Left at nine and arrived just in time to see the Vulcan at half two... fantastic plane and a real shame it's not going to fly after this year.

Yep we saw it too. Epic plane and noise.

Flew straight over our house according to the flight plan. However we were in London. It did mean that I saw the Spitfire with Typhoon for the VJ flyby tough

Absolutely gorgeous aircraft. Graceful! Pleased to have witnessed her in flight today

We are on its southwards flight path when heading south so see it often. Flew over today. Much higher than usual. Great sight.

heading or coming back from wings and wheels today , i'll be back down there tomorrow for a second viewing .

Loved the Vulcan, ever since I sat at the tip of the Rock and watched one of the last active squadrons, doing touch and goes in and out of Gibraltar Strip back in the early eighties. Majestic aircraft.

I remember as a kid being at airshows where the flight line was a lot closer to the audience than it is these days, and the Vulcan would come in low and fast and then stand on its tail at full power...

As a kid I remember having to stop on the way to Scunthorpe as a whole squadron of Vulcans took off from Waddington. That looked and sounded something else.

Pretty sure I saw it fly over Victorious Festival today (Portsmouth).

It seemed to be flying very slow (that may be normal) and it looked spectacular.

Yes I remember that manoeuvre from an air show at Mildenhall in Suffolk early eighties, it seemed like everything was left shaking

The display at Dunsfold yesterday was less "energetic" than a few recent ones I've seen footage or (RIAT in particular)

However, as it came in for its first pass, it lit the afterburners AND vented them, which made the most eerie and spectacular noise I've ever heard - bit like a Tie fighter from Star Wars

Horrible weather for photography though - slightly hazy, duff light and complete white-out for the sky

Best of a pretty bad lot:



and one of some bloke in a Fiat....

The commentary is always rather pretentious at this event:

On the afternoon run the commentator said Prat.

Apart from that, I agree the noise made by the Vulcan on its first pass was utterly eerie.

It flew over our house yesterday, and was due today at the Uffington Show in Oxford. We went up and waited, but the weather got pretty bad, and it headed home

Anyone watch the Guy Martin programme about the Vulcan last night?

Worth a watch if not just for the shots and noise.

Not sure what Guy Martin bought to the party,except for saying fair play in a northern accent a lot. I bet those turbine blades got re-inspected!

Bit like that thing billed as Guy Martins Spitfire,as if he was some kind of driving force behind it,rather than just someone who twirled spanners on it for a couple of afternoon.

yeah I know what you mean - it was more a presenter role that some of his other programmes. Not a great surprise due to whats involved though.

Its a win-win for Channel 4; they get the Vulcan fans and the Guy Martin fans. It doesn't add anything for the knowledgeable specialist viewer, but GM's Everyman touch can be used to highlight interesting facts.
And before we get too critical, Guy Martin's engineering credentials aren't that bad - between his day job on trucks and his "hobby"...

I saw it, and thought it was really good. I've read Vulcan 607 book - the story of the trip to the Falklands, so it was interesting to see the original pilots being interviewed. GM has grown on me in recent years. Used to find him pain annoying.

Amazing footage. Also liked the "aborted take-off." And who can't like the Olympus howl !




Minor plane geek nit pick sorry...- I may be wrong, but I didn't think the Vulcan had afterburners (reheat). I thought they were reserved for Concorde. Was it just full throttle howl??

No, the Vulcan didn't have afterburners.

If you are into big, loud old jets, being big, loud and old, get along to Bruntingthorpe on one of the fast taxi days, a range of lightnings, buccs, canberra even a nimrod, victor and VC10 tearing up the runway.

The way I understood it last night was the howl noise came in at about three quarter throttle,due to the massive air volume rushing into the engines.

I thought Guy was a lot better in last nights program than the Spitfire one.

But we have to remember that a lot of film footage gets left on the cutting room floor.

I like him.

But that Vulcan wow!

The vulcan noise!!

Sad to see it die, I never realised it was one man's mission to keep.her flying. What a guy!! Pun intended!

I enjoyed the program and Guy's Northern dialect

It is a real shame that it'll become a static piece instead of continuing to fly, I always thought 'meh, they're just not interested', but after last nights program I understand the reason now

Yup - I stand corrected - the trademark howl comes from the changing shape of the long inlets before the turbines - only happens during a pretty narrow throttle opening

Didn't see this one, will go look it up on catch up. I was born and bred in Biggin Hill so always got to watch and hear this wonderful every year at the air fair.

I did see Guy Martin's episode on the Mosquito. Also another huge favourite of mine. Don't know if this is coincidence

http://www.peoplesmosquito.org.uk/2015/11/13/collaboration-with-the-vulcan-to-the-sky-trust/

try and find this episode if you can. It seems this plane wants to flip itself over as soon as it leaves the ground. making take off very interesting !!

Howl or roar, I always understood it to be dependant on the engine type. With the speed / amount of air being different on the early / late planes. I always liked the big Vulcan but for me the victor was more impressive.