The Tragic Story Of Vulcan Bomber 'VX 770'

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In this video we look at the tragic plane crash involving an iconic British Cold War V-Bomber aircraft. The Vulcan Bomber is synonymous in Britain as a plane that could have dropped the nuclear bomb should it needed to during the Cold War. The Vulcan's unmistakable size and wing shape have led it to go down in history as a truly recognisable British aircraft.
Today though we look specifically at the story of Vulcan Bomber 'VX770.' It was one of the first prototype Vulcans built however suffered a rather tragic fate when it crashed in 1958. It was Battle of Britain day across the United Kingdom and many RAF bases were throwing open their doors to visitors and hosting fly pasts. RAF Syerston in Nottinghamshire was doing this too, and they had hastily arranged a Vulcan flypast following the aircraft completing a routine testing mission checking out it's new Rolls-Royce engines. However tragedy would soon hit with the aircraft breaking up and crashing, leaving the spectators watching on horrified.
In this video we look at the tragic story and crash of Vulcan Bomber VX770 and look at why this iconic aircraft broke up, killing in total 7 people.
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@docnelson2008 3 года назад

Back in the 60s I was stationed at RAF Syerston, working as a young meteorological assistant. Even 6 years after the tragic crash there were still small pieces of the wreckage to be found on the grass parts of the airfield-a poignant reminder of a terrible day.

@johndavey72 3 года назад

I understood that the pilot exceeded the terminal speed limit. However , l've noticed a comment from Neil Foster that suggests that the Vulcan had been overstressed by the previous pilot. I can only comment that these were the halcyon days of jet technology and many aeroplanes and pilots lives were lost in the pursuit of incredible advances in design and performance. It is unfortunate that some comments are very demeaning and disrespectful to all those involved in this pioneering technology. Perhaps they should reflect that they are fortunate that the sacrifices made by those pioneers enabled these same people to live thier lives as they wish. Thankyou.

@redblade8160 2 года назад

John Davey Don't talk rubbish; anyone that joins the forces are murderous psychopaths and I have no sympathy for them...

@1chish 3 года назад

Just take a moment to think that the Vulcan B.1 went into service 7 years after WWII ended in 1945 when there was really only one operational jet the Gloster Meteor. Designed by the same man that gave us the Lancaster. In the days when the UK led the world in aerospace.

@petemoore5104 3 года назад

Its last bombing mission was Port Stanley airfield in the Falklands.

@awuma 3 года назад

The B.1 went into service in 1956. The prototype VX770 first flew in 1952, seven years afrer WWII. Given how long it takes military aircraft to go into service today, that was a remarkable achievement indeed.

@awuma 3 года назад

@@petemoore5104 Also its first in anger...

@1chish 3 года назад

@@My_Fair_Lady Your village called and they want their own idiot back. So off you go ....

@mqbitsko25 3 года назад

@@My_Fair_Lady No you aren't.

@michaelturrell6101 3 года назад

Vulcan Disaster Update I was with my Dad on our bikes heading for the main gate The Vulcan did a couple of slow runs first then this happened on the third run which was fast My dad who is ex RAF Bomber Command. was in tears after witnessing this crash We continued through the main gates up to the crowd control barrier just as the MK 6 fire wagon from RAF Newton arrived The MK6 ploughed right through the barriers in front of us. The Vulcans tail cone was next to the barriers and one of the engines was found on the other side of the A46 Very lucky no spectators were injured or killed. What a Sad day that was and a talking point for many years to come. Ironically my Dad ended.up working for AVROE and I was in the RAF for 12 years working close to Vulcans What a fantastic aeroplane! Mike in Bedford The accident could have killed many spectators

@annetteelliott1494 3 года назад

Thanks Michael, very interesting.....greetings from SA......

@michaelturrell6101 3 года назад

@@annetteelliott1494 Thankyou Annette for your comments. My Dad was stationed at Oudtshoorn SA during WW2 teaching Commonwealth Bomber Crews. many of which would be flying the Avro Lancaster. Sadly many of the crews lost there lives in the skies over Europe. I have a large propeller blade on a stand in my hallway with a brass Avro plate on it which reminds me daily of the connections our family had with AVRO. Best regards Mike in Bedford UK.

@richardnixon4345 3 года назад

Yes, your Dad was in Bomber Command but he worked at the Barrack Warden issuing sheets and toilet paper

@karenhunt805 3 года назад

I loved going to the air days with my father in the 70s

@iamnoone9498 3 года назад

@Richard Nixon what a nasty little human you are. I won’t call you a man because that is not how a man conducts himself! Michael Turrell, his grand father and people like them have given so much to society in the form of service in the defence of your country (I’m assuming you’re in their country). What have YOU contributed? I suspect you just take , take, take from everyone! Be a man and learn some respect or crawl back into that cesspit of vitriol you were vomited from!

@andrewsear937 3 года назад

As it says at the end " no-one who was there will ever forget". I was there, as a six year old. I recall the aircraft flying past and what appeared to be parts coming off the wing, almost like paint peeling off. Then it disappeared in a fireball at the end of the runway. For many years I had never known when and where this had taken place. I looked in books, but could find no mention of it. I knew it must have been somewhere fairly close to where we lived in Nottinghamshire. Eventually with the advent of modern technology I found a grainy film of the event on the Internet. It made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up as I watched those events of fifty years earlier. Just as I remembered. I was surprised to find I had only been six at the time, thinking probably eight or nine.

@kaarrff 3 года назад

I was 13 at the time. I’d biked over from my home in Bulwell less than a mile from Rolls Royce Hucknall where the Vulcan was based. A chap on our road who worked as a technician at Hucknall said they had to repair the wing after the Farnborough display... I went on to be a pilot in the RAF.

@kaarrff 3 года назад

The father of my close friend was the RAF Director of Flight Safety at the time. We discussed this accident - he had seen a cine film of the crash and categorically stated their was NO fire until ground impact. We spectators mistakenly took the fuel vapour as smoke from a fire - apparently this is a common mistake that crash witnesses make.

@andrewcampbell52bearwood3 3 года назад

@@kaarrff Correct. I may have only been six at the time, but my recollection was of part of the aircraft falling apart, not a fire

@maverickthebastard 3 года назад

My father was at this airshow, he was 12 and had cycled a good distance to be there. He often told me when I was growing up about this terrible crash and how my Grandmother went crazy at him when she found out what he had done. Miss you Dad.

@Stephen.Bingham 3 года назад

As the footage of the later Vulcan shows, the wing - especially the leading edge - was redesigned. Possibly related to this accident?

@mrrolandlawrence 3 года назад

i think the cranked delta was created for aerodynamic efficiency. not strength.

@deryckthake 3 года назад

The later Vulcan B.2s had uprated Bristol Olympus engines (as the video states the VX 770 had RR Conway engines) which caused stability issues which necessitated a redesign of the wings. The B.2s entered service in July 1960 (the crash was in 1958 and the reports into it published in April 1960).

@roberthanson1159 3 года назад

A really interesting video. My grandfather was Sgt Charles Hanson, who died in this crash. I've never seen a photo of him, so I've started to do some research. I'd be interested to hear from anyone who may point me in the right direction.

@peterclark8208 3 года назад

Hi. This would be a start ... as a family member you can apply for your Grandads service record. www.gov.uk/government/collections/requests-for-personal-data-and-service-records

@redblade8160 2 года назад

Robert Hanson. Why don't you start your research at the crash site and may be you can find and put the pieces of your grandfather back together to see what he looked like.

@captainwin6333 2 года назад

@@redblade8160 Just like they put Rangers FC back together.

@richardbeesmer3754 2 года назад

While Stationed at Nellis AFB, NV, USA, we hosted three Vulcan bombers to participate in USAF Red Flag exercises. This was back in the early 80's. While participating in the exercise, one of the Vulcans experienced a right wing catastrophic event and departed the aircraft; which subsequently crashed, killing all on board. I was part of the crash recovery team that recovered the downed aircraft. The two remaining aircraft were partially disassembled and trucked to California and returned to Great Britain via cargo ship. As I understand, the aircrew refused to fly the aircraft back to home base.

@greengoblin876 2 года назад

@@redblade8160 why act the cnt , say something like that to the wrong person and you're the one that will need putting back together.

@markjohnson9476 3 года назад

My Great Uncle was the pilot of the crashed Vulcan. My Uncle is named after him. Keith Sturt RIP

@markjohnson9476 3 года назад

His name is pronounced Keefe.

@fw1421 3 года назад

Back in the mid to late 70’s I was stationed at Barksdale AFB where they had the International Bombing Competition. The Britts would be there with the Vulcan and Victor. They always put on an incredible performance at the annual air show. The Vulcan is an amazing bomber.

@michaelwhalen5058 3 года назад

I was at Barksdale from '83 to '87. Worked on the KC-10's. Thanks for serving.

