Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/11/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Douglas, I agree with you about the noise! It was wonderful to hear it again. It brought back memories of a garden I had over which Concorde used to start its climb out of Heathrow on its way to New York! Peter Douglas Sharp wrote: > Peter, > > wonderful to see that Vulcan to the Sky actual got XH558 back into the > air, a beautiful and breathtaking machine. The last time I saw one in > flight was at Leeds & Bradford Airport (then Yeadon Aerodrome - that > dates it!) on a low pass at the SSAFA airshow before it relocated to > Church Fenton. Must have been some time in the late 1960's. An > ear-shattering experience as that colossal ghostly white machine flew > over at about 50 feet off the ground - couldn't hear a thing for about > 10 minutes after it had gone. > > It still looks like a really state of the art modern jet, hard to > believe it was built in 1960. > > Thanks for showing > Douglas > > Peter Dzwig wrote: >> Some shots of the last flying Vulcan taken at Goodwood this year. >> Thought some >> of you might be interested :-) >> >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/album83/Aircraft/29570025_Vulcanedited-1.tif.html> >> >> >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/album83/Aircraft/29570026_Vulcanedited-1.tif.html> >> >> >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/album83/Aircraft/29570027_Vulcanedited-1.tif.html> >> >> >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/album83/Aircraft/29570020_editedVulcan.tif.html> >> >> >> The Avro Vulcan was one of the mainstays of the British V-Bomber >> nuclear strike >> force in the 1960s. They were operational with the RAF from 1953 to >> 1984. The >> trio of Avro Vulcan, Handley Page Victor and Vickers Valiant were >> designed to >> carry nuclear bombs far into the heart of the old Soviet Union. >> >> The Vulcan last saw action carrying conventional weapons in the >> Falklands War >> when a force of them flew non-stop from Ascension to the Falklands >> (and back!) >> refuelling from Victor tankers with which they rendez-vous'd over the >> South >> Atlantic. The mission was to deny the Argentinians the use of the >> Falklands >> airstrip at Stamley. >> >> The Vulcan was also used as a flying testbed for the RR Olympus >> engines that >> were used to power Concorde. >> >> see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Vulcan#Flying >> >> Your comments and constructive criticisms are as always welcome, >> >> Thanks for taking the time to look. >> >> Peter Dzwig >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- =========================================================== Dr Peter Dzwig