can set car alarms off from a mile away.

  • @ArcturanMegadonkey
    @ArcturanMegadonkey8 жыл бұрын

    PLEASE save this old girl!

  • @andrewdrabble8939
    @andrewdrabble89395 жыл бұрын

    You can see her champing at the very bit to be let loose. Brilliant

  • @davehodges6258
    @davehodges62585 жыл бұрын

    She was so eager to go,! I was at welsbourne on that cold day back in 1984" to watch Squadron Leader Joe L" Estrange and his crew bring her in, After a long wait for her to arrive it was well worth it,.

  • @ianhaggart1438
    @ianhaggart1438 Жыл бұрын

    There is no doubt they could be kept on standby just in case in a aircraft museums up and down the country. Reliable old girls.

  • @simonlunt353
    @simonlunt353 Жыл бұрын

    They is some great aircraft from all over the world but the Vulcan is up with the best not only does she look fantastic but boy can she fly and the howl l love it it makes me so sad that we only have some left that just do a fast taxi run 🥹but I sorry USA 🇺🇸 but the Vulcan got you twice on a bomb run 😊

  • @albertanioliveiradesouza3514
    @albertanioliveiradesouza35145 жыл бұрын

    beautiful machine!!!

  • @frankkontowicz4327
    @frankkontowicz43278 жыл бұрын

    Bravo!

  • @Radio478
    @Radio4783 жыл бұрын

    Ee have 3 almost airworthy vulcans that will nsver fly due to ridiculous rules. This needs to change

  • @robpeter1
    @robpeter16 жыл бұрын

    The sound of the 300 series engines is absolutely terrifying in my car loud. No howl just ROAR all that bass you don't so much as hear it as feeling it dissolve your soul. And to think is with the engines at reduced power. I hear the vibration of these engines at original full military power was loud enough to shatter windows and a glazier with precut windows for areas of surrounding airfields was needed the vibration was so intense. Scary

  • @UnknownPersononGoogle

    @UnknownPersononGoogle

    Жыл бұрын

    In Clacton airshow in 2015 (if I remember it was that date) it did full extra power over the sea if I can find a video of the moment I’ll link. Even on the beach it felt like the gates of hell was opening.

  • @brianmarshall1637
    @brianmarshall16378 ай бұрын

    Just think they almost had to go for real in October 1962.The were bombed up that weekend.

  • @nakfan

    @nakfan

    2 ай бұрын

    I was born earlier that year… It could have been a short stint… Per (DK)

  • @MrPeerum
    @MrPeerum8 жыл бұрын

    come on,take off!!!!!!!!

  • @SANDSCORCHER

    @SANDSCORCHER

    7 жыл бұрын

    I don't think I'd have had the strength of character to ignore the temptation to pull the nose up and do a couple of laps, when that nose wheel left the ground.

  • @georgejacob3162

    @georgejacob3162

    6 жыл бұрын

    She tried! A Victor was meant to do a fast taxi like this and that DID take off accidentally!

  • @TheReuMusic

    @TheReuMusic

    5 жыл бұрын

    George Jacob I was there when it happened 😂 can’t believe that was 10 years ago

  • @Callumscornerpoo
    @Callumscornerpoo6 жыл бұрын

    I bet the pilot's want to take off so badly and just do a circut

  • @Decrepit_biker

    @Decrepit_biker

    3 жыл бұрын

    I bet they did!

  • @O-sa-car
    @O-sa-car3 жыл бұрын

    blueballing us with no howl

  • @igorsummat1455
    @igorsummat14558 жыл бұрын

    What a waste, these planes are born to fly

  • @coolvideos8864

    @coolvideos8864

    3 жыл бұрын

    All planes are born to fly lol

  • @davidbrown9093

    @davidbrown9093

    3 жыл бұрын

    British bureaucrats.

  • @shadowstransport8412

    @shadowstransport8412

    Жыл бұрын

    These planes can no longer fly however there are plans to get XH558 To relocate

  • @chipsrafferty8362

    @chipsrafferty8362

    Жыл бұрын

    And your nana was born to reproduce.

  • @mattartdidier6366
    @mattartdidier63666 жыл бұрын

    Superbe avion....Very sad he can t fly anymore

  • @vulcans_are1
    @vulcans_are1 Жыл бұрын

    Did you know the vulcan has 5 engines There is a engine in the rear. Not many people know about this

  • @LyokoSoliderSA80
    @LyokoSoliderSA802 жыл бұрын

    She wants to fly

  • @Radio478
    @Radio4783 жыл бұрын

    She wants to fly, one day

  • @MuhamadZahin
    @MuhamadZahin5 жыл бұрын

    Why this can't be save while b52 is still flying strong

  • @columnedfox5508

    @columnedfox5508

    4 жыл бұрын

    because britain likes to retire stuff early. because with most planes none of them are built to last. but with the americans you can keep the in they're aircraft in the air for upto 50 or 60 years maybe 70 years

  • @timdodd3897

    @timdodd3897

    4 жыл бұрын

    At one point there were 450 B-52's. Plenty of spare parts despite A-F and G-F models being different systems wise.

  • @fablewalls

    @fablewalls

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@columnedfox5508 - on another Vulcan video an engineer talked about the companies who make the parts and are liable for insurance if anything goes wrong. Vulcan was Lottery funded and had a large crew helping keep her up however those companies don't want the risk. Nothing to do with Britain or anything else like that. The three third party companies responsible for maintaining it withdrew their support after the Shoreham crash and that was it. I read one moron on another video saying the UK would pay for Harry & Meghan but not Vulcan but she was wrong - the money was there, the companies involved in technical support didn't want any further part.

