Avro Vulcan XH558 bomber flies over Gloucestershire VIDEO
AN iconic giant of the sky - the Avro Vulcan XH558 delta wing bomber - staged a flypast over Gloucestershire Airport in Staverton yesterday (Saturday).
The enormous aircraft was carrying out a Diamond Jubilee tour on September 29, flying past locations relevant to the type’s development and service life.
More than 5,000 people lined the roads around Staverton and at Gloucestershire Airport to watch the epic event.
Steve Large posted this video onto his largie003 Youtube account of the Vulcan XH558 bomber from the runway at Staverton:
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Cordialav.co.uk shot this video at Staverton:
Thanks to Vanessa Kendall for this video of the Vulcan taken from a field next to Dundry Nurseries:
Andy Cookson loaded this footage of the Vulcan over Staverton onto his Fuzz944 Youtube account:
This video, posted on Youtube by Potsworth, sees the Vulcan flying over the M5 motorway. Best footage starts at 1min 14 seconds into this video:
Cpocketts posted this video of the Vulcan on Youtube:
Fastshow captured the Vulcan at Gloucestershire Airport:
Marcus Edwards posted this video of the Vulcan on his darkwaterblack Youtube account:
Wacedayz posted this video of a double flypast:
Check out the Vulcan on this great Flickr account
* Email your pictures of the Vulcan to matt.holmes@northcliffedigital.co.uk or Tweet @Thisisglos
* Don’t miss the Citizen and Echo Vulcan picture specials tomorrow
Staverton’s connection to the iconic aircraft might not be immediately obvious but with the ‘Smiths Industries’ name - synonymous with Bishop’s Cleeve - still emblazoned on many of her instruments and ‘Dowty’ stamped on her undercarriage and fuel system components, the link becomes clearer.
An approach to the Airport’s main runway 27 would also take her close to GCHQ, where, at the height of her Cold War days, the secret, behind-the-scenes activities may well have played a role in her standing at readiness with nuclear weapons strapped aboard.
Although the Vulcan did not land at Staverton, the Jet Age Museum was opening up the cockpit of its own Vulcan exhibit at the Flying Shack from 10am for cockpit tours. For a donation towards the museum’s building fund, visitors will be able to climb aboard the mighty machine.
Airport head of operations, Darren Lewington said: - “We’re delighted that the Vulcan XH558 will be in our airspace. Staverton remains at the heart of the region’s aerospace industry, which has helped to create some of the world’s finest aircraft over the years. The iconic shape and ear splitting roar of her Olympus engines will certainly turn heads on Saturday. Hopefully, it won’t generate too many complaints!"
The Vulcan Twitter handle is: @XH558
Gloucestershire Airport Twitter handle is: @GlosAirport
Comments
by blooz
Saturday, September 29 2012, 6:48PM
“Wasn't sure if we had a good vantage point. Until it arrived that is.....
http://tinyurl.com/9vkqh4q”
by fastshow
Saturday, September 29 2012, 6:12PM
“I got some pretty good footage from as far onto the airfield as I could get considering the total gridlock caused by the flypast!
http://tinyurl.com/97hrzk3”
by Gloucestershire Airport Ltd
Friday, September 28 2012, 8:51PM
“As others have already posted, we're expecting her around 4pm. We're opening up extra car parking space in the fields behind the main car park and Aviator Restaurant for those who'd like to come to see the aircraft. The Jet Age Museum's own Vulcan cockpit will be open for visitors from 10am at the Flying Shack just past the main airport entrance on Bamfurlong Lane.”
by localboy51
Friday, September 28 2012, 7:33PM
“She is due at Staverton at approx 4pm after which she is following the M5 down to Filton.
The good news for us in Gloucester is that we should get to see 558 twice - the reason? After her fly by at Ross On Wye she is routed to fly over Gloucester/Cheltenham on her way to Lincolnshire so we get two flights on within an hour or so.
Full details can be found on the Vulcan To The Sky website.”
by localboy51
Friday, September 28 2012, 7:26PM
“She should be over Staverton at approx 4pm after which she will be following the M5 down to Filton.
The other piece of good news is that she will be making two flights over Gloucester as when she has flown over Ross On Wye she is routed to fly over here on her way over to Lincolnshire so we should two flights over Gloucester in the space of an hour or so.
Full details can be found on the Vulcan To The Sky website.”
by hopealliswell
Friday, September 28 2012, 7:22PM
“Wow!..... I am so jealous that I will miss this opportunity to such an icon in action. I have only ever seen one in RAF Copsford with my three boys last summer while we were on our hols, and I have to say that spending the day at cosford was one of the highlights of my holidays . It was an amazing experience being there and what an awsome sight to see close up and walk underneath the of the Vulcan bomber.
The staff at RAF Cosford are second to none in their passion, dedication and helpfulness to the up keep of that facility. I introduced my boys to a real hero that day, a humble veteran of world war two (heavily decorated on his blazer).
Tears welled up in my eyes as he spoke so highly of his former comrades and so little of himself and his own part in the war effort. This gentlemen with a bygone "can do" attitude was kind enough to pose with pictures with my family. I knew in my heart that both my family and myself would be speaking Nazi German today if were it not for the valor of his generation of which I feel incredibly indebted. yes, I took the time to explain to my boys that day that the man they had just met, is a real hero.....more than any superman or spider man, as they are still quite young, but this they understood. I do hope everyone who attends tomorrow, enjoys this wonderful opportunity.”
by johncc2010
Friday, September 28 2012, 7:08PM
“any chance she will arrive via twigworth ?”
by bikerrobb
Friday, September 28 2012, 6:49PM
“Hi
The vulcan is leaving Doncaster at 15.00 and will fly down via Bitteswell,Coventry Airport,Birmingham Airport,RAF Cosford,and then onto Staverton!!!!!!so i would have thought 3.30-4pm??”
by NibNobs
Friday, September 28 2012, 6:33PM
“What time should we be looking in the sky? Do tell....
....anyone?”
by chickadeegirl
Friday, September 28 2012, 5:55PM
“Simply awesome....what time tomorrow will she fly over Staverton Airport.?”