Wednesday, March 24, 2021

Way too close to the crowd

 


11 comments:

  1. Looks like a Vulcan circa 1958. Nice looking aircraft but way too slow for the time.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Didn't one of those crash at an air show once?

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. That was the Concordski at, I believe, the ‘68 Paris air show.

      Delete
    2. 20 Sep, 1958. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYRKFkkyxh0

      Delete
  3. Maybe. This aircraft is huge. I've stood near and under one. The bottom of the fuselage at the cockpit is around twelve feet off the ground. So it may look like its close. Then again, if the photog used a telescopic lens, there may be some foreshortening in the depth of field.

    ReplyDelete
  4. By the way, this aircraft was made obsolete very early in its service. Thanks to the U.S. Polaris. It was put back in service for the festivities at the Falklands Island in the 1980s.

    ReplyDelete
  5. Way unsafe, but way cool. Normally how it happens.

    ReplyDelete
  6. Not allowed these days, but the Vulcan treat at airshows was when they cruised over the crowd sat right angle to the crowdline then turned on reheat and accelerated upwards. We got the Vulcan howl - it's on youTube - car alarms went off, children cried - marvellous!

    ReplyDelete
  7. Early years of jet development, the turbine probably failed and the shrapnel destroyed one wing. About same time as the commercial DeHaviland BOAC jet fell apart in flight. My dad flew in those and just missed the accident. Was determined that the hull formed cracks due to repeated pressurization/depressurization cycles. The industry went to more rounded smaller windows after that and improved aluminum alloys. Some learning is by severe accidents.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Wasn't the squarish windows that was at fault. It was the rivet holes that held the window assembly, and the alloy, IIRC.

      Delete
  8. There were a pair of these at an airshow at General Mitchell Field in Milwaukee in about 1970. Roger on the bigness comment.

    ReplyDelete