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Something quite extraordinary happened to the UK airshow circuit in 2009; jammed telephone lines, inundated web sites, capacity crowds, eyes skyward straining for a first glimpse of...., lumps in the throat, tears of joy, stunned silences as the subject of all this thunders onto the scene and four Bristol Siddley Olympus engines developing 60,000 lbs of thrust tear the sky apart.
Avro Vulcan XH558 is flying again!
PlanesTV cameras followed Vulcan to 20 locations in 2009 including continental Europe. Much of this was in clear and often spectacular weather, ideal for our High-definition powerful-lens cameras.
Exclusive access gets you behind the scenes with the crew, engineers and volunteers and our three in-cockpit cameras take you onboard for a unique view of the season finale at Southport.
For some it is pride in a British achievement, for others it s a reminder of a critical time in our defence against nuclear destruction but for everyone it s the sight, the sound and the feeling of all that power. For the tens of thousands of ordinary people who dug deep into their pockets to see her fly it is a reward, a relief and a delight that millions will now also experience The Vulcan Effect .
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Format:Blu-ray
This is 'only' a BD25 single layer Blu-ray disc and the resolutiuon is 'only' 1080i@50Hz.
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On my 50" Panny G20 1080p set it looks amazing.
The images are crisp and the colours beautiful (they got some cracking summers days filming done).
There are some fantastic 'Vulcan howls' captured too - although as with all surround sound audio it is at its best on a proper surround sound set-up.
There's a lot of nice in-cockpit footage and film of the maintenance work going on but the star of the show is XH558 showing herself off in her natural element.
I was lucky enough to see a Vulcan towards the very end at Mildenhall in 1992, it was an amazing sight (and sound!) and I'm glad to see at least 1 aircraft has been kept airworthy.
Hopefully some of the money raised by this film goes to help keep XH558 flying.
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But.
.
On my 50" Panny G20 1080p set it looks amazing.
The images are crisp and the colours beautiful (they got some cracking summers days filming done).
There are some fantastic 'Vulcan howls' captured too - although as with all surround sound audio it is at its best on a proper surround sound set-up.
There's a lot of nice in-cockpit footage and film of the maintenance work going on but the star of the show is XH558 showing herself off in her natural element.
I was lucky enough to see a Vulcan towards the very end at Mildenhall in 1992, it was an amazing sight (and sound!) and I'm glad to see at least 1 aircraft has been kept airworthy.
Hopefully some of the money raised by this film goes to help keep XH558 flying.
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The viewer is treated to a full behind the scenes look at XH 558 and her crew, both ground and flight, throughout the 2009 season. Starting with the fitting of a new Rolls Royce Olympus engine, through practice displays, then on in to the display season proper. You visit all the shows as scheduled through the season. The picture quality is great, the camera work excellent and production in general highly professional. Having watched the Blu Ray it feels like I was with them for all the season. I was not of course! This beautiful piece of machinery certainly gets people going, this Blu ray brings her right into your comfort zone on demand! As Air Jamaica used to say "What are you waiting for".
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