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went to RAF cosford and then on to donnington park enroute to notting hill.
Seen dae purleys smashed up car.

Sennas 1993 euro Gp car, mansell / hill / montoyas williams.

Laudas steering wheel/ Mikas sterring wheel.
Prost mclaren
Hills jordan
Mansells / petersons lotus. Ford V8.
Tyrell six wheeler

A p51 mustang/ vulcan and a tornado

 

[esox]

Vulcan XH558 flew again today.:bannana:
(not the one in the pics!)

:bannana:

 

[marcos]

Vulcan XH558 flew again today.:bannana:
(not the one in the pics!)

:bannana:

I've just finished reading Vulcan 607 about the bombing of the Port Stanley airfield during the Falklands campaign.
Brilliant book and bought back loads of memorys as I used to go and stay with my auntie in Saxilby nr Lincon and there was an RAF airfield nearby.
I just used to sit in the garden watching Vulcan after Vulcan take off and land, absolutely magical.
A beautifull aircraft and one I will never forget.
Brings a little tear to my eye

 

[Swiss Toni]

Is it 607 or 601 by the side of the A15 at Waddington?

The new Vulcan is just that - lighter and more manouverable than they ever used to be (and if you have ever seen one go vertical, it is quite a sight!!).

If you ever get the chance to sit in seat, there is painfully little room.

Can't wait to see the new one.

:bannana:

 

[Simon]

Vulcan XH558 flew again today.:bannana:
(not the one in the pics!)

:bannana:

Yes I saw it over my house, what a fantastic achievement to get it flying again. It came from the South, circled RAF Wittering, then went back.

More info here: http://www.tvoc.co.uk/

 

[Mactech]

As a little lad I used to live very close to Woodford where they developed the Vulcan. It used to come over our house at about 50' (ish) and scare me off my tricycle!
Must have been one of the first to have seen and be frightened by it

One sat at the end of the runway in Gibraltar for many years, but never looked like a flyer.

 

[esox]

If you ever get the chance to sit in seat, there is painfully little room

Bournemouth International (wow!) Airport have a rather quaint,crusty but interesting and hands-on aviation museum and have a Vulcan cockpit which you can climb up into.

Respect to those Air Force type dudes.......

(only the co/pilot had ejectors,poor sods crammed down in the back had to try and exit out the floor hatch )

 

[BTB 500]

(only the co/pilot had ejectors,poor sods crammed down in the back had to try and exit out the floor hatch )

Yup there was an infamous incident where a very senior RAF type (Air Marshall IIRC) took the copilot's seat and ordered the pilot to land against ATC advice (in a storm). The Vulcan crashed and the Air Marshall and pilot ejected to safety while the others on board (including the copilot) all died.

 

[glojo]

I've just finished reading Vulcan 607 about the bombing of the Port Stanley airfield during the Falklands campaign.

Is that the one where they completely missed the target but still all got medals?

I say this tongue in cheek because of the lack of medals obtained by some brave Fleet Air Arm pilots. Sharky Ward wrote an excellent book on this topic.

John

 

[DC_insider]

Is that the one where they completely missed the target but still all got medals?

I say this tongue in cheek because of the lack of medals obtained by some brave Fleet Air Arm pilots. Sharky Ward wrote an excellent book on this topic.

John

My recollection is that they scored one direct hit one the runway (the bombing run was done in a diagonal across the runway to maximise the chances of hitting it). The damage was not enough to put the runway completely out of action but is credited with forcing the Argentine Air Force to withdraw some of their faster jets due to the concern that the RAF might try to bomb the Argentine mainland.

The real success was the PR it generated along with some great headlines:

"The Empire Strikes Back!"

 

[glojo]

My recollection is that they scored one direct hit one the runway (the bombing run was done in a diagonal across the runway to maximise the chances of hitting it).

Never let the truth spoil a good story. Have to be careful what is said but the runway was used every night by Argentian forces and the usual aircraft that used it were Hercules. During the day the runway was camouflaged to look like it was damaged, then at night this was removed. I think that your statement is correct to say that just one bomb did hit the runway but as stated, it certainly did not interfere with the operational requirements of the field?

Can't comment on Argentian fast jet usage but the Fleet Air Arm done a fantastic job and made full use of their excellent weaponary and then credit must go to our very brave ground forces that removed the ground attack aircraft from the war.

John