XH558 finally takes to the air again.

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Samray · #1 Post by **Samray** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 6:47 pm

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#2 Post by **Kwackerz** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 7:08 pm

Brilliant news!

Right, Argentina. Bring it on. Round two, You can Bat first.

And the black buck pilots can have another try at hitting the runway..

Gio · #3 Post by **Gio** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 7:18 pm

It was on Radio 2 as well.

#4 Post by **Kwackerz** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 7:20 pm

Amazing what they can do nowadays. Scrapheap to Airworthy in a matter of years.

back_marker · #5 Post by **back_marker** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 7:28 pm

Kwackerz wrote:Amazing what they can do nowadays. Scrapheap to Airworthy in a matter of years.

Yep, amazing what you can do in 14 years with 6 million quid

fastasfcuk · #6 Post by **fastasfcuk** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 7:59 pm

brilliant worth every penny.

Gio · #7 Post by **Gio** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 9:38 pm

back_marker wrote:
Kwackerz wrote:Amazing what they can do nowadays. Scrapheap to Airworthy in a matter of years.
Yep, amazing what you can do in 14 years with 6 million quid

3 years actually and a damn sight better to spent lottery money on that pregnant girls and illegal immegrants

#8 Post by **Kwackerz** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 9:47 pm

And it can still drop bombs if required!

Gio · #9 Post by **Gio** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 10:06 pm

Can we hire it for the weekend and go bomb Lisbon?

Viking · #10 Post by **Viking** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 10:30 pm

The pilots wrote:We were suitably aroused.

I don't think we needed to know that, chaps!

Samray · #11 Post by **Samray** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 10:34 pm

I smiled at that.

back_marker · #12 Post by **back_marker** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 7:51 am

Gio wrote:
back_marker wrote:
Kwackerz wrote:Amazing what they can do nowadays. Scrapheap to Airworthy in a matter of years.
Yep, amazing what you can do in 14 years with 6 million quid
3 years actually and a damn sight better to spent lottery money on that pregnant girls and illegal immegrants

Don't get me wrong, it's great to see her fly again and i agree wholeheartedly agree about the lottery money going to a good home, but it's when you hear people going on about what an achievement it is with a budget that size.

And it's been longer than 3 years because they were trying to get her flying again the last time I went to Fairford which is at least 8 or 9 years ago

Samray · #13 Post by **Samray** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 8:01 am

The campaign to get one flying again was started 10 years ago, but "The restoration project was kick-started by a £2.7 million grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund in 2004."

Pierre · #14 Post by **Pierre** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 8:41 am

I read the book about that mission, and whereas the 'can do' spirit of the services was as you would expect, the thing that stood out most was what a shower of shite the equipment was

Picking planes to fly missions on how little they veered to one side, if it had a fuel filler or if it actually had a radar capable of finding its way to the shops* kinda makes you wonder

And 6million isnt bad cos if we have to go over there again, it'll probably be the first to be borrowed. Just need another 10 or 20, some petrol from morrisons and a very long piece of string

*slight exaduration

back_marker · #15 Post by **back_marker** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 12:23 pm

Samray wrote:The campaign to get one flying again was started 10 years ago, but "The restoration project was kick-started by a £2.7 million grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund in 2004."

Apologies, I stand corrected.

And reference Pierre's post about shite equipment and making do, 20 odd years on and it's still no better. Classic example, SNATCH Land Rovers that were designed to resist riots in NI sent out to Iraq where people complain that they're useless because they can't stand up to roadside bombs