Vulcan XH558 over Cheshire today 9th Sept

[macp]

About half an hour ago I saw it over Holmes Chapel then shortly after turning over Middlewich heading North.Stunning site absolutely wonderful.Anybody know why its here,anything to do with Woodford ?

[macp]

Think I may have solved it as it looks like she is on a jubilee tour of the locations that played a key role in its development and hoping to raise a bit of cash too.I really hope it does

http://www.vulcantothesky.org/news/393/82/XH558-s-...

[UF]

macp said:

About half an hour ago I saw it over Holmes Chapel then shortly after turning over Middlewich heading North.Stunning site absolutely wonderful.Anybody know why its here,anything to do with Woodford ?

Southport Airshow.

Very good it is too. Though traffic isn't moving

[CobolMan]

UF said:

Southport Airshow.

Very good it is too. Though traffic isn't moving

What an absolute farce the traffic was, we were averaging < 1mph with 10 miles to go. We gave up just before Ormskirk and we weren't the only ones to turn around.

[UF]

CobolMan said:

What an absolute farce the traffic was, we were averaging < 1mph with 10 miles to go. We gave up just before Ormskirk and we weren't the only ones to turn around.

It was very busy and I know of friends that had come from Preston but turned around and headed back due to traffic.

[macp]

Great pics UF

Last Thursday night I could have sworn I heard the sound of a single merlin over my house heading North.Seems now like it probably wasnt my imagination

[moleamol]

CobolMan said:

UF said:

Southport Airshow.

Very good it is too. Though traffic isn't moving

What an absolute farce the traffic was, we were averaging < 1mph with 10 miles to go. We gave up just before Ormskirk and we weren't the only ones to turn around.

Me and my gf set off from Wigan at 10:40 and got a horrorcall from my mate about the traffic (he'd been virtually stopped for an hour and reckoned an hour to go, from his mum and dad's near Burscough). We parked in the town centre at 11:35 and walked, getting home was similarly easy. We didn't take the most direct route but certainly the best route! Seems we were very lucky.

[moleamol]

macp said:

Great pics UF

Last Thursday night I could have sworn I heard the sound of a single merlin over my house heading North.Seems now like it probably wasnt my imagination

My mate saw that over Wigan, Spitfire.

ETA: Not night though as we were both in work.

[Athlon]

Left at 5.15 from Southport, arrived home (sth Manchester) 20.15 it takes an hour todo the trip normally!

Worth it though, Vulcan was epic, BBMF also great to see.

[Alfahorn]

The Vulcan flew over Leicester Airport today but can't remember what time. It's quite something, truly spectacular and deafening!

[ModMan]

I saw this, must have been about 3pm? It circled a few times, I parked the car up in Sapcote and it flew almost directly overhead. Amazing!!!

[chrisgtx]

It was at carfest north (chomondley castle) 15.37hrs,tearing up the sky looking and superb as usual.

[moleamol]

Did anybody hear why they did the heart with no arrow this time? Was it just down to the missing pilots or a tribute?

[AndyNetwork]

The Vulcan did a few displays and flypasts yesterday, it did Cosby (Display), Carfest (Display?) at Chomondley, Woodford (Flypast), Liverpool (Flypast), Southport (Display), Blackpool (Flypast), Elvington (Display?) and back to Robin Hood.

I wanted to go to Southport to see it, but by the sounds of it, it was better that I was working. However, if I'd known prior to the event, I would have done the 15 minute race from work to Woodford! :-(

Really must get to see it next year!

[mrmaggit]

I was at the Victory Show at Cosby, the Vulcan stole the show.

[macp]

moleamol said:

macp said:

Great pics UF

Last Thursday night I could have sworn I heard the sound of a single merlin over my house heading North.Seems now like it probably wasnt my imagination

My mate saw that over Wigan, Spitfire.

ETA: Not night though as we were both in work.

Yes sorry wrong use of the word night when it was probably 5.30/6pm

[dumbfunk]

Best place for Vulcan information is over at the facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Vulcan-XH558/170427...