@fw1421 3 года назад

@@michaelwhalen5058 the same to you Brother! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@stever5097 4 года назад

I grew up in Lincolnshire in the 1950's/60's and 70's until I moved to London for work reasons in 1978. In summer 1976 I was driving from the town I grew up in to play an evening 20 over cricket match just outside Lincoln, and my route took me on the A18 towards Lincoln, turning right immediately alongside RAF Waddington. As I turned alongside the RAF base, I thought that armageddon was happening as I heard the most incredible cacophony of sound. I immediately stopped and opened the driver's door so I could step out. No more than 300 feet above my head was an RAF Vulcan taking off - an amazing sight, but such a noise. A brilliant aircraft and a tribute to our amazing aircraft designers and manufacturers

@TheUntoldPast 4 года назад

What an amazing story, honestly I agree. The roar of the Vulcan was honestly terrifying! Thanks for your comment mate.

@davidabney7700 3 года назад

The profile, the engine-howl, the great endurance, all rolled into one heck, of a futuristic looking jet bomber. The Vulcan bomber blasted daylights out of the runway at the airport in the Falklands War keeping those Argentine jet fighters away from the Brit warships in the Atlantic. The Vulcan was a favorite of mine, with a rich history of service. Heck, a Vulcan bomber was used in an early James Bond movie.

@bobcole85 3 года назад

One one bomb hit the runway. It was operational again in no time and dummy craters with earth placed to fool the follow up photo recce. I understand a C 130 landed the next day. It was a good PR exercise though. Great aircraft obviously and perfect for the role it was intended being the V force.

@Gunslinger800 3 года назад

It was the harriers that kept argentine jets at bay. They would have been the best choice for attacks on the argentine airports over the Vulcan.

@pungarehu 3 года назад

The harriers did a fantastic job, but we lost a few ships down there to missile attacks. I was 16 when the news of Sheffield’s loss came in, and even as a kid I couldn’t believe one of our ships had been hit. The documentary of how the Vulcan attack on port Stanley took place really showed a weapon at its limits, and yet despite all that could have gone wrong the crews still stepped up to the plate and did what was asked of them. Very brave men indeed.

@VulcanBomber101 Год назад

Those of us that flew with the Vulcans noted instantly that it was a mock up, and not a true one at that. There never was a door from the bomb bay to the cabin, the other side of that bulkhead was a full width desk where the Nav Rad, the Nav Plot and the AEO sat facing the rear of the aircraft. The cabin was pressurised but the bomb bay not. Always a joke when those crew said that they had flown a million miles backwards.

@spreader4 3 года назад

I remeber as an 11 year old boy comeing out of the school to go to the toilet at the bottom of the play ground and seeing the Vulcan go down about 3 miles away and seeing 2 parachutes comeing down .probably the most exciteing thing i ever saw .

@Beefy2203 3 года назад

No one ejected/parachuted out of this Vulcan, the pilot and co pilot of another Vulcan that crashed at Heathrow did eject and survived.

@juhansuits6555 3 года назад

Note the different wing shape on that prototype VX 770. Is that one of the reasons the newer Vulcan's wing is different?

@jeffmoore4266 3 года назад

id never heard about this before.i saw a vulcan at a st eval airshow in the 50s as a young kid.its something you dont forget!

@alexhatfield2987 3 года назад

Excellent well-informed post of a tragic event involving an iconic British aircraft. The Vulcan still looks extraordinary even today.

@drpoundsign 2 года назад

One of those puppies crashed in Detroit, back in 1958. NO survivors among the Crew, but no casualties on the ground (but a few homes were lost.) The remains were buried in Detroit. Reporting was actually more explicit back then. "No body part larger than a collarbone."

@drdoolittle5724 3 года назад

My 1st encounter with this crash, thank you for bringing to us!

@MrMaxeemum 3 года назад

Their lives were not lost in vain. The plane went on to success and served the country well as per those who lost their lives that day. Every accident is a tragedy but it would be a bigger tragedy if we did not learn from it. The Aviation industry has always moved forward, mistakes have been made and will continue to be made but every effort is made to not repeat those mistakes. The Boeing Max 737 disaster is a lesson learned and should not happen again but unfortunately there will be further mistakes down the line but again we will learn. Peace and respect to those who have gone before us.

@redblade8160 2 года назад

MrMaxeemum. Oh, shut up with your crap speech. "If you live by the sword, then you will die by the sword".

