Last Major Aircraft Movement to take place at Brooklands after 90 years of aviation

[@abastin1]

Love to hear those Tynes once again! I flew some 800 hours on Cl 44s with those engines.Lovely video!!

[@shanebowden7114]

Brooklands is my local and go-to aviation site, to see an aviation movement such as this at a place with as much sentimental value to me almost brings a tear to my eye. Thanks for sharing!

[@AndysVideo]

Believe me we all had a few tears on the day.

[@parjacpar3077]

Thanks for shatring another great video Had a feeling there was not enough airfield for plane to take off

[@Skygod12000]

As a baby I remember flying in a Vanguard for Leeds to London with my grandparents. Thanks for the nostalgia trip.

[@Gruntol5]

Dang, I thought we were going to see it take off. Brittania, Vanguard and Belfast - great turbobprop aircraft from the period, but absurdly small production runs. We had our school trip to Vickers, Weybridge in about 1956 and toured the wooden mock up of the Vanguard. I remember my surprise at wood & clay sinks in the toilets, accurate to the smallest detail. I strayed from the rest and got underneath the open bomb bay of a Valiant, but was quickly pulled away by Vickers staff!

[@FrederickDelarge]

There is something of majesty about this elegant and beautiful aircraft. The exquisite sound of those RR Tynes - so commonplace in the sixties skies were so taken for granted! Of course I am regretful that I didn't hire a Uher portable stereo recorder for a fruitful day's session at Heathrow then. Vanguards, Britannias, Electras - they all had their identifying characteristic sound.

[@metadyneman]

I remember these flying over my house when i was a boy. I lived in Ealing at the time and when there was an Easterly wind blowing the take off path for Heathrow was directly above where I lived. Used to love the sound of these on full power. Heathrow used to hum to the sound of these and the Viscounts!

[@MiniOne82]

R.I.P ROn *salutes* and very nice vid

[@gsmcinnes]

I can't drive along the M8 motorway east of Glasgow airport without thinking of BEA Vanguards. On the straight stretch at Hillington the M8 use to be runway 08 at Renfrew airport. Aged 6 in 1965 I stood on the apron and witnessed my first ever close-up of an aeroplane. It's huge blackened nose coming towards me I stood terrified and holding my ears. The sight, the noise, the smell - then pilot waved to me, I was hooked! I still want to be that pilot - maybe it was Capt Brant? Thanks.

[@josephlambe2796]

I remember them as well growing up a plane spotter at Glasgow airport….the bloody merchantmen flew over my house low in Foxbar just after midnight each night woke the neighbours up…great days…

[@gsmcinnes]

@@josephlambe2796 I lived on Foxbar Road, I'd cycle to the airport at weekends around 1972-75....aaaaah how I loved the smell of kerosene in the morning!

[@metadyneman]

Oh how i was wishing that to happen in this film... I grew up watching these babys fly over my house when i was a kid.. they were and still are my favourite planes.

[@Andrew279144]

Great to see this wonderful old aircraft move again under her own power. I flew on a BEA Vanguard in the early 1960's from London Heathrow to the Isle of Man - return journey by Viscount.

[@BillN6801]

Reminds me of the old Air Canada Vanguards. Haven't heard this sound in about 4 decades. I once flew on a Vanguard as a child - a Trans Canada Airlines courtesy flight around Toronto, early 60's.

[@D66DuCane]

44 Vanguards were built,and delivered to the only two airlines that ordered them,B.E.A and Trans Canada Airlines. Last flight was in 1996, when the aircraft featured in this video flew into Brooklands. My Dad flew on this type several times in the 1960s when they operated many of B.E.A's domestic services from Heathrow to Manchester/Glasgow/Edinburgh and Belfast.He always said that although the cabin was spacious and comfortable,once in the air they rattled and shook like crazy!

[@k3D4rsi554maq]

Great video!

[@k3D4rsi554maq]

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[@Jensbangmikkelsen]

Really lovely, powerful sound -)

[@AndysVideo]

Well don't forget you can always come to Brooklands and visit the only surviving Merchantman / Vanguard.

[@john289]

Very moving footage this, emotional even !

[@TheOwl]

Last time I ever saw one of these magnificent birds was about 1969 or '70. How could you not love the sound of those engines?

[@merrittashmore695]

TheOwl I flew in one in Nov., 1973 from Heathrow to Aberdeen. I believe it was BEA. Very exciting to walk out of the terminal and see that I’d get to fly on that big plane.

[@Pullisto]

Great to see she' still run up from time to time. I've been there in '03 and '07. Hope she and the others can be kept undercover, though i know the cost of that is prohibitive.

[@AndysVideo]

Sadly Ron passed away a few months after the video was produced. He had been a first rate guy and one of the Museums strongest allies in those early difficult years

[@Laxpowertoo]

The first plane I ever flew in was a BEA Vanguard from Heathrow to Glasgow. We came back in a brand spanking new Trident 3 which did the trip in half the time, but I still prefered the Vanguard.

