Avro Vulcan

kebecker;150951 wrote:

Probably rivets!

ha ha ha!

canberra;150965 wrote:

My personal opinion has always been that it should be operated by the RAF, and there is no way that they could justify that in the defence budget. Im amazed that the RAF operated it for almost 10 years as a display aircraft, were questions never asked?

That's where a lot of the cash had to go, as civil aircraft it can't be held together with gaffer tape and baler twine...the RAF have no such obligations.

canberra;150965 wrote:

My personal opinion has always been that it should be operated by the RAF, and there is no way that they could justify that in the defence budget. Im amazed that the RAF operated it for almost 10 years as a display aircraft, were questions never asked?

Has anyone realised that the Vulcan and Victor were only built to provide employment in the British aircraft industry after the last war. If Vickers had not had such a full Civil aircraft order book the Valiant and it's derivatives would have been the future of British military aviation. The production version of the B2 was a superior aircraft to the American B1

The British aircraft industry should have been rationalised then but the Government of the time did not have the nerve to do it. They were afraid of the Industry bosses and chickened out

It was a great pity that last flying Valiant was scrapped. At least it did something in it's life.

Mike wrote:

My wife once made a good comment several years ago when we were caught in a thunderstorm at Newark. She said that the Vulcan made a good umbrella.

I like that ! The former flying umbrella, is your wife's name Mary (Poppins)

The Vulcan over Alconbury this afternoon:

Forgot to include this one through the heat haze(!)

What is the light aircraft in the third from last pic? I assume it's a Tutor from Wyton?

No idea Richard, I didn't even spot it until I looked at the photo on the editing screen back home.
As the Vulcan was technically displaying for Wyton, I have no idea why one would be up at the time. It certainly didn't pass over Alconbury to get to where it was.
Could be something GA heading into Little Staughton.

Brilliant shots there Paul I had known it was do to fly over I would have come down to day instead of yesterday . Still you cant win e'm all !!

The Vulcan was on its Cold War tour.
www.lincolnshireecho.co.uk/Vulcan-XH558-...90-detail/story.html