@gazza2933 3 года назад

I love flying (particularly military) and I'm afraid to say morbid curiosity brought me here. Interesting and yes, very sad story. It could have been much worse.

@2012listo 3 года назад

Sadly, I watched the crash in Glenview from Apache day camp back in the 70's. Beautiful plane. RIP, boys.

@Tamburello_1994 3 года назад

I saw it too from the airfield. I was eleven years old. 11 Aug 1978.

@thetreblerebel 3 года назад

Shows how maintenance and design and testing is a MUST, when it comes to aircraft, if not, people die. No room for cutting corners. Inspections as well must be done at regular intervals. Always time and room for safety! The Vulcan was the envy of the Western air forces. A very striking and beautiful aircraft. No bomber like it really

@tomnorcross824 3 года назад

I knew Billy Hawkins. We were both Navigators on Lincoln bombers in the 1950's. He had left the RAF at time of his death and was working for Rolls Royce as a flight test observer.

@tomnorcross824 3 года назад

The surname was Hopkins, pardon the typo.

@tomnorcross824 3 года назад

Wrong again, Howkins is correct

@carmelpule6954 3 года назад

I saw the tragic disaster of the Vulcan crash in Malta. The 1975 Zabbar Avro Vulcan crash was a military aviation accident that occurred in Malta on 14 October 1975 when an Avro Vulcan B.2 bomber crashed after an aborted landing at RAF Luqa. The aircraft crashed in a residential area in Żabbar, near Kalkara where I live, and five crew members and one civilian on the ground were killed. The two pilots managed to eject and survived the accident. The crash caused extensive damage to many buildings in Żabbar. I saw the explosion in the air and the two pilots ejcting, and then I motorcycled to the scene where the aircraft fell in a small field surrounded by residential buildings. I still remember the white-hot color of those four engines and while I stood I took a deep breath and gave a thought to the crew who did not have any ejector seats to use and hence they had to meet their end due to the pilot's error. Ironically, for Flt Lt Alcock, the pilot, it was second time lucky. International aviation expert Richard Caruana said the airman had been involved in another Vulcan accident four years earlier in the UK but he had taken the aircraft up to 10,000 feet to give his crew time to jump out, preventing the aircraft from crashing on a village. I believe the pilot was dismissed from the RAF.

@DomingoDeSantaClara 3 года назад

The sound of the Vulcan scrambles my insides,never heard anything like it.

@RedArrow73 3 года назад

Too bad Speys, such as were fitted to the Phantoms, couldn't have been used.

@annskinner8467 3 года назад

Wasn’t at the show, but saw it nearly hit our house in Caythorpe. Immensely sad, we in the village loved our Vulcans.

@shermansquires3979 3 года назад

I used to live at RAF Syerston, and flew gliders there, I always wondered where the actual crash was!, thanks!

@paulcoppin8657 3 года назад

My strongest memory of the Vulcan was its only time in combat during the Falklands war. Few people mention that this plane was designed to perform two very different roles, high-level nuclear attack and extra low-level pin-point ground attack bomb run. Which is what id did in Falklands dropping crater bombs to destroy the runway. The actual attack was successful (just, only one bomb hit the runway) but research after the event found its real positive effect on the war effort was the devastating demoralising effect it had on the mostly conscript occupying forces. I have seen and more importantly heard a Vulcan on a low-level pass, they looked and sounded like something from hell descending on you, in a combat situation it would have been twice as loud and 10 times more frightening,it would have shattered your nerves for life!!

@firefightergoggie 3 года назад

Geeze these British planes always had serious troubles with structural failures. (D.H. Comet...H.P. Victor...etc)

@allgood6760 Год назад

Thanks mate.. sad but true.😔.. we had a Vulcan crash land down under! 🇳🇿✈️

@hoppinonabronzeleg9477 3 года назад

I disagree that the Avro Vulcan was the most advanced of the 3. I think it is universally accepted that the simplest was the Vickers Valiant, and the most advanced was the Handley Page Victor. The Avro Vulcan being in the middle.

@Trev044 3 года назад

I saw this crash. I was 14 at the time . We were traveling to the Air Show and my dad was driving along the road when we saw the aircraft over the airfield and the wing brake up and the eventual crash. I lived at Calverton and our house was directly lined up with the Hucknall's flight path so this Vulcan was a regular sight in the sky above our home. In the months and weeks previously it was flying with an engine strapped to its belly, presumably on flight tests. Considering its age, its number of flight hours, and its use as a testbed it's not surprising it eventually succumbed to a structural failure, from my viewpoint the climb out did not appear particularly steep.

@brianprice544 3 года назад

@markstratton1679 3 года назад

Break up.

@simon_k4551 3 года назад

The price of freedom is measured in many ways. Sadly this is one.

@michaelwong4303 3 года назад

B52 is the first cold war iconic bomber that comes into my mind, first...

@Shepherd999 3 года назад

Lovely footage. The most annoying voice

@damedusa5107 3 года назад

Never heard bomber pronounced that way.

@staggabob 3 года назад

Beautiful bombarrr 😁

@sichere 3 года назад

@@damedusa5107 You've never tasted Bovril then.

@Coastfog 3 года назад

It's not his voice that is annoying, it's the way he uses it. He never modulates his cadence, which is quite exhausting to listen to after a while. With a little training, he could get rid of that easily. :)

@damedusa5107 3 года назад

@@sichere Bovril?? It tastes like arse crack. Anyhow, How is bovril relevant?

@jasenwright1178 3 года назад

Didn't a Vulcan go down in Luca Airbase in Malta in the early / mid 70's? I was working in Valetta shipyard when there was a 'crash ' and many of the local workers left to go home to check!

@stephenbethell7548 3 года назад

Yes , can’t remember the exact date but I was in the Royal Navy and at That Point below deck , those up Top saw it . Another wing failure If I remember correctly .

@davidchapman7904 3 года назад

Fact correction. There was NOT a V Bomber at EVERY RAF base in the 60's. The RAF also used Canberras in QRA to deiliver nuclear bombs and many stations were Transport, Fighter, Intercept, Search and Rescue and Maritime Patrol and surveillance etc. These atation were not all home to nuclear bombers or V bombers

@geddgillespie5452 3 года назад

Correct David ... Vulcan's were stationed at Coningsby, Cottesmore, Finningley, Scampton and Waddington in the UK and Akrotiri overseas in the 60's.

@306sac 3 года назад

And don’t forget Wittering that had QRA

@golden.lights.twinkle2329 3 года назад

I'm sure we wanted the enemy to think there was.

@MrMelgibstein 3 года назад

Narrator has the perfect voice and accent for a Vulcan crash.

@drpoundsign 2 года назад

To compare him to Spock would be "Illogical."

@ringelpietzkassel 3 года назад

What a beautiful Plane!! R.I.P. crewmember and the others...

@timothyallen6457 3 месяца назад

At 4:44 into this video, the narrator seems to state, “On board were Captain Chaos stares”

@henryd6746 4 года назад

Britains Best. Such a sad event R.I.P

@TheUntoldPast 4 года назад

I've just released another video on the Vulcan mate. If you enjoyed this feel free to check this out :) Thanks for your respectful comment. Love the sheer sight of the Vulcan, agree with the comment about Britain's best!

@henryd6746 4 года назад

TheUntoldPast thanks!

@nervo6321 3 года назад

Travel down the A46 on a weekly basis...still think about the Vulcan crash at Syerston everytime i pass the RAF base...

@raybame5816 2 года назад

Like many aircraft, the first prototypes have to be monkeyed with and these were no exception. This was a first (b1) version as you said being upgraded with engines and whatever else. I think it odd that RAF would fly an aircraft being tested with RR ppl on board at a public airshow. Then when stuff happens, the pilot gets docked for doing maneuvers the airframe can't handle? Come on, I think they better look at the designers not the test pilot. IMHO. Good video, thanks.

@grahamfisher5436 2 года назад

I grew up in Newark upon Trent.. the sky's were always full of RAF Plane's. and topped off with the Red Arrows training..

@ArmyGrunt1986 3 года назад

This is very sad and should of never happened. I don't think the aircrew was in anyway responsible. If it was pilot error then the crash investigation reports wouldn't have mysteriously disappeared never to see the light of day. Also in the crash video it seems the pilots didn't do anything extreme, I've seen bombers do way more extreme high G maneuvers. I think it was either overlooked developing stress fractures and/or just bad engineering of the wing spar/struts, underestimating the forces applied to the wing. Especially considering they just put in more powerful engines. A military aircraft should never be that fragile, if it can't survive a moderate G turn then how is it possible to avoid a missile or AA guns. Either way it's heartbreaking. RIP

@hawkeye-vv4kb 3 года назад

2:45 wow, wow. Best howling I've heard from a Vulcan.

