558 Winter Servicing

[Mackrick]

Another step closer .....

[Nickolas]

Wow!!

Empty hangar..............

brilliant day for it.

There is a rumour on UKAR that tomorrows repat is delayed till 19:00

There is a further rumour that it is due to you lot making a bit of a din...............

[Mackrick]

And a clean floor ..... well nearly all clean......
More photos tomorrow ....

[Mayfly]

All I read is that the repat has been moved back to 7pm & the said poster thinking out loud posted 'I wonder if that means she going to fly in the morning'!!

Nothing about anyone kicking up a din or is there something elsewhere?

Thank MR good to see

[Jigsaw]

Mackrick, you sir are a star. Thanks for posting those. It's a great sight

[Crew chief]

Nice to see the old girl with the sun on her back.
Well done Taff and the rest of the lads.


cc.

[Stevieboy]

Very nice. Thanks Rick.

I take it that Toni will not be allowed anywhere near a police car from now on.

[Stigish]

Thanks again MR .

Just to ask from a clueless point of view ..............What was the reason for her roll out today? I presume the engine covers didn't come off?

[Mackrick]

Thanks again MR .

Just to ask from a clueless point of view ..............What was the reason for her roll out today? I presume the engine covers didn't come off?

Outside for a few functional checks ...
More updates tomorrow .....

[Stigish]

Thank you

I notice there has been no metion of this yet?

[Xplumberlives]

I bet Cluny's on the case!

[Stigish]

Here's a quote from oberons update on t'other side

We were hoping to get the aircraft across to the running pan this afternoon, but unfortunately, in between us and it, there is an unserviceable aircraft that cannot be moved and we cannot get around it without hitting it, (which is a bad thing) so we have to wait until it is out of the way before we can move on to the next phase.

Could this explain why the rumours suggest a later appearance tomorrow?

[Pujgnie]

Typical RAF.... park a U/S aircraft right in the bloody way !!!

[Nickolas]

Typical RAF.... park a U/S aircraft right in the bloody way !!!

If they'd rung around we'd have come down and dragged out of the way.

[Cluny]

I bet Cluny's on the case!

Off welly wanging in wiltshire ?
Maybe but not likely though , 30/70 against
And sorry for being thick , but would does 'repat' mean ?

[Pujgnie]

And sorry for being thick , but would does 'repat' mean ?

In my days in the RAF it mean't repatriation flight home of troops etc. I'm guessing it still means that.

[Mags]

OOOOoooh! Nice surprise

[Mayfly]

I bet Cluny's on the case!

Off welly wanging in wiltshire ?
Maybe but not likely though , 30/70 against
And sorry for being thick , but would does 'repat' mean ?

There are 7 troops KIA returning today, repat is repatriation!

[Spitfire]

Thanks for the pics Mackrick - nice to see her outside again

[MadNaddy]

Macrick - you're the BEST! Thanks for the piccys...... Doesn't she look LOVELY!

[Cj27]

Looks like EVERYONE is working their socks off outside the hanger now.
Getting a vulcan shaped suntan line
Found on the RAF Lyneham website a warning of increased noise.

Vulcan Engine Runs
There is a planned noise increase at RAF Lyneham, starting Fri 25 June 2010 until Fri 2 July 2010.

The Vulcan aircraft, that has been housed at RAF Lyneham during the winter months for maintenance, is now due to fly again for the summer season. Before any Vulcan flights can take place the aircraft is subject to Engine Test Runs to ensure complete serviceability.

Please be advised that the Engine Test Runs are very noisy and will only be undertaken during normal working hours. Specific time scales during each day cannot be confirmed.

Not very helpful but cool to think that the RAF still considers a few vulcan engine runs as a major noise.

For those that are interested, I learnt a new fact about the vulcan...
A F1 starting grid creates 4 times less noise than a single Vulcan engine at take off thrust.

[Xplumberlives]

Four WHOPPING GREAT BIG OLYMPII will be something of a wake up call to sleepy propeller driven Lyneham!

[Stigish]

There is a NOTAM issued for a Military Aircraft flypast at Lyneham today between 13:00 & 14:10. Nothing else at present..........

Four WHOPPING GREAT BIG OLYMPII will be something of a wake up call to sleepy propeller driven Lyneham!

Sounds like it might be quite a noisy day for the locals then.

[Jigsaw]

I have so much patience it's untrue, but right now

[Xplumberlives]

Calm down calm down, it will happen as fast as the ENGINEERS can go!