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What a magnificent aircraft, I am in awe!
For those interested, this is not only a good documentary on the Vulcan, but one of the best documentaries I've ever watched, hands down. I dare you to watch it and not love it
Not sure how it was supposed to carry one of these to Russia but I guess it wasnt lacking the power
I managed to get into the cockpit of one of the Lightnings at Brunters roughly 15 minutes after it had done a fast taxi run a few years back, it was still toasty and smelling of aviation. I also offered to run my old GT3 alongside the Lightnings on one of their open days, suggesting we charge a few quid and put it towards the fund for the jets. For various reasons I never fully understood we could not make it happen, but they did it before with the hunter and a CSL.
It would have been ace, what possible could go wrong
The noise of the thing gets me. It made children cry at the Bournemouth airshow a few years ago.
Not sure how it was supposed to carry one of these to Russia but I guess it wasnt lacking the power
Is that a close up of a formula1 steering wheel?
Probably a lot less complex than a current F1 Wheel.
Pretty poor weather yesterday so I went to go see her pass at Norwich Aviation museum instead of Marham in case the flight was cancelled. Place was packed! Could have done with some sunshine but having a P-51 buzz us made up for that. Was also good chance to have a look around XM612 which is getting a little rough around the edges.
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Avro Vulcan XH558 by Pete Kent, on Flickr
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Avro Vulcan XH558 by Pete Kent, on Flickr
Rubbish DSLR Video: