Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/11/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, The link from Ric meant I was an hour or so later in bed :-) A truly elegant aircraft, and enormous when you get close to it. Thank Ric (and Peter for getting the ball rolling). Cheers Douglas Peter Dzwig wrote: > 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 >> >> > >