Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/11/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It could well be, but I think most airfields looked the same in the 60s, I can't recognise anything distinctive in the background. It flew past at about that height and then more or less stood on its tail, gave full power and disappeared in seconds. Nobody seemed to care in those days that the onlookers got some of the hot blast from its engines - enough to blow people's hats off. Cheers Douglas Ric Carter wrote: > looking at this photo made me wonder if it was the very flyover doug saw > > ri > > On Nov 13, 2009, at 4:27 AM, Douglas Sharp wrote: > >> 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> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >