Cambridge folk/Vulcan

mike_l

Apparantly the Vulcan is due to fly over Marshalls at 14-45 today........

racefaceec90

ah was thinking more this tbh 

star trek convention or something :-)

Phil_aka_Pip

The Vulcan is a noisy bastard

mike_l

Phil_aka_Pip said:

The Vulcan is a noisy bastard

Good looking noisy bastard if you don't mind.

ESBlonde

You lucky bastard. Saw it and the two Lancs at Clacton Air show this summer. It was just as majestic and manoeuvrable and fantastic sounding as I remember from all those years ago.

 

Phil_aka_Pip

mike_l said:

Phil_aka_Pip said:

The Vulcan is a noisy bastard

Good looking noisy bastard if you don't mind.

It wasn't so good looking when it did several circuits over my previous house in the small hours of the morning a few years ago. Bastards. :x

mike_l

ESBlonde said:

You lucky bastard. Saw it and the two Lancs at Clacton Air show this summer. It was just as majestic and manoeuvrable and fantastic sounding as I remember from all those years ago.

 

Saw them at Gransden a few weeks ago. I was at Waddington a few years ago when she took off, fuck me the ground shook.

Van_Hayden

Grew up in a village under the approach to RAF Scampton. You couldn't hear them coming but the house rattled as they went over.

The Americans hated it as during excercises in the early 60s the Vulcan was able to evade the US air defenses and virtually nuke a few major US cities.

mike_l

Having grown up right under the flight path into RAF Alconbury, I've seen many different military aircraft types in the air.

The Vulcan has it's own special appeal that others (Including Phantoms, Buccaneers, B-52's etc) just don't quite have.

I'd go almost to the point of the only one close is/was the Victor or SR-71.....

Phil_aka_Pip

It has within the last few minutes flown over Bury St Edmunds

Van_Hayden

Never seen an SR71 in flight - but I'd put Lightnings on the list. Take off from RAF Binbrook and pretty much up like a rocket!

mike_l

I've seen SR71 display at Mildenhall, and flying into Alconbury. They were impressive, but not like in the same way as a Vulcan.

The Lightnings are also impressive, as a kid, I've been scared by them flying low, fast and loud.....

My own personnal favs though are Phantoms. Probably because they were based at Alconbury and I saw them a lot while growing up.....And with Wyton about a mile from home, Canberras and Nimrods too.......

Van_Hayden

The joys of growing up in the East Midlands!

mike_l

And having a Dad who was an RAF pilot.........

Van_Hayden

Hah - I'd have been green with envy at 13! Having said that my old man taught a lot of RAF crew at Lincoln college, managed to get to have a tour round the red arrows and Vulcan hangers. Got in the cockpit of the vulcan, tiny!

mike_l

Dad was based at Wyton, by 9, I'd sat in/toured round Canberras, and Nimrod R1's........

Plus been to many open days/air shows with him.

 

dchwhite

Phil_aka_Pip said:

It has within the last few minutes flown over Bury St Edmunds

I was keeping an ear out in case it came this way, but I think that answers my question

johnnyurq

Loved all the V bombers but particularly the Vulcan.

American missile deals sounded their death knell with no equivalent replacements I read and saw years ago.

Maybe the Yanks were ticked off at how well they evaded their defences and helped make it redundant.

Ar least they were a truly independent nuclear deterrent.

RobDavies

I saw a Vulcan doing it's thing at Bournemouth this year.  It was a bit underwhelming actually.

I was expecting it to be a real groundshaker but it wasn't as loud as I remember the Phantoms or A10's being at the IAT a few years ago?  Still looks cool though, and I enjoyed the story about their role in the Falklands.

I enjoyed the Hawker Hunter and the Typhoon, though - they were loud and fast.

Van_Hayden

Think they're saving the engines - they don't fly it like they used to do!

mike_l

Yep much limited engine hours left......