One for all you power Junkies

[Vista]

So you thought a pinto on the strip makes a good noise? How's this?

 

Seriously impressive feat of engineering to restore this ageing warbird and get it flying again, hats off to the team that accomplished it. I remember these things when they were still at the frontline doing their stuff even though they were already 20 to 25 years old then!

 

 

[johnny_h]

Most impressive aircraft I ever did see! Saw it on it's last ever flight.

[4parajon]

Impressive feat

 

Was that at Brunters???......where a lot of the locals are up in arms about the noise from the cars at the track days there

[Vista]

Was that at Brunters???......where a lot of the locals are up in arms about the noise from the cars at the track days there

 

Spot on mate, it was indeed at Bruntingthorpe

 

Oh and Johnny you're out of date mate, it's last flight was Thursday

 

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,, ... 77,00.html

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid ... ws=1&ms3=6

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...n_page_id=1770

 

P.S. Does the doris in the union jack dress in the BBC video sound a bit well, manly to anyone else?

[Twinkle]

just reading about their role in the falklands

[Vista]

just reading about their role in the falklands

 

You want to read the book about the mission mate, It's called Vulcan 607 and is a great read.

 

http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/stor ... 98,00.html

[Twinkle]

just reading about their role in the falklands

 

You want to read the book about the mission mate, It's called Vulcan 607 and is a great read.

 

http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/stor ... 98,00.html

 

thats the one im reading bloody amazing really

[Vista]

Agreed, they flew a round trip of some 8000 miles in the dark in a near 30 year old plane with precious little in the way of Navaids (a coastal yachtsman has more navaids today than they did) then delivered a stick of bombs straight across the runway!

 

The sort of stuff legends are made of.

[Trevmk3]

i remember seeing them at airshows years ago, when they used to fly it straight up and stall it and do a backflip kind of thing

 

pure class plane

 

and that women does have a strangely deep voice and quite big hands too

[Nettles]

The Vulcan was always one of my favourites and its great to see one flying again.