@Colstah 3 года назад

I remember as a young kid at the Edinburgh Airshow (South Australia), a Vulcan flew towards us and then went straight up in a climb pointing directly away from us. I can still remember the feeling of my whole body shaking from the power.

@barbarossa1234 3 года назад

We lost a Vulcan in the late 70s in Glenview IL near where I lived as a lad.

@garyhess7439 2 года назад

I remember as a kid one of these bombers crashing in Detroit in the late 50s. I think it was an RCAF unit.

@r1273m 3 года назад

I well remember this crash though I was not present at Syerston for that show but a work colleague of mine was there. I lived in Sutton in Ashfield and regularly travelled to Hucknall Aerodrome for displays. Syerston is gone now of course, the last time I was there was in the early 1980's and had a trip in a glider.

@philipgibson9566 3 года назад

Actually saw the Vulcan fly past Pukerua Bay NZ at low altitude above sea toward Ohakea air field with a set of wheels dangling, heading for a crash landing. Minutes before had attempted a landing at the new airport Wellington NZ wheels hit an embankment damaging them and fuel tanks. It landed in a slither but intact and all safe. Ironically a repair crew that was sent out from UK after competition flew it back to UK my recollection it crashed on approach to Falmouth with fatallites

@johnleith7686 3 года назад

I was a boy at the Wellington air-show, which was for the opening of the reconstructed airport. The Vulcan came in low to get max runway. The left hand wheels clipped the edge of the runway which was sitting proud of the surrounding ground as earthworks were still uncompleted. The under-carriage snapped and was left dangling. The left-hand wing dropped but the captain somehow managed to keep it clear of the runway. Had it touched the aircraft would probably have cartwheeled with catastrophic results- there were thousands of spectators lining the runway perimeter. He applied full power and attempted to climb. I still recall the noise and surrounding vapour. Some thought the captain was dumping fuel. Later examination proved that when the undercarriage broke it punctured a fuel cell. Some experts believe this was probably a blessing in disguise as a lot of the fuel was sucked into the engine and it received a big performance boost. How the engine never blew-up is anyone's guess. When the aircraft was eventually belly landed at Ohakea the engine internals were apparently still glowing and on strip down showed signs of extreme high temperature. There were two other potentially serious events. A Blackburn Beverly doing a low pass actually scraped the runway. And a Vampire aerobatic team only just managed to pull out of a combined dive by the skin of their teeth due to impaired visibility. One member of the team reported in his biography that it was the most scary near death experience in his entire flying career.

@highlysuggestible861 3 года назад

Perhaps you could run a story on this incident, which many have forgotten. Retired Wing Commander Bryn Lewis thought he and many Wellingtonians were going to die when the Vulcan bomber he was navigating clipped the southern end of Wellington Airport in October 1959. The 88-year-old visited the Wellington Airport tower in Rongotai yesterday to reminisce with air traffic controllers about the day catastrophe very nearly struck the airfield's official opening day celebrations 54 years ago. Mr Lewis told Airways New Zealand control tower staff how the five crew members were mightily relieved Captain Tony Smailes managed to get the bomber back in the air after the undercarriage impact. "I thought we were going to die ... and people on the ground were going to die." www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/8420667/Retired-wing-commander-remembers-near-miss

@dangerman8625 3 года назад

The vulcans livery was white because of the flash, it was seen at Biggin Hill, also at other RAF stations, a mission was made allso in the Falklands war, to bomb the airfield, 1982.

@alanmusson8710 3 года назад

I was in the ATC and at Syerston when it crashed!

@lordoptimus1979 Год назад

My Dad saw it from a distance. He said it was the loudest thing he ever heard

@thomasholland599 3 года назад

so so stunning and its BRITISH magic

@lemmy6782 3 года назад

I seen a Vulcan come down around 1970 ish at Wingate village .

@andreww9252 3 года назад

I salute these brave cold war warriors, no matter the reason for the crash, they gave their lives to secure us, the future generations.

@royrice8597 3 года назад

NEXT: “The Tragic Story of Life On Earth”. 👍👍👍

@sakadabara 3 года назад

2:48 - 2:52 sounds like Star Wars X-tie fighter

@micstonemic696stone 3 года назад

a tragic loss didn't the 2 pilots have ejector seats as later type had, but not the 3 crew in the back (WHY)?

@awuma 3 года назад

This was the prototype, so I'm not sure that any ejector seats were installed.

