Birdy Tweets

[Vulcan Viewer]

That's the one, shortly before retirement from the RAF in 1992.

She was then stored and cherished at Bruntingthorpe until funding was finally arranged for her to return to flight on 19th October 2007.

[Vox T]

I love the cold war era British jets. The Lightning, TSR2 and Victor to name a few.

[Alec124c41]

My record is a 4 ship simulated QRA (quick reaction alert) startup and takeoff at RAF Finningley in 1973.

That's 16 Bristol Olympus 200 or 300 series engines on full power simultaneously. They were all probably B Mk2's by then, so that would make them the more powerful 301s.

They cold started. Taxied to the end of the runway. Took off with a few seconds gap between each of them. Did at least a 70degree climbout to about 300ft, turned 180degrees and climbed out again at about 30 to 40 degrees climbout, back down the runway. The first had completed the turn, by the time the fourth was on full power, taking off. The whole experience took less than 4 or 5 minutes.

Actually, the best part of the engine music isn't when it is actually at full power, it's the open throated lion's roar that accompanies the throwing forward of all the throttles. Particularly noticeable when it's coming towards you.

Tremble? You'd better......

These beasts regularly flew out to the States and gathered all the competition bombing prizes year after year, without some of the technology the Americans were able to throw at the tasks.

Tremble would be all that was left of me! That plane had a sound that shredded reality! And I only saw them in the CNE airshow...
Some bird...
Some tweet!

Cheers,
Alec

[stevieg]

With all that wing area, I always imagine the Vulcan to be the prototype of the science fiction movie cliche of the giant ship that hovers over a city, blotting out the sun...

[Alec124c41]

I believe they used to call it the aluminum overcast.

Cheers,
Alec

[Vulcan Viewer]

I believe they used to call it the aluminum overcast.

Cheers,
Alec

No No, it's British, it's the "ALUMINIUM" overcast!

[wintermute]

heh, where's birdy these days? Flown the coup I gather?

[Stone]

...being migratory I believe he's now somewhere in Iceland...a variety of bird that can't take the heat...though required prompting so as not to self-immolate...

[Blue Angel]

heh, where's birdy these days? Flown the coup I gather?

Flown the coup? Didn't realise he was also an airborne mercenary

ba

[fscl]

heh, where's birdy these days? Flown the coup I gather?

Probably tweeting? Anybody following him?

Actually see JaS's post:

http://www.vinylengine.com/phpBB2/viewt ... &start=780

Fred and where's Ann-Margret when you need her....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wKoVAQkGLc

[aardvarkash10]

heh, where's birdy these days? Flown the coup I gather?

Flown the coup? Didn't realise he was also an airborne mercenary

ba

Nah - flown the coupe. Like Evil Knevil.

Or maybe he was a bald eagle and he's flown the toupe...

[MonkeyBoy]

We fed him to the cat. Then the cat threw up. Now the cat is deader than Schroedinger's cat. It is not in a superposition of states.

[josephazannieri]

Yo seekers of truth and publicity:

I can't believe it! Everybody talks about what a jerk this guy is, and there we are well over 50 pages into ruminations on his appearances and disappearances! And now here's a new thread! Iain's thrift store Garrard 301 didn't get this much notice- Les Paul didn't get this much notice, Hell, Mother Teresa never got this much notice ANYWHERE until she died, and it didn't last as long!

He's probably coming on as a guest from another computer, and laughing at us! The longer we ruminate on his departure, the more he wins! If those who didn't want to mess with him wish to win, maybe they should just go back to whatever they were doing, and let him depart in peace. Otherwise, he is in control and still getting his jollies from jerking the chains of the participants here.

Good luck to all from the recipent of the tasteless award for saying something positive about Connie Francis, (A great milestone for me, or was it millstone?)

Joe Z.

[zharca]

.........That's 16 Bristol Olympus 200 or 300 series engines on full power simultaneously. They were all probably B Mk2's by then, so that would make them the more powerful 301s.........

Hurrah! Someone who doesn't call them Rolls bloody Royce Olympus. Even the Science Museum captions use the "R" word. But then, guess who sponsored the display?