On Sat, 6 Nov 2004 19:59:59 -0500 (EST), John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > The most impressive Vulcan demonstration I saw at Farnborough was the > flying testbed for the Olympus II engine (The Vulcan had four Olympus Is; > the Olympus II was used in Concorde). > > As well as the regular engines, the testbed Vulcan had a single Olympus II > mounted in the bomb bay. On the first low pass the pilot just had the four > regular Olympus Is running. Then, on the second pass, he throttled those > all the way back and lit up the single Olympus II. Then, finally, for a > piece-de-resistance he turned everything on (including afterburners), > stood the beast on its tail, and climbed straight up through the 5000' > cloud ceiling. > Holy Crap! I'm getting shivers up my spine just reading that! Musta been quite the show. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
