Vulcan to the sky

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If you want to dribble over a Vulcan go to Newark Air Museum, they have one & can run up the Rover (small turbine that powers the electrical system, also designed to go in the Rover P6 car !.... I know it runs the Rover because I donated the starter cartridges to them 24 years ago !... without the cartridges they could not run it)
My dad was a crew chief on Vulcans, he loved the bloody things till the day he died, I recall the screaming things lifting off at Scampton & Akrotiri in the early '70s.
I now live about a mile from RAF Waddington & hope all planes (without exception) get grounded immediately !
I thought this forum was about bikes ???
Oh and.... its not £375,000 thats the tip of the iceberg, do you realise just how much it costs to keep a plane in the sky?
Ask those brothers at East Kirkby, they own the Lancaster 'Just Jane' (ex 'City of Lincoln', gate guardian at Scampton). A far more important plane than any Vulcan, the Lanc was an operational plane & the average loss of aircrew life was in the region of 1,250 at most bases that had the Lanc.
The Vulcan was never actually used for its intended role as a delivery device for Yellow Sun or Blue Steel, it was a conventional bomber that only ever got a few minutes of fame dropping 21 iron bombs on Port Stanley runway.
Oh there's another Vulcan alongside the A15 near the viewing area at Waddo, it really does need a wash & polish !!
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That looks like a block rather than quarters
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Ah well, you had to put up with that shit just so he got a good pension.
so stop moaning !
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[NSR Mick]

I'm not moaning I thought it was pretty cool at the time.

And it beats the sound of a chaved up saxo any day, even at 3 in the morning.
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An interesting fact about the Vulcan is that it could out manoever a fighter. In tests of a dog fight, test pilot vs test pilot, the Vulcan scored 4 hits out of 5. I'm told it only lost one because an engine stalled in a turn. If you're wondering how it won, the Vulcan did carry air-to-air missiles - had to make sure it could get through air defences.

There's also a story of how when it was deamed too old for high level bombing (air defence too good) it was switched to low level attack. There was an exercise in the USA. The Yanks were confident nothing could get through, told the RAF guys so. Response was that they'd been, hit the target and were on their way home. Yank radar didn't even know about it

As for the Lancaster I agree it's an impressive sight. As a boy I've been lucky enough to drive past Scampton when the Lancaster in place. I've also seen the City Of Lincoln in the air. Truly awe inspiring when it does a fly past with the bomb doors open. One of the best bits in a film is when the Dambusters fly over an English city on their way out. I've always thought it was Lincoln with its catherdral.

If anyone fancies a bit of a bike ride then may I suggest you go 'New York'. It's actually a small village in Lincolnshire (see here). It makes an interesting story in the pub afterwards to say you rode your bike in New York. Anyhow, New York just happens to be near RAF Coningsby, where the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight is based. So if you went in the week you could pay it a visit (click here for info).

HTH
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Aaah guys i missed this one!

That's a shitter, i remember when i used to go to Fairford with my dad every year without fail, we saw the flying wing, the harrier, the jaguar (doing an impressive near stall manouvre) and then i went off with him to look for souvenirs....
Then i heard it.... WTF?
I saw it coming over the tower and then it flew passed, i was almost sick, it felt like the sound was compressing me into the ground and i shat my pants. I was only about 15 at the time and my favorite plane was the A10 because it was a silent killer.
From then on i talked about that Vulcan and the time it made me feel ill.
I LOVED IT!
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I made a few Vulcan parts in the early 80's at Bae systems in Chadderton. (or British Aerospace as it was then known).
I saw it fly a few times at the woodford airshow. Fantastic sight. I'll never forget the sound of it as it came in to land, touched the wheels on the runway then applied full power and shot up into the sky. The ground just shook, it was awesome!

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Ive only seen one on the ground but it was an impressive fearsome looking aircraft.
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[Whosthedaddy]

I see Vulcans fly when I was a kid and went to loads of airshows, they are loud

I alwsys remember the anticipation as it would approach for a low flyby and then be hit in the chest with the ground rumbling pain as the jet engines passed.

There is (or used to be a static one) at Southend Airport, just down the road from me in Essex. Every so often they would fire t up and take a trip down the run way.

The only time that I've been up close and perosnal with one is at Hendon RAF muesum in London. You could walk around, stare into the bomb bay and touch it
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They used to do those fly by's when I was a kid at Swanton Morley.

Awesome, has to be experience to be believed. I was a bit of a plane spotter, but even my Mum can remember what a Vulcan is. Kinda thing you don't forget.

Getting one flying again would be awesome.

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