Vulcan Barrel Roll

[Shadowcaster]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-so ... e-34661731

I think it's too hard to tell because of the camera angle but if it was it's a fitting end to the career of a fine old lady after all Roly Falk did a barrel roll at Farnborough in 1955.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afj19PedlxE[/youtube]


Cheers
Rich

[Dave T]

link to the clip on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7O4l0_ZRzpI it looks faked to me so jerky when compared to the roll done by Roly Faulk have this on my phone along with the carling dambuster add. It looks like wing overs edited badly to look like a roll.

[Fozzer]

I found this interesting when doing a search for; "Rolls-Royce Olympus Engines"...>>>

Quote:

Industrial power generation

The Olympus entered service as a peak demand industrial power generator in 1962 when the Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB) commissioned a single prototype installation at its Hams Hall power station. Power was provided by an Olympus 201 exhausting through a two-stage turbine powering a Brush synchronous alternator providing 20 MW at 3000 rpm. By 1972, the CEGB had installed 42 Olympus generating sets.[57] Olympus engines are also used to provide back up power in case of a loss of grid electrical power at some of Britain's nuclear power stations.

Many sets were exported and many found use on offshore platforms. By 1990, over 320 sets had been sold to 21 countries,[40] many of which remain in service.

End quote.

Paul.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Olympus

[C]

Naughty...

..but a damn good show. Seeing as the likely crew are all well above retirement age I doubt they care what happen next and I expect the CAA to take a pragmatic view.