HP Victor accidentaly takes off at airshow, disaster averted
Tue Sep 08, 2009 4:30 pm
Tue Sep 08, 2009 4:42 pm
Not if they were not supposed to fly period.
Tue Sep 08, 2009 4:43 pm
DUPE
Tue Sep 08, 2009 5:04 pm
Accidental: A bystander videotapes the moment the Victor bomber took-off at an air show when a civilian co-pilot hit the throttle button by mistake
Man, I hate it when I accidentally hit that throttle button.
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Tue Sep 08, 2009 5:05 pm
Man, I hate it when I accidentally hit that throttle button.
Better stop that if ya wanta make L/C
Tue Sep 08, 2009 5:09 pm
Im sure someone from Good morning America will fire up this story! 
Re: HP Victor accidentaly takes off at airshow, disaster ave
Tue Sep 08, 2009 5:12 pm
mazdaP5 wrote:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1211925/Hero-pilot-averted-air-disaster-pilot-hit-throttle-giant-bomber-mistake.html
Couldn't they just go around?
Slow news day today that they drag up a storey that happened FOUR months ago and has been discussed to the n-th degree all over the web
And no they couldn't go around, although Bob said he did consider it for a nano-second because that's the SOP for a Victor in a situation like this.....but the CAA would have had a hissy fit, as the aircraft ISN'T airworthy for a start and not flown for 15 years, he elected to try and get it on the ground pronto.
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Tue Sep 08, 2009 5:37 pm
That's why planes should never be restored to taxi condition.
Keep em' Flying!!
Keep em' Flying!!
Re: ??
Wed Sep 09, 2009 9:16 am
DUPE
Wed Sep 09, 2009 12:50 pm
I had a look at the pictures and video...if I didn't know any better I would say that the plane was so ugly the ground rejected it. <runs for cover> Just kidding, just kidding.
<runs for cover> Just kidding, just kidding.
Wed Sep 09, 2009 3:01 pm
Well, it is no Mitchell or Phantom, that's for sure... Sexiest twin, and sexiest jet warbirds...
Robbie
Robbie
Wed Sep 09, 2009 11:55 pm
Thank God there were no trees closer to the end of the runway. Wow. Glad all worked out okay. Not sure where the aircraft was headed for the crowd...oh, wait, "journalists" tend to be LYING IDIOTS.
Rich
Rich
Thu Sep 10, 2009 9:06 am
Well.., i must agree that is one ugly bird.
Looks like she was built on a dare!!!!
Looks like she was built on a dare!!!!
Thu Sep 10, 2009 9:13 am
the330thbg wrote:Well.., i must agree that is one ugly bird.
When you were low on gas, she was the most beautiful aircraft in the sky!