@Beefy2203 3 года назад

In a later crash (at Heathrow) the pilot and co pilot did eject and survive, sadly no other crew had ejector seats

@walterscientist 3 года назад

This aircraft was very low and went down quickly - I am not sure if ejection in such circumstances was even an option. The crew members other than the pilots are located inside the fuselage which makes making the seats ejectable complicated. While other similar aircraft tend to have ejection seats for every crew member RAF apparently found this configuration acceptable.

@motorv8N 3 года назад

That's got to really suck, watching the guys up front pop out while you ride down to oblivion.

@walterscientist 3 года назад

@@motorv8N Keep in mind that the aircraft was designed in the early fifties - five years earlier no one had ejection seats. Also the ejection seats developed at the time could not be successfully used at very low altitude (look up zero-zero ejection) which means the pilots might not have really been in any better situation than the rest of the crew.

@adamfrazer5150 3 года назад

Along with the ill-fated TSR2, there are no planes I find as astonishing and amazing as the V bombers. I left England at 11, I wish I'd have seen the Vulcan, what a thrill that must have been! Many thanks for your work on this production, terrific work indeed 👍🍻

@robinac6897 3 года назад

Crashing came with the job. If you were a Vulcan crew you knew that your first and only mission would be a one way trip.

@cleondubois1270 3 года назад

While TDY (USAF) at Andersen AFB, Guam in 1970, we observed a Vulcan doing fighter type aerobatics over the flight-line...... Never knew about this tragedy until today.

@michaellord9 3 года назад

someone inform the narrator how to pronounce the word lieutenant... we are not americans

@laurencethornblade1195 3 года назад

Neither is he.

@krashd 3 года назад

@@laurencethornblade1195 That is why Michael said 'we'.

@RonShiel 3 года назад

The gloss white colour was anti radiation paint.

@kevinnorthfield5097 3 года назад

The white was to reflect the heat from a nuclear explosion not to protect against radiation.

@grahamkylevulcan4340 3 года назад

Love the tin triangle. I'm the proud owner of the only John Aero's 1/48th scale Aeroclub Vulcan B.2 kit in Argentina, and I'm building it as XM607, yeh, YEEEEEEHHH, YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHH! (as I was typing this post, somebody rang the intercom to warn me that they would call the bobbies on me if I didn't stop shouting like mad).

@utbdoug 3 года назад

I remember being at a course down at CGS at Syerston and this was one of the briefings we were given one day. Man, that was about 20 years ago and I still remember being shown those photos!

@jonnyh9388 3 года назад

Flight Lieutenant, pronounced LEFTenant. Other than that, a really interesting video. Thanks for posting.

@ArcFixer 3 года назад

Depends on where you grew up. Both "LEWtenant" & "LEFTtenant" are correct.

@NoOnionsUK 3 года назад

@@ArcFixer Yes and no. This is about the RAF - so only LEFTtenant is correct.

@goflyfalco 3 года назад

The Battle of Britain’s defeat of the Luftwaffe is not “infamous”

@georgealdous23 3 года назад

depends if your German lol

@thetooner8203 3 года назад

@@georgealdous23 The narrator sounds very not German.

@promerops 3 года назад

Quite the opposite, in fact. People should avoid using words they do not understand - penultimate is a favourite, but don't get me started.

@archerry6457 3 года назад

@@thetooner8203 he can't speak English very well, which spoilt the narration, in my opinion, although the content was otherwise interesting.

@archerry6457 3 года назад

@@promerops they should also avoid using words they cannot pronounce, in this millenial's case, anything with a 'th' sound in it. And before anyone slates me for it, it isn't part of a regional accent, it is bloody laziness!

@haraldpettersen3649 3 года назад

A beautiful aircraft

@michelcalteau5231 3 года назад

C'était un bel avion comme l'a été en son temps le Mirage IV et qui avait aussi la même mission...

@christianbuczko1481 3 года назад

I once flew in a glider from that runway when i was an ATC cadet, and its the 1st time ive heard this story. Im pretty sure in fact we had a caravan parked at that crash site, and were using that as the base for the venture II gliders they used.

@christianbuczko1481 3 года назад

@Neil Foster I was on air experience, it sounds like you managed to get the scholorship.

@olegstipan7677 3 года назад

Красавец самолёт, он ужас наведёт уже одним присутствием в небе, вот это бомбер.

@direktorpresident 3 года назад

Why is she camoflaged on the underside?

