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Cowes cancelled

nobody@vox.com(Nav Radar) — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 22:59:35 +0100

Just had a look at the 558 site and they have had to cancel their appearance at Cowes this weekend, apparently they had a technical problem and dave Thomas had to 'scrub'. Unfortunate as there is a lot of money at Cowes and no doubt there were chances for picking up support money. 558 is a technical piece of kit, but sponsors will want to see appearances if they are to part with cash. A disappointment for the team.

The shot on the left was taken at Farnborough on the last day, the Sunday.

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Farnborough 2008

nobody@vox.com(Nav Radar) — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:39:06 +0100

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Fantastic to see her in the air again; weather was fine, though a little windy, but hell, who cares. The crowd loved it and it seemed as though many of them were there just to see 558.

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Bummer!

nobody@vox.com(Nav Radar) — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 14:33:13 +0100

The English Summer completely ruined the plan. Because of the torrential rain on Friday the air-day today was cancelled; the car parks are grass and they are water-logged. While I can see the sense in the decision, it's still a bummer. I ended up paying for a night in a hotel that was a complete waste, apart from a few decent pints of beer. Oh well, looks like it will have to wait for another day before I see her fly again.

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Fairford

nobody@vox.com(Nav Radar) — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:06:12 +0100

Tomorrow is the day; God forbid we should have too much rain. With luck we will see 558 display at RIAT 2008, and hopefully that will help to bring in the funds they need to keep her flying. Fingers crossed for decent weather; showers are OK, but hopefully the cloudbase will be high enough for a full display.

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First display

nobody@vox.com(Nav Radar) — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:23:45 +0100

Great news; 558 flew her first public display at Waddington on Saturday, 5th July. There is an entry regarding this on the official web site. See www.tvoc.co.uk

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CAA approval

nobody@vox.com(Nav Radar) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:13:44 +0100

Great news, the CAA have approved the display profile and according to the BBC video clip, 558 is now positioned at Waddington ready for the display this weekend; hopefully it will make the news when it performs. Dave Thomas was on the clip, and he has a big smile on his face. Let's hope the funding comes in.

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558 at Waddington?

nobody@vox.com(Nav Radar) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:05:43 +0100

The tvoc site is indicating that the team hope to be able to fly display at Waddo this coming weekend. If they do then the whole show should be up and running for Fairford; we'll have to keep fingers crossed.

If it all happens then there will be a reason to keep the blog going, so far I'm not sure if anyone in the world has even 'passed by'.

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558 funding

nobody@vox.com(Nav Radar) — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 16:29:44 +0100

According to the latest update on the 558 site, 558 has got some additional funding from Aerobytes. This should be sufficient to allow her to display at Fairford and Farnborough, provided the team get CAA approval. It would need a brave CAA man to turn this down!

With luck I swill get to see her at Fairford and get some photos; fingers crossed for fine weather.

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Back to Bruntingthorpe

nobody@vox.com(Nav Radar) — Sat, 10 May 2008 21:35:59 +0100

Well, 558 has finished what she had to do at Conningsby and is now back at Bruntingthorpe, but without a large cash injection she could still miss out on the display circuit. Let's hope that a corporate sponsor comes forward soon.

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Back to Conningsby

nobody@vox.com(Nav Radar) — Thu, 08 May 2008 21:14:02 +0100

I see that 558 has made its return visit to Conningsby today to continue flight testing and hopefully make the next step towards the display circuit.

I think a lot of people are looking forward to it happening now.

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