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The remains of the Lady Be Good
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Thats an interesting story ... I guess in this case, staying with the plane ... or walking ... same outcome! What a shame.
 
Very loosely based on this Lady be Good plane, even have Canadian content with William Shatner. Full movie "Sole Survivor"
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Not entirely sure what these pics are about....they are from a Goose Bay photo archive and the captions state the fuel tanks were improperly filled causing the plane to nose up and damage the A/C. I'm led to believe this is not related to the incident described below that led to it becoming a permanent resident. Perhaps someone better informed can flush out the story.

http://studysupport.info/vulcanbomber/goose_bay.htm

"During December 1981 XL361, based at Waddington, was on its way to Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska. En route she developed a fault necessitating landing at Goose Bay. During final approach fire warning lights displayed in the cockpit It landed safely and it taxied in to a dispersal pan, accompanied by the emergency services.
After shut down it was discovered that there had indeed been a fire in the fuselage which had burnt out a few cable looms which caused a lot of the warning lights in the cockpit. She was actually quite lucky to get down safely. She sat in the hangar for ages waiting for a decision on her future, and with the Vulcan fleet being scrapped the obvious decision was taken to not spend time and effort trying to repair her. Thus the stricken aircraft was struck off charge."
 
Brookwood said:
Not entirely sure what these pics are about....they are from a Goose Bay photo archive and the captions state the fuel tanks were improperly filled causing the plane to nose up and damage the A/C. I'm led to believe this is not related to the incident described below that led to it becoming a permanent resident. Perhaps someone better informed can flush out the story.
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The pics are usually attributed to human error in refueling the aircraft; the tanks (16 of them) needed to be filled in a certain order in order to maintain CG. That said, I have seen a number of varying claims about what happened to XL361 to keep it forever grounded at Goose and varying dates about when it happened. Including the in-flight fire mentioned above, as well as a story about a collapsing hangar floor. It is possible, I suppose, and I would love to see some authoritative evidence in any event, that there were a number of accidents in succession that led to it becoming a permanent resident here in NL.
 
By the way, XM612 is still alive:

Completed on 28 February 1964 by A.V. Roe Co. at Woodford, Manchester, she was delivered to 9 Squadron on 3 March 1964. During the Falklands conflict of 1982, she was one of 5 airframes selected to go down to Ascension Island to drop bombs on the runway at Port Stanley. She was due to be the lead Vulcan on the 3rd Black Buck raid on 13 May 1982, however the mission was cancelled due to strong headwinds. After her return to RAF Waddington in December 1982, she was decommissioned and was sold to the City of Norwich Aviation Museum for the total sum of £5026 on 19 January 1983, being delivered on the 30th
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donor said:
Yup,deltas are cool even on the pylon.

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Finnish Mig 21F-13 on display at Kuopio airport, home of Karelian Air Command and Hävittäjälentolaivue 31 (HävLLv 31) 31 Squadron which was operational with Mig 21 variations from 1963 to its replacement by F18 Hornets in 1998.
I remember seeing Finnish Mig 21 aircraft flying the first time I was in Finland in 1985; quite a shock for this Cold War kid.
 
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