@TheFunkhouser 3 года назад

Ummm how would it keep the UK safe from nuclear attack? I thought the high altitude high speed fighter which could attack incoming enemy bombers did that then...

@flakstruk-8481 3 года назад

Look down, shoot down radar was invented until the 70s

@Tamburello_1994 3 года назад

I saw XL-390's last flight in 1978.

@EdgyNumber1 3 года назад

I thought the Victors were more advanced? They featured fully electronic computers systems where the Vulcans used electro-mechanical systems. Indeed, they Victors were still being used up to the end of the first Gulf war. Anecdotally, when the Americans first saw the Victors, they were surprised we had 'stealth bombers.' They were a bit taken aback when they were told these were, then, 40 year old aircraft.

@vincitveritas3872 3 года назад

Vulcans should still be flying

@kenndog3635 4 года назад

R.I.P

@TheUntoldPast 4 года назад

Thanks for your comment mate. I recently visited a few aviation museum and learnt about so many more tragic stories like this one. I'll be bringing them to you over the next few weeks. Thanks again for your respect.

@kenndog3635 4 года назад

@@TheUntoldPast np m8 I've been trying on my channel aswell but I respect u

@TheUntoldPast 4 года назад

@@kenndog3635 Nice man :) I'll take a look at your channel in a minute.

@kenndog3635 4 года назад

@@TheUntoldPast aw u dont have to

@TheUntoldPast 4 года назад

@@kenndog3635 Nah it's fine man, it'd be my pleasure!

@duckpuddles 3 года назад

It is similar and just as irritating as the Aussie import of ending a sentence with "upspeak"

@davidsaunders1125 3 года назад

There was also a crash, in County Durham.

@Firebrand55 3 года назад

...also one at RAF Luqa, Malta, ( XM645), Oct.1975. After a heavy landing wrecking the undercarriage, the pilots ejected safely. Sadly the rest of the crew died in the subsequent crash.

@MrMelgibstein 2 года назад

And no one ejected...smh.

@kkteutsch6416 3 года назад

It' very sad because a very irresponsible pilot at the previous flight knew and saw the signs of overstressed wing structure but instead of relate the incident he preferred to stay quiet and this leds to a ground crash that only by a great deal of luck and the God's hand don't threw a lot of persons that was watching to the show...

@ЕвгенийКасаткин-о8ъ 3 года назад

Очень красивый самолёт !!!

@sampride2030 3 года назад

What

@stantanuimgaming394 2 года назад

Bombaaarrr

@dj6769 3 года назад

I take this was before aircraft egress systems were developed?

@johanndebeer5059 3 года назад

Electronic Pudley accent ?

@amdidextrous 3 года назад

Village idiot accent probably.

@Li.Siyuan 3 года назад

Why do those pricks almost always blame the pilot(s)?

@lippyfrybender4622 3 года назад

My father saw that crash he was8 at the time

@RedArrow73 3 года назад

With Neil Foster's comment in mind, did Engine Moment contribute to the overstress? No doubt the Conway was heavier than the Avon.

@landyjock977 3 года назад

Tragedy However narrator “to keep England safe” that all it’s ever about after all it was England who won the war

@smitbar11 3 года назад

With a lot of help from our American and Canadian allies plus massive action from the Soviets to repel a Nazi invasion of their country

@krashd 3 года назад

@@smitbar11 He was being sarcastic, mate. England never fought in WW2, the UK did.

@bigantplowright5711 Год назад

The infamous defeat of the Luftwaffe???? you mean the FAMOUS victory.

@SatiVaMov 8 месяцев назад

Bombaaaar

@robi3081 3 года назад

Vulcan Bommarrr LOL

@ianbeale2527 3 года назад

Pronouncing words with an "F", when they should be pronounced with a "TH" just makes people sound "Fick"....sorry, "Thick".

@Tapas82 Год назад

Useless 😅

@StingrayNGAGE Год назад

Bombaaaaaarrr 😂

@captainwin6333 2 года назад

Crumble plane.

@Strathclydegamer 8 месяцев назад

1:14 - you’re perfectly capable of saying the word “bomber” there, so what in holy hell is up with “bommah”?! In fact you repeatedly pronounce “bomber” normally, so it’s clear you’re choosing to mutilate the pronunciation randomly. Also it’s Nu-clear, not nuke-ular. Colour, not cuhlaar. Another, not anuvvaar If it “continued at this altitude” it wouldn’t have struck the ground, perhaps having mentioned the aircraft being nose down you meant “attitude”?