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Peteff

posted on 31/8/13 at 03:26 PM Reply With Quote
Vulcan bomber

Very impressive, just did a low pass over us, sounded brilliant.





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I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.

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tango man

posted on 31/8/13 at 03:36 PM Reply With Quote
just past over hear as well , awsome sound
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snakebelly

posted on 31/8/13 at 04:20 PM Reply With Quote
How low? Did you see my name on the bomb bay door?
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steve m

posted on 31/8/13 at 04:29 PM Reply With Quote
Very jealous





Thats was probably spelt wrong, or had some grammer, that the "grammer police have to have a moan at




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gottabedone

posted on 31/8/13 at 04:35 PM Reply With Quote
fantastic machine
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steve m

posted on 31/8/13 at 04:54 PM Reply With Quote
I know, as I Know two of the pilots, very well, as their Virgin Pilots





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Peteff

posted on 31/8/13 at 05:20 PM Reply With Quote
It went back on the return journey a while back, low again but didn't see your name on it.





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I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.

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morcus

posted on 31/8/13 at 05:32 PM Reply With Quote
I had to settle for what I think was a Hercules flying quite low, though it might have been larger plane flying slightly higher.





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liam.mccaffrey

posted on 31/8/13 at 07:23 PM Reply With Quote
on a related note I went to Port Stanley Airport a couple of year ago. Can still see some of the Vulcan Damage





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Matt159888

posted on 31/8/13 at 08:51 PM Reply With Quote
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My names on the bomb doors too!. Had the pleasure of a good chat with Martin Withers the falklands pilot in 607 which there is a great book on. The Vulcan howl is awsome to hear!. The Vulcan and the Lightning both were show stoppers from a time when Britain really was great!!!
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franky

posted on 31/8/13 at 09:03 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by liam.mccaffrey
on a related note I went to Port Stanley Airport a couple of year ago. Can still see some of the Vulcan Damage


You mean the mud craters made by the Argentine's so it looked liked the runway was out of use?

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liam.mccaffrey

posted on 31/8/13 at 09:12 PM Reply With Quote
If you say so?!?

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Originally posted by franky
quote:
Originally posted by liam.mccaffrey
on a related note I went to Port Stanley Airport a couple of year ago. Can still see some of the Vulcan Damage


You mean the mud craters made by the Argentine's so it looked liked the runway was out of use?






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bi22le

posted on 31/8/13 at 10:24 PM Reply With Quote
I can beat that same old fly over.

Living in SE london I regularly get a police chopper hovering over a local area for an hour at a time hunting the latest scum. Watch the spot light shine out of the sky like sci fi film is massively entertaining. . . .

Just kidding kids!

I wish I had fly overs from non police or comercial planes. The best I see is the odd chinock (SP?).





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trikerneil

posted on 1/9/13 at 04:36 AM Reply With Quote
I've been told Vulcan XH558 will be flying at the Bournemouth air show today (Sunday) at about 4:30 pm.

Neil





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T66

posted on 1/9/13 at 08:00 AM Reply With Quote
Helicopter displays are not that good to watch, but the Chinook does a very good show, serious amount of power/weight when empty.






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franky

posted on 1/9/13 at 11:51 AM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by liam.mccaffrey
If you say so?!?

quote:
Originally posted by franky
quote:
Originally posted by liam.mccaffrey
on a related note I went to Port Stanley Airport a couple of year ago. Can still see some of the Vulcan Damage


You mean the mud craters made by the Argentine's so it looked liked the runway was out of use?



Its a sad but true fact, the runway was in use till the day before the liberation.

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scudderfish

posted on 1/9/13 at 12:12 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by franky
Its a sad but true fact, the runway was in use till the day before the liberation.


The full length?

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franky

posted on 1/9/13 at 12:19 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by scudderfish
quote:
Originally posted by franky
Its a sad but true fact, the runway was in use till the day before the liberation.


The full length?


Long enough that they could still land/take off any of their planes.

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scudderfish

posted on 1/9/13 at 02:02 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by franky
quote:
Originally posted by scudderfish
quote:
Originally posted by franky
Its a sad but true fact, the runway was in use till the day before the liberation.


The full length?


Long enough that they could still land/take off any of their planes.


As far as I'm aware, they never based the fast jets out of their due to the truncated use of the runway which significantly reduced their usefulness.

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karlak

posted on 1/9/13 at 02:44 PM Reply With Quote
Must be the weekend for it.

We have just been "buzzed" by a Lancaster





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Matt159888

posted on 1/9/13 at 05:16 PM Reply With Quote
The runway was damaged enough so their fighter jets couldnt fly out of there. The small prop planes flew out of there and a hercules made some drops in there though was took out by a harrier flown by sharky ward. The big reason for the bombing was to show they were in range of our RAF and could easily have flown on to Argentina main land and remember that the Vulcan could carry the nuke. So as much as damaging the runway maybe not massive but moral of the islanders and the point that we could reach them was the main point.
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Peteff

posted on 1/9/13 at 06:39 PM Reply With Quote
To top it off we went onto Beeley Moor today and watched the Red Arrows doing a display over Chatsworth Country Fair. It lasted nearly half an hour and we had ringside seats with the planes on a level with us as they came over the show in the valley.





yours, Pete

I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.

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trikerneil

posted on 1/9/13 at 09:27 PM Reply With Quote
Vulcan never flew today, cancelled due to trouble with No. 7 tank according to Bournemouth air show FM radio.

Neil





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