Sunday, November 25, 2012

Your Sunday Morning Jet Noise



The VC-10 went out of airline service over 30 years ago. The RAF intends to retire theirs next year.
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4 comments:

  1. Glider Driver11/25/2012 9:32 AM

    A lovely aircraft, with the best aspect from 6 o'clock looking up. Twenty years ago they were landing over me at night as I stood at the runway threshold to Brize Norton. The light, the noise, the down wash and the warmth are still clear in my memory...

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  2. Old NFO11/25/2012 10:06 AM

    Ah yes, the smell of JP-1 in the morning! :-)

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  3. bearsense11/25/2012 10:31 AM

    When I was stationed in England in the 80s, a neighbor one night called and asked if I could "get away" and spend the day with he and his crew at Brize-Norton. The Group Captain was the CO of the RAF Transport Command's Evaluation Branch (basically it's Chief Pilot). The day consisted of five hours in the VC-10. I got a couple of hours in the left seat and four approaches to touch-and -go.
    It was unusual to have the Flight Engineer control the throttle levers. After rotation, the "kite" just went like a rocket.
    After blocking in, we went to the bar and flew our hands for a couple of hours !!

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  4. Frank Van Haste11/25/2012 12:45 PM

    Dear Miss Fit:

    Indeed, she's a pretty bird. And as a bonus, we get to see her taxi in front of the Lanc!

    Frank

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