19/07/2014 Triumph Owners Motorbikes Club (South East)

Well, it started out reasonably dry for the 24 hardy souls from the Triumph Owners Motorbikes Club who visited XM655 on Saturday - unfortunately the dry weather wasn't to last!

Len welcomes members of the Triumph Owners Motorbikes Club
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The volunteers were joined by Nick Dennis, an ex-Vulcan Pilot, who we had “press-ganged” into doing all the cockpit tours. Many thanks for your valuable assistance, Nick. Despite the lack of sunshine, the humidity had made it quite uncomfortably warm in the cockpit, so we brought out the cooler to give some temperature control and airflow around the area.

The remainder of the volunteers took up various positions around the aircraft, each talking about their “Vulcan specialist subject” to groups of 4 visitors, who would then move on to the next volunteer.

Once the tours were completed, our visitors brought their machines over to the aircraft for the photo-call. This was the signal for the heavens to open and the start of a mega thunderstorm!

Av valiantly braves the downpour to take the photo!
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Within minutes of the storm starting, the aircraft pan was becoming flooded, and one lightning strike briefly put out the power to the airfield.

A very wet pan!
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Once all the bikes were neatly lined up under '655's port wing, Av again ventured out into the downpour to take a photo.

A posse of Triumphs!
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