  • @umute1653

    @umute1653

    Жыл бұрын

    Because Britain does not have the capacity in terms of investment and funding like America has hence the reason why

  • @drsoxami
    @drsoxami3 жыл бұрын

    Remove the trail fin and it's basically a b2. Clever copy by the Americans. What they denigrated 60 years ago they quietly adopted.

  • @iamspartacus6713
    @iamspartacus67133 жыл бұрын

    how tempting not to fly that bird...

  • @ethanwoodhall6263
    @ethanwoodhall62638 жыл бұрын

    is that at bruntingthorpe

  • @firstnamelastname4326

    @firstnamelastname4326

    7 жыл бұрын

    No it says Wellesbourne where 655 is stored OUTSIDE

  • @MuhamadZahin
    @MuhamadZahin5 жыл бұрын

    Guy Martin on the right side if I'm not wrong

  • @Ashton000

    @Ashton000

    4 жыл бұрын

    If the video date is roughly when they filmed it, then it's a year too late for it to be Guy. He must've taxied this one in 2015.

  • @MuhamadZahin

    @MuhamadZahin

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Ashton000 i see sad to see a piece of history just being mothballed everything way too expensive to maintain

  • @Ashton000

    @Ashton000

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@MuhamadZahin Yeah, truly sad

  • @VulcanBomberxm655

    @VulcanBomberxm655

    2 жыл бұрын

    Guy in the right hand seat is iirc John Laycock

  • @josephlambe2796
    @josephlambe2796 Жыл бұрын

    I can’t see the sense of having two Air Electronics Officers writing stuff down on a short taxi run….

  • @BlackAce-zr2ms

    @BlackAce-zr2ms

    10 ай бұрын

    The one thing you have to consider that as she's a very complex aircraft, noting down changes and gauge activity is important in keeping her in top nick for the maintenance even if she can't fly. Also if it's for a short fast taxi the crew need to prepare the Vulcan as if they were going to fly her, that's common sense.

  • @aschliov
    @aschliov8 жыл бұрын

    wonderful sight so sad they cant fly anymore it seem's of late that this county is ashamed of it's past . we now have a steam ban on the main line where I live they have banned steam fairs with traction engines under health and safety want ever next.

  • @kimjonglongdong3158

    @kimjonglongdong3158

    4 жыл бұрын

    To be fair, XH 558 was well approaching its max flight hours, after which point it would simply be unsafe to fly. Unfortunately, this is one of those situations where health and safety concerns are legit.

  • @Stefan-jk5gx

    @Stefan-jk5gx

    3 жыл бұрын

    This has to be one of the most dumb things I read. They aren't grounding these planes because "they are ashamed of the past". They are grounding them because their airframes have reached their lifespan. No one is going to risk their lives to fly a plane that isn't designed to be flown for this long. Please, get a grip of yourself.

  • @olympus__

    @olympus__

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Podge because 744 B52s were made, whilst only 136 Vulcans were. Also, production of Vulcans stopped in 1965 so it’s hard and expensive to find parts to keep the aircraft alive.

  • @marcusjahnke9287
    @marcusjahnke92873 жыл бұрын

    3.28 silly looking chopper, cut to 3.33 evil looking Vulcan..

  • @full_ArmourOfGod
    @full_ArmourOfGod4 жыл бұрын

    Bloody Britain father of Jet Engines and marvellous aircrafts. Yanks know it lol

  • @camden199
    @camden1998 жыл бұрын

    Why not just fly it?

  • @markpeter4468

    @markpeter4468

    8 жыл бұрын

    It would be unsafe because some parts may be too worn to make it a safe flight, they keep them on the ground for safety reasons

  • @UKscalemodeller

    @UKscalemodeller

    8 жыл бұрын

    +camden199 It isn't allowed to fly by the CAA

  • @wordreet

    @wordreet

    8 жыл бұрын

    +camden199 It's a right pain! The yanks are still flying stuff that's significantly older than these beauties. :¬(

  • @UKscalemodeller

    @UKscalemodeller

    8 жыл бұрын

    wordreet yes but that's because their B-52s are in the military, with all the finance and expertise in place. In private hands that becomes considerably more difficult.

  • @wordreet

    @wordreet

    8 жыл бұрын

    UKscalemodeller Where are the billionaires when you need 'em??

  • @simonpalling3215
    @simonpalling32153 жыл бұрын

    Lots of faff for a few seconds of cobweb clearing.

  • @c130mover
    @c130mover5 жыл бұрын

    why aircrew in the back????? ffs it was a taxi

  • @Sandro_-jo3wh

    @Sandro_-jo3wh

    5 жыл бұрын

    The guy was simply asking why they need a crew in the back for a simple taxi.

  • @VulcanBomberxm655

    @VulcanBomberxm655

    2 жыл бұрын

    The Vulcan needs both Pilots and an AEO to function. The 4th guy is one of the ground crew, not sure what he his noting down.

  • @Radio478
    @Radio4783 жыл бұрын

    The only aircraft to worry Russia

  • @francescxavierbulto9848
    @francescxavierbulto98483 жыл бұрын

    If you was in Stanley and your Argentine don’t watch this.

  • @Radio478
    @Radio4782 жыл бұрын

    To many adds

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    @dhdvdhznhzbzshsbzhzhzbjz52173 жыл бұрын

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