Duxford Airshow 2014 Take Off

[@dorsetdumpling5387]

I once was privileged enough to sit in the pilot’s seat of both the Vulcan and the Lancaster, one after the other. The Lancaster, sitting under that greenhouse like canopy, felt huge with the wings and engines spreading out on each side. The Vulcan, on the other hand gave little impression of it’s size as the wings swept back behind you, and you could easily understand why the pilots tended to fly it like a fighter rather than a heavy bomber! (Vulcan’s wingspan - 30M, Lancaster’s - 31M)

[@pamt7740]

I worked there between 1980-82 we lived opposite. What a great view. I loved that job working on the old airfield seeing many different people and celebrities and even a former commander of Duxford. Happy days. My son had a house at Finningly and we would stand on the picnic table to watch the vulcan's take off and land just before they left the station. The sound went through your body. I love them! Saddest day ever they were decommissioned.

[@jeanmcgoverne6153]

I remember standing outside my home in Bushy as the plane flew over and could see the pilot. It was almost as if I could touch the aircraft. Amazing footage.

[@Radio478]

Not only were we the best, 2022 we still are the best 👍👍👍♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@dodibenabba1378]

Such an agile plane for it's size. An absolute stunner.

[@stevealexR1]

It’s amazing that the Vulcan’s direct predecessor was the Lancaster! Such advancement by the English engineers and such a short time. The Vulcan sounds awesome and looks SO menacing.

[@vulgivagu]

This cockpit view must be one of the greatest taken in any aircraft. There are dozens of channels devoted to commercial jets taking off and landing but they are all so sterile compared to the incredible action taking place in what is a very cramped environment. In action it must have been a place of great tension but the aircrews that flew these, and other V bombers , must have been incredible men.

[@debbaz7476]

What a beautiful machine 😄

[@suzannemcdonald6547]

The Vulcan is such a beautiful magnificent airplane... imho

[@austinsteele3679]

The landscape is very similar to the old RAF base at Finningley. The position of the roads, railway and villages look very familiar to me. I served at that base and also lived in the village for several years.

[@Tomteeejay]

Yes, that is the former RAF Finningley. The Vulcan was taking off to go to Duxford. The airport is now called Doncaster Sheffield Airport (formerly Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield)

[@austinsteele3679]

@@Tomteeejay Yes I know about the airport, I have photos of the first Thomson Holidays flight taking off from there. It wasraining that day. I was at the base 1968 to 69 and 1971 t0 72. I rember refuelling the Vulcans.

[@Tomteeejay]

@@austinsteele3679 Thanks for the reply, Austin.

[@bobdown8043]

Old school. How cool.

[@Radio478]

Amazing

[@danieljones3955]

Didn’t they fly these to the falklands war in a series

[@brianwillson9567]

Just noticed that ‘likes’ are shown as 558. How appropriate. Almost seems a shame to make it 559.

[@johnnyenglish583]

What a gorgeous plane. Somehow it manages to be beautiful and sinisterly menacing at the same time, like a giant stingray.

[@Radio478]

1982 Falklands

[@Spike0907]

A nice video, but what I for one, as an XH588 fan, would really like to see would be a video over the pilots' shoulder, in HD, of the entire take-off, flight, and landing sequence, in one take. Not constantly switching to a different view every two seconds, which is just disorientating and irritating. There were 65 scene changes here. Thanks.

[@justforever96]

+Spike0907 I don't know about a full video looking over the pilots shoulder (especially if you can't see out the window like in this video!), but there is _definitely_ too many camera switches here, and the shots are far too short. Give us at least 5 seconds of each, maybe slightly less on the engineer (unless he's doing something interesting). This jumping around, you can't hardly register what you're looking at and take in the details, before it's jumped to the next shot again.

[@Spike-by3cy]

Further to my comment 5 years ago, this is such a frustrating video to watch. As an enthusiast, all I want to see is the continuous shot over the pilots shoulders showing their actions with the controls, with maybe the view out the front in a small window in the corner. There's 65 switches of scene in this video, some lasting less than a second. Please re-edit this video, it could be such an informative video for the enthusiast.

[@dirtyruby2009]

Is this the plane that is currently on display in hangar 1 at Duxford?

[@doraldeddy1836]

Vulcan in the Sky Trust. Lovely plane. Haven’t seen this footage before, thank you. Question : were there ejections seats in the Vulcan?

