Woodford Air Show 24/06/95

[ian531]

Few shots taken at Woodford Airshow back in 1995. All scanned from photos.

XV246 Nimrod


XM603 Vulcan


Sea King (possibly ZA313)


JY-RJU Dove Royal Jordanian AF Historic Flight


57+01 Dornier 228 German Navy


VP-FBL Twin Otter British Antarctic Survey


The following shots were all taken from an open top bus that was giving tours of the far side of the field

G-OLXX RJ70


G-SABR F-86


As we were about to cross back across the runway the traffic lights changed and closed the runway as the Red Arrows were about to start their routine. As the last shot shows they came right over the bus covering us with smoke. A unique view









I know they are not great shots but something different

Ian

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Look OK to me Ian. Thanks for sharing them.

Does anyone know whats happening with the Vulcan when Woodford finally closes?

Steve

[ian531]

Thanks Steve

I think the Vulcan has already gone, not sure if someone ended up with the nose.

Shame it will close, they should have done more with it when the 146 production closed, it would have been great if they could have done some work with the A320's or something

Ian

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What a pitty to have broken it up. Yes its sad to see Woodford go and yet another nail in the coffin of our once world renown aircraft industry.

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Sadly, this has been on the cards for a long time. If I remember correctly, BAE owns the land on which Woodford sits, and it is far too tempting an opportunity to miss.
When sales & marketing was moved to Stevenage in 1986, there was talk then of long-term plans for the site, and it wasn't to do with building aircraft. It's called politics apparently.
All that land in a leafy area of south Manchester! Expect to see 'exclusive homes' probably in a gated area.
At least it'll take the pressure off Alderley Edge and Prestbury for when MCFC is the world's richest football team and the world's greatest players are looking for somewhere to live

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Jul 2, 2009 17:53:13 GMT 1 @garstonboy said:

All that land in a leafy area of south Manchester! Expect to see 'exclusive homes' probably in a gated area.
At least it'll take the pressure off Alderley Edge and Prestbury for when MCFC is the world's richest football team and the world's greatest players are looking for somewhere to live

What as marvelous idea, MCFC could then afford to pay for their players to take lessons from their Woodford based LFC superiors. ;D

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Statement from the VTTS website:

Vulcan displays at RAF Waddington cancelled
04 July 2009 - VTTS

The Vulcan to the Sky Trust (VTST) and Marshall Aerospace are deeply
disappointed and saddened to have to announce that the planned displays of the
Vulcan at the RAF Waddington International Airshow on 4th and 5th July have
had to be cancelled.

As part of the 2005-7 Major servicing, a number of structural inspections
had to be deferred, because it was not feasible to complete them on XH558’s
airframe. It was planned by VTST and Marshal Aerospace, in agreement with
BAE Systems and the Civil Aviation Authority, that these inspections would
be carried out before the renewal of XH558’s Permit to Fly on 3rd July
2009, using the airframe of BAE Systems-owned Vulcan XM603 at Woodford, as part
of the scrapping process of this aircraft. Unfortunately, despite best
intentions, it has not yet proved possible to complete or establish
mitigations for all these inspections. Consequently, we have currently not fully met
the conditions that would enable the issue of XH558’s Permit to Fly renewal.

XH558 is however is fully serviceable and ready for flight, and Marshall
Aerospace together with VTST and BAE Systems are doing all they can as
quickly as they can to resolve this unexpected, one-off issue within the next
few days. We are very sad that it is not going to be possible for the Vulcan
to display at Waddington over the weekend of 4th/5th July.
WCG..{ South Wales }

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