[@bleyland629]

Beautiful :) Massive props

[@martynlyndall3124]

I believe this aircraft was in the AIR BRIDGE CARRIERS fleet from East Midlands airport I used to load them, its in the same colours as the ones I loaded

[@MONZAAUT]

Fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@awlcvl]

Nice video Andy; but I found the bloke driving the fire engine rather irritating getting in shot.

[@AndysVideo]

No Brits or Belfasts, only Brooklands built or associated. I envy you the trip around the works and especially to see the last of the Brooklands Prop Liners being designed.

[@awlcvl]

such a lovely sound of those Rolls Royce Tynes! Just a pity we will never hear them again or see the aircraft come alive and taxi!

[@Pullisto]

The Brit's answer to the L188 Electra, and an equal in performance. She looks like she was still operation here, nice and clean. I hear her engines still get a run up from time to time. In time to come hopefully, there will be a market enough to justify the cost of such a machine being overhauled and re-configured back to pax, for corporate charters, scenic flights, espesh now the DC-3 has been halted due to ridiculous beurocracy. And this beast can get there faster.

[@dasadler123]

Looks like the designers wanted to build a jet and then decided to slap those turboprops on as an after thought. VERY beautiful machine though. I agree, nothing sounds like a Rolls Turboprop.

[@AndysVideo]

Dont know if you were there John, but of course I was and it was a very emotional day, It become even more special when a little later we lost dear old Ron - the project leader and last pilot.

[@PlaneTrainAmbulance]

Great vid! Shame it dint take off though. Good vid all the same!

[@AndysVideo]

Because it was the last one flying and it came home to its birthplace to be preserved as long as funds will allow.

[@still_guns]

that little firetruck sounds funny

[@AndysVideo]

Sorry to say even back then the runway was to short and now of course it is gone (Part of Mercs Test Track is now ontop of it). So Surperb will spend the rest of its live at Brooklands.

[@Skoda130]

Then why isn't it taking off?

[@Chicgeek2014]

Skoda130 it decommissioned in 1995 and was flown there n 1996 so it can’t fly cos government stuff

[@landroversrs1]

Had the pleasure of marshalling this aircraft on a number of occaisons at BRS also remember it doing a 3 engine ferry flight out for repair once although missed it departing! aaahhh Tynes..

[@AndysVideo]

Nice Idea but sorry to say it is not on because the video would be too long for You Tube You can however, select my playlist called 'Brooklands Videos - Older Clips', to run all the old Brooklands Clips, one after the other. You can the do the same with 'Brooklands Modern' and so on Andy

[@pulgabros]

Is this Vanguard flying still or is it a satic display?

[@yamahabradley]

Does anyone know if this was an Air Canada aircraft?

[@mikeb5556]

It's a Vanguard

[@yamahabradley]

It may have been as it was changed to a cargo "Merchantman" as you can see the large cargo door that was installed. I believe they also strengthened the floors as well. I did quite a few flights in these in me early working years for Nortel. Very robust aircraft and although they had cyclic vibration it always felt to me as it being reassuring. They would wind the turbo's up to top rpm and then feed in the props and they would accelerate like crazy. Accident free for all its time in Air Canada

[@fortnitefond6816]

Robert Bradley it was a Hunting Cargo

[@77Neville]

No BEA, I went on it a few years back and it still had the old BEA galley stuff and it was only the BEA/BA Vanguards that were converted to Merchantmen.

[@AndysVideo]

Nice Idea but sorry to say it is not on because the video would be too long for You Tube You can however, select my playlist called 'Brooklands Videos - Older Clips', to run all the old Brooklands Clips, one after the other. You can the do the same with 'Brooklands Modern' and so on . Andy

[@REI02021809]

Wish I was there

[@billysmith8665]

Andy hill is in the fuselage lol 😁 at beginning good job he wasn't at controls, definitely him see him standing umongst the others around 1.00 lol 😁

[@REI02021809]

At that time, it had retired.

[@AUSTIN-1100]

Great video and sound of the ols Merchantman. Bloody Hi Vize jackes ruin it though.

[@AndysVideo]

Static display now with Engine Run Ups on special ocasions.

[@josephlambe2796]

Deep joy machine, it should have taken off agsin

[@AndysVideo]

It is not all bad. - From time to time The Brooklands Team that look after Suberb do fire the engines up. Look out for avaition days on the Brooklands website

[@jackiejayetv]

...and what a mess Mercedes have made of the place, industrial vandalism

[@Sterlingjob]

No doubt left to rot like the other aircraft

[@AndysVideo]

Are you saying H&S is a menace then? I expect there is no more than sixty million people in the UK who would agree with that!

[@22pcirish]

No. health and safety legislation is the working person’s greatest weapon against poor management. It should be applauded for keeping people alive.

[@AndysVideo]

I am not 100% sure but I think around fourty. Regards Andy