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Subject: [Leica] [IMG] AIRCRAFT - Last flying Vulcan XH558
From: pdzwig at summaventures.com (Peter Dzwig)
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:35:42 +0000
References: <4AFC932E.9030602@summaventures.com> <4AFC9C80.4080601@gmx.de>

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
>>
>>
>>
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Dr Peter Dzwig                          



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