That was certainly an ill-fated aircraft, Brian.
The explanation for the crash is rather inaccurate, though.
Chris
> On 2 Mar 2017, at 11:53, bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> Google
> XA897.
>
> Piers
> ......................................
> http://www.roadranger.co.nz/2016/02/avro-vulcan-xa897.html
> <http://www.roadranger.co.nz/2016/02/avro-vulcan-xa897.html>
>
> Until
> I followed Piers' suggestion and found the above URL, I had no idea
> that I had seen the SAME Vulcan crash at Wellington airport, New
> Zealand
>
> The photo taken at Ohakea (military airbase) is the clue.
> On
> the day in question, there was a sales competition between Handley Page
> Herald and Fokker Friendship aircraft to determine which was best at
> short take-offs and landings. The Fokker won easily.
> Next, the Vulcan
> was to land.
> The runway was really desperately short for this aircraft
> and the pilots tried to land exactly at the start of the concrete, just
> out of touch of the wet clay that was there.
> Twice they pulled away to
> try again with a somewhat less conservative landing. Bad move.
> On the
> third landing the left undercart hit the clay and then the edge of the
> concrete.
>
> There was an immediate bellow from all 4 engines and the
> Vulcan took off over Wellington Harbour and Hutt Valley to land at
> Ohakea about 20 minutes later on a sea of foam. All 70 tons of Vulcan.
> it took 6 or 10 months (Forget which) to fix it for the flight home.
>
> I
> was a Uni student, and watched it all clearly from a super vantage point
> on the hills above and to the west.
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