[@Samisage]

I believe there were, both in service and in the display aircraft

[@nickolasreeks4743]

Yes but only for the two pilots. The rear crew has 'booster cushions' to help lift them out of their seats once they had swivelled them round. The then effected escape down the entrance using the door as a chute. Fine and dandy if the gear was up but not good if the gear was down. Apparently the rear crew had to hold onto the door jack to help the swing to the side of the main leg or get struck by it which never ended well. Avro's produced a mod for rear crew ejection along with Martin-Baker but the gov't never funded it as the aircraft was always 'near retirement' which finally came in 1984.

[@ashleymarks6144]

Power back after take off for speed or noise abatement?

[@rustykilt]

My favourite aircraft......I wonder id the designers could have made the cockpit any smaller..?

[@lincolnengland5005]

I believe it was originally intended to have a single pilot; this was changed to two hence the very congested upper cockpit. They were a very common sight in the skies over Lincoln in the 70's and 80's....

[@danieljones3955]

Best of British engineering

[@chembleton]

1:02 is that a downward looking periscope? At first I thought he was looking into the bottom of his Thermos flask thinking, shit I meant to fill this before we left haha

[@Nigelperyman]

I remember when a vulcan came to New Zealand in 1956 I think the one that crashed in bad weather in the uk

[@planesstevee]

awesome. What was the flight engineer looking through at 1.02 mins ??

[@justforever96]

+i8thegovernment That's a periscope showing the underside of the fuselage, to allow engineer to visually verify gear is up/down after takeoff or before landing.

[@planesstevee]

+justforever96 oh ok thanks man

[@slaughterhouse5585]

I was wondering, too. Thought maybe it was the in-flight movie. 😂

[@28pbtkh23]

@@justforever96 - thanks for imparting that knowledge. It had me wondering, although the editing implied that it was a scope looking fore.

[@nickolasreeks4743]

He's not the flight engineer. He is the AEO, Air Electronics Officer. It is an 'electric' jet and the services do need to be managed. The thing he's looking through is a periscope to enable him to check for untoward occurrences on upper or lower surfaces and also monitor in case of damage on take off etc. He is the first onboard and the last to leave. He literally switches the beast on or off. Hope that helps.

[@mohammedalabassi9389]

هذا الملاح اللي في الخلف او مايسمى بالانجليزي نيفيقاتور مأمنه فايده وعبئ علي الطياره

[@BigPinkJohn]

Bit misleading as this certainly is NOT Duxfod.

[@MrAuldphart]

Why the hell do they wear gloves? Is it cold in the cabin

[@speedbird1668]

i believe their meant to protect the pilot’s hands from fire if something explodes

[@gyrocompa]

Does it still fly ? And do the pilot sit on ejection seats ? Thanks in advance !

[@Yasser-mf9nb]

It doesn't fly anymore About the ejection seat idk

[@dang1977]

Yes, the pilot and co-pilot sat on ejection seats, but the rear crew members didn't. The reason was that in the early days of the design the plan was to have an escape capsule for the crew but that never came to fruition. Initially it was thought acceptable to give only the pilots ejector seats as the aircraft operated at high altitudes in the early days and it was thought there would usually be enough time for the rear crew to bale out, but the arrangement became more controversial when the V-bombers switched to a low-level role in the mid 60s which dramatically reduced the rear crew's survival prospects in the event the aircraft had to be abandoned.

[@Yasser-mf9nb]

@@dang1977 thanks for the info

[@slaughterhouse5585]

dang1977 Interesting. Guess the crew would just be SOL.

[@Radio478]

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[@Radio478]

100 tonne up like a fighter

[@AwesomeFullHDvideos]

what are blister cams ? like gopro ??

[@AwesomeFullHDvideos]

hunterxf382 lol ok thanks ..theirs a genius in me somewhere ! rofl

[@TheLennon1250]

Anyone know who the pilots are?

[@dodibenabba1378]

Bert, Steve and John....

[@garwhittaker3743]

@@dodibenabba1378 Would that be John Smith ?

[@winslow137]

Os that a Red Arrows helmet 🇬🇧

[@nickolasreeks4743]

That's Bill Ramsey in the right hand seat. Former Reds pilot. Bloody nice bloke too.

[@neo1989]

What is the engineer holding near the window? A camera?

[@justforever96]

+J Pz (distortion) I'm thinking perhaps a mirror; he doesn't really have anything to do on a flight like this, and he can't even look out the window without standing up. A mirror would let him see what's outside. Just a hunch.

[@UnknownPersononGoogle]

Sounds a bit like a TIE-Fighter inside.

[@justforever96]

+UnknownPerson onGoogle Or a TIE fighter sounds like an Avro Vulcan......

[@magna4100]

That's not Duxford.

[@TimMSUK]

Pretty sure this is just to show her taking off from Doncaster to go to Duxford. I was at that airshow and she didn't land there.

[@Radio478]

Yes Russia watch this