Did Someone Forget The Lead ?

[colin m]

Looks like a tail sitter.

[yak face]

OOPS! nice oone colin , looks like some of my models! At first ,from looking at the background I thought it might have been snow on the wings causing the shift of balance but when you look closely the rest of the airframe looks totallly clean, maybe it was a fuelling error , I know on some aircraft the tanks have to be filled in a certain order to keep the centre of gravity . On another note , didnt the Vulcan have a tail bumper wheel ? but of course it would be retracted on a parked aircraft , if it had been left deployed no doubt it would have saved the exhaust cans from getting damaged. tony

[colin m]

This was a fuelling error. Oddly enough, I've got another picture showing just what snow can do to a Vulcan.

[PaulTRose]

cant find much info other than its XL361 and it happened at Goose Bay

[Ian M]

Ouch that cost a few beers from the poor bugger that did that.

[stona]

XL361 became the gate guardian at Goose Bay. It wasn't struck of charge as a result of this incident but as a result of in flight fire in December 1981. The aircraft was still at Goose Bay about five years ago and still is as far as I know.






If you are ever in Newfoundland and are stuck for something to do......


Cheers


Steve

[Robert1968]

Fuelling errors or not I'm sure whoever made that happen ( 1st pic ) got his ass well and truly kicked )


Robert

[Guest]

Is there ever anything to do in Newfoundland? :P

[Guest]

Is there ever anything to do in Newfoundland? :P

Yes. The lobsters are very cheap and delicious.

[Guest]

Don't eat Lobster but I do in truth love Newfoundland and Nova Scotia, our intention is to move across to Nova Scotia in a few years.

[Guest]

I've heard of cow tipping when the locals over do it on the gaga juice but vulcan tipping naw it'll never catch on.

[colin m]

I've heard of cow tipping when the locals over do it on the gaga juice but vulcan tipping naw it'll never catch on.

It might have caught on already.

[Guest]

I'll have a pint of what there drinking please Landlord !

[rickoshea52]

I've heard the urban myth of this happening to a VC-10 at St.Athan during a de-fuel where the hapless sootie didn't empty the fin tank first. Apparently it was a foggy day and the nose of the aircraft was poking through the layer of fog and could be seen from the tower!


Actually, it was BZN...I found this...http://www.vc10.net/History/incidents_and_accidents.html#XR806%20Brize%20Norto n%2018%20December%201997

[colin m]

I've heard the urban myth of this happening to a VC-10 at St.Athan during a de-fuel where the hapless sootie didn't empty the fin tank first. Apparently it was a foggy day and the nose of the aircraft was poking through the layer of fog and could be seen from the tower!
Actually, it was BZN...I found this...http://www.vc10.net/History/incidents_and_accidents.html#XR806 Brize Norton 18 December 1997

I had heard this story as well, from an Ex-RAF chap. But now we have pictures.....