JVY
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Just for something to do, I thought I would make an effort to take pic's of my car next to classic British aircraft. The sort that were being developed or in service during the days of the P6.
I hope there is a really hot corner reserved for the barstewards that did that when they re-muster. :cry:V8P6B said:And later...
The Rovering Member said:As a matter of interest, the Vulcan's secondary electrical generator is a Rover unit.
chrisw said:The Rovering Member said:As a matter of interest, the Vulcan's secondary electrical generator is a Rover unit.
It's a 1S/82 and is designated an AAPU. The same as in the Nimrod.. and in my garage on a stand
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_VulcanFor greater efficiency and higher reliability,[108] the main system on the B.2 was changed to three-phase 200V AC at 400 Hz supplied by four 40kVA engine-driven constant speed alternators. Standby supplies in the event of a main AC failure were provided by a Ram Air Turbine (RAT) driving a 17kVA alternator that could operate at high altitude down to 20,000 ft (6,100 m), and an Airborne Auxiliary Power Plant (AAPP),[109] a Rover[35] gas turbine driving a 40kVA alternator, which could be started once the aircraft was below an altitude of 30,000 ft (9,100 m). Secondary electrical supplies were similar to the B.1
The Rovering Member said:Until fairly recently, there was also a beaten up Lightning (IIRC) up the A1 in a yard at the side of the road. It was once on it's own, then surrounded by scrap, then on it's own again. Then last time I went up I couldn't see it so unless I missed it then it's been taken. It always looked a bit sad, sat pointing up to the sky as if it was trying to get back up there.
As a matter of interest, the Vulcan's secondary electrical generator is a Rover unit.
I hope there is a really hot corner reserved for the barstewards that did that when they re-muster. :cry:
It used to be one of the greateast sounds I have ever heard when the Thunder City Lightnings used to fly
in Cape Town, not to mention the Hunter and Buccaneers.
It all ended with an airshow crash that killed the display pilot, sadly.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunder_City
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_vulcanOn 16 September 1960, Vulcan B.2 XH557 wrecked the appropriately named "Runway Garage" at Filton. XH557 had been allocated to Bristol Siddeley Engines to test the Olympus 301 engine and was being delivered to Filton. Approaching in poor weather conditions, the aircraft touched down halfway along the runway. The braking parachute was streamed but realising the aircraft would not stop in time, the captain opened the throttles to go round. A street light on the A38 was struck as the aircraft climbed away, leaving a scene of chaos behind it. The Runway Garage took the full force of the jet blast: four petrol pumps were blown flat; a street light lay across the road; railings were blown over; and cars had their windscreens shattered. The aircraft diverted to St. Mawgan and was flown back to Filton some days later
Mikep said:The Rovering Member said:Until fairly recently, there was also a beaten up Lightning (IIRC) up the A1 in a yard at the side of the road. It was once on it's own, then surrounded by scrap, then on it's own again. Then last time I went up I couldn't see it so unless I missed it then it's been taken. It always looked a bit sad, sat pointing up to the sky as if it was trying to get back up there.
This is the one.
http://dc6diner.com/RobH said:Hi
Looks like you were at Coventry the same day I was there. That's a very nice car you have. Did you try the DC6 diner nearby?
I would imagine that the Jaguar in question was the two-seater XX136 which was from Aeroplane and Armaments Experimental Establishment (A&AEE) Boscombe Down which crashed on 22 November 1974stina said:Interesting thread lads , been following it , keep it coming .
When we were kids around 73 / 76 ish we came out of school , their was an almighty row (( and the sky was dark for some reason ! ) Anyhoo , it was a Jaguar fighter on test , it went down about 3 miles away from the village where we lived . pilot , co pilot had ejected by the time we saw it . I had a bit of wire with a connector on it that my dad found near the crater it made as it went in , don't know what happened to that .
I think that's where my interest in planes came from .
Their was a local paper article on it a few years back , i have it somewhere :?
Anyhoo the nearest town was Wimborne Minster if any one wants to google it .
The cartridges were Timex, but the thing that killed him was a hydraulic failure. The Lightning needs hydraulicJVY said:John, I read the SA CAA report on that accident. It was tragic that the pilot was killed - in the end, probably (and if understood correctly) because his ejector seat cartridges were way past there expiry date.
Richard Moss said:I would imagine that the Jaguar in question was the two-seater XX136 which was from Aeroplane and Armaments Experimental Establishment (A&AEE) Boscombe Down which crashed on 22 November 1974stina said:Interesting thread lads , been following it , keep it coming .
When we were kids around 73 / 76 ish we came out of school , their was an almighty row (( and the sky was dark for some reason ! ) Anyhoo , it was a Jaguar fighter on test , it went down about 3 miles away from the village where we lived . pilot , co pilot had ejected by the time we saw it . I had a bit of wire with a connector on it that my dad found near the crater it made as it went in , don't know what happened to that .
I think that's where my interest in planes came from .
Their was a local paper article on it a few years back , i have it somewhere :?
Anyhoo the nearest town was Wimborne Minster if any one wants to google it .
http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/Airc ... Jaguar.htm