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Porsche Day at Headcorn
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Author:  tr7v8 [ Sat Aug 15, 2015 7:49 pm ]
Post subject:  Porsche Day at Headcorn
Organised a Porsche outing to Headcorn today, a small grass strip SE of Maidstone. The main reason to go was a display by the Vulcan, some of the other aircraft were pretty impressive as well.
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Author:  Prophead [ Sat Aug 15, 2015 8:38 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Porsche Day at Headcorn
Great stuff. Looks like it was a good day. Cant beat a bit of classic warbird action!
Author:  Sean Smallman [ Sat Aug 15, 2015 11:40 pm ]
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The Vulcan was awesome, shame it's retiring after this season.

Thanks for organising :)
Author:  GrayB [ Sun Aug 16, 2015 6:16 pm ]
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Sean Smallman wrote:
The Vulcan was awesome, shame it's retiring after this season.



It's funny that they can't keep it flying, when so many older planes still fly. Perhaps it is just so much more complex and expensive to maintain?
Author:  stratfordshark [ Sat Aug 22, 2015 4:30 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Porsche Day at Headcorn
Yes a great shame, but it's now flown 10% more hours than any other Vulcan so getting into unknown territory. The big problem is the engines as they are down to last ones with no spares. The 3 companies providing tech support for the Vulcan have said they can't do so any longer given this, so CAA approval will lapse. We're lucky to still see it fly now as a few years ago the wing needed rebuilding, and it took some ingenuity as original jigs unavailable
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