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Come Inside... => Petrol/Diesel/Red Diesel/Aviation Fuel Head Zone => Topic started by: Nick on September 20, 2008, 05:29:07 PM
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2989074/Vulcan-bomber-takes-to-the-skies.html (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2989074/Vulcan-bomber-takes-to-the-skies.html)
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(Wish it had gone on to bomb Manchester evil:)
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And there is logically no reason why we couldn't build a new version using latest technology to make it even better. It would be a world beater but like every other good British design we would rather consign it to history and buy something that the French, Germans, Spanish and Italians also have ~ all countries I might add with whom we have been at war many times in the past and probably will be again in the future.
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Awesome machine...
Unfortunately, due to some mechanical difficulties they now need much more cash to prevent her being grounded again... sad24:
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It should have made an appearance at Goodwood yesterday.
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Surely there is money to be found somewhere to keep it flying. Its a piece of history so what about lottery funding or the heritage fund.
Unfortunately the MOD and government wouldnt look at building a modern version just because of hte cost of development. "Yes it probably would beat the hell out of anything else in its class if it was built but why spend money (and create jobs) when we can buy something that has already been proven." cussing:
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I knew there was something.... this lovely lady (not my photo, I wasn't near the camera) flew by my place last Sunday on its way to the nearby Carfest, gave me goosebumps. I was reminded just now when they announced that it's making an appearance at Bournemouth airshow this afternoon cloud9:
(https://www.virtual-pub.com/SMF/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fs7.postimage.org%2Fwwv7m1crr%2Fvulcan_bomber.jpg&hash=0bc1ae8625140efaba1103c34eaa3a4728a226e9) (http://postimage.org/image/wwv7m1crr/)
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I knew there was something.... this lovely lady (not my photo, I wasn't near the camera) flew by my place last Sunday on its way to the nearby Carfest, gave me goosebumps. I was reminded just now when they announced that it's making an appearance at Bournemouth airshow this afternoon cloud9:
(https://www.virtual-pub.com/SMF/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fs7.postimage.org%2Fwwv7m1crr%2Fvulcan_bomber.jpg&hash=0bc1ae8625140efaba1103c34eaa3a4728a226e9) (http://postimage.org/image/wwv7m1crr/)
Amazing machine.... cloud9:
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Anyone know if it actually made its appearance at the Southport show?
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It was certainly programmed to be there today. Next Saturday is its last outing of the year for it at RAF Leuchers Air Show in Scotland
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Worked on those babies in the very early seventies! Poetry in motion!
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Does it run on petrol/diesel/red diesel rubschin:
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Does it run on petrol/diesel/red diesel rubschin:
Oh Noes ~ Gigantic Rubber Bands ::)
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Does it run on petrol/diesel/red diesel rubschin:
eeek: eeek: eeek: eeek:
I was gonna post that very same thing this morning!
But decided it was too small minded and pedantic even for me..... whistle:
And Nick wouldn't know what the hell it ran on of course (Jet-A1 Nick)... lol:
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In my RAF Days if it had propellers it was fuelled with AVGAS. If it had jet engines it was fuelled with AVTUR. (Exceptions like Tiger Moths etc, often flown by Station Commanders, were fuelled with ordinary petrol taken from the same pump as those used to fill the cars.)
BM is right in that NATO and the international oil companies have renamed the various fuels and grade them according to the type of aircraft, whether or not it is launched from the ground or at sea etc but the basics are the same .... it is all very highly refined kerosene.
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Most jet engines, if it burns and is thin and isn't petrol, it'll work! Excludes paper etc
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"The Petrol/Diesel/Red Diesel/Very Highly Refined Kerosene Head Zone" whistle:
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Most jet engines, if it burns and is thin and isn't petrol, it'll work! Excludes paper etc
Indeed and AVGAS works in diesel engined trucks etc....... Smokes a bit tho'.
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"The Petrol/Diesel/Red Diesel/Very Highly Refined Kerosene Head Zone" whistle:
Marley used to mend 'em, I used to refuel them. :thumbsup:
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C/H oil.
Luv the smell of kerosene btw. cloud9:
It should be canned as a REAL mans air freshner. :thumbsup:
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For the real aviation petrol heads:
http://www.nato.int/docu/logi-en/1997/lo-15a.htm (http://www.nato.int/docu/logi-en/1997/lo-15a.htm)
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Most jet engines, if it burns and is thin and isn't petrol, it'll work! Excludes paper etc
lol: lol: lol:
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Most jet engines, if it burns and is thin and isn't petrol, it'll work! Excludes paper etc
Indeed and AVGAS works in diesel engined trucks etc....... Smokes a bit tho'.
Don't you mean AVTUR. Snoops?
IIRC, AVGAS is the equivalent of high octane petroleum spirit (aka petrol) which diesel engines are not too keen on!
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Oh noes! sad24:
Vulcan bomber XH558 to be grounded (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-19926464)
The last airworthy Vulcan bomber will fly for the final time next year, the trust which funds the aircraft has confirmed.
The XH558 has been based at South Yorkshire's Robin Hood Airport since March 2011 after the RAF Lyneham base closure was announced.
It has been decided that "challenging modifications" to both wings would not be sustainable to the old aircraft.
The Vulcan to the Sky Trust said it decided not to fund the repairs.
Trust chief executive Dr Robert Pleming told supporters: "At the end of next year, she will need a £200,000 modification to her wings to increase her flying life.
"We know that you would do your upmost to fund this work, but for a number of reasons we have decided not to ask you to take this risk."
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sad24:
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Isn't it sad...?
All that money they piss away on foreign aid and they can't find two hundred bags of sand for this.... noooo: