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| Vulcan Bomber to make farewell appearance at Cosford air show |
| 2015-06-14 |
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| Posted by:Bright Pebbles |
| #10 Found it. They could carry an additional three people. About right. |
| Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2015-06-14 23:21 |
| #9 Not much on Wake then. Don't know about now. Very small. Wrecks visible in the (what I suppose was a) lagoon. Many. |
| Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2015-06-14 23:10 |
| #8 They could carry a fair sized crew beyond normal stations but the ones I saw may have been unpressurized. I almost got a ride out in one, but didn't have hypo qual. Long story, but got stuck on Wake when my CL-44 ride crash landed on landing on Wake (a mostly landing crash). They took pity but the hypo qual lack was a no go. Great people. Gave me great insight into Raf types. Uniforms made from used horse blankets as I recall tho. Saw maybe 12 (or more?) Vulcans land and pick up the other survivors. Beautiful sight. I had to hitch hike off Wake. Which took a while. |
| Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2015-06-14 23:07 |
| #7 The Brits had better be sure of their budget cuts/decisions ... ... * BIGNEWSNETWORK > [Daily Mail.UK] UK MILITARY BOSSES [Civie Heads + Service Chiefs] COMPARE "FEEBLE" BRITAIN'S INACTION IN IRAQ + SYRIA TO APPEASEMENT OF ADOLF HITLER IN THE 1930'S [Munich etc.] - AND WARN THE GOVT. NOT TO CUT THEIR BUDGETS ANY FURTHER. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-06-14 22:31 |
| #6 Yep, Thunderball. Hell of an artistic looking aircraft, like the pulp-sci-fi type things. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2015-06-14 21:46 |
| #5 Even made appearance in a James Bond movie - 'Thunderball' I believe. |
| Posted by: borgboy 2015-06-14 19:23 |
| #4 For some reason I imagined Spook with suicide belt. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-06-14 17:51 |
| #3 Saw it at Offutt many years ago. It was amazing. |
| Posted by: Blossom Unains5562 2015-06-14 17:22 |
| #2 Well, not airborne, but ready to roll... |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2015-06-14 16:41 |
| #1 it could be started in 27 seconds and airborne within two minutes My truck won't even do that! |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2015-06-14 16:41 |