Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/11/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I thoroughly recommend this lot to anyone interested. There are a lot of early shots. Many are of XH558 since and during its restoration. Some of them give a feeling for the sheer scale of the aircraft. Peter Ric Carter wrote: > <http://www.flightglobal.com/airspace/photos/vulcan/avro-vulcan-2328.aspx> > > > On Nov 12, 2009, at 6:38 PM, 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- =========================================================== Dr Peter Dzwig