Benzine
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| posted on 16/4/08 at 09:21 PM |
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Vulcan
I saw the Vulcan take off today at RAF Cottesmore. Blimey, the noise was amazing  Dad said he saw 9 fly over him once, I can't imagine what
that would have sounded like
Some pics i took:
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onzarob
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| posted on 16/4/08 at 09:25 PM |
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I remember seing one at a RAF airshow when I was a child, it took off then when vertical.........never forgot it amazing
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onzarob
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| posted on 16/4/08 at 09:25 PM |
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I remember seing one at a RAF airshow when I was a child, it took off then when vertical.........never forgot it amazing
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mookaloid
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| posted on 16/4/08 at 09:28 PM |
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Awesome things - i used to see them at airshows when i was a kid.
i hope they get it back on the airshow circuit cos i'll be watching 
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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Volvorsport
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| posted on 16/4/08 at 09:29 PM |
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noisy gits , living next door to them can be a PIA
www.dbsmotorsport.co.uk
getting dirty under a bus
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LBMEFM
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| posted on 16/4/08 at 09:30 PM |
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It's really amazing isn't it, I have seen them at airshows it's almost surreal, so graceful. I thought they had all run out of hours
but obviously not.
Barry
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mookaloid
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| posted on 16/4/08 at 09:58 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by LBMEFM
It's really amazing isn't it, I have seen them at airshows it's almost surreal, so graceful. I thought they had all run out of hours
but obviously not.
Barry
I think that one has been fully rebuilt 
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 16/4/08 at 10:11 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mookaloid
quote:
Originally posted by LBMEFM
It's really amazing isn't it, I have seen them at airshows it's almost surreal, so graceful. I thought they had all run out of hours
but obviously not.
Barry
I think that one has been fully rebuilt
yeah just finished it aswell if it the same one in my plane mag. Looked a nightmare to do
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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onzarob
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| posted on 16/4/08 at 10:33 PM |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/mobile/bbc_news/england/nwyl/midlands/leicester/734/73478/story7347858.wml
It fully restored, which is great, I think the last time they were used was the Fauklands.
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Chippy
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| posted on 16/4/08 at 10:58 PM |
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Flew in one in 1959 when in the RAF, most boring 14 hr's I have ever spent. They used to do a radar calibration run for the ground stations, so
fixed height, fixed speed and fixed track. Only good part was got to sit in the captains seat for an hour, "just don't touch
anything", Cheers Ray
To make a car go faster, just add lightness. Colin Chapman - OR - fit a bigger engine. Chippy
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trextr7monkey
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| posted on 17/4/08 at 06:13 AM |
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One crashed near us when I was at school- one guy who'd been naughty- was standing outside and saw it go over with bit sof glowing metal coming
off.
I'm afraid I was inside at the time!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14016102@N00/ (cut and paste this dodgey link)
Our most recent pics are here:
http://s129.photobucket.com/albums/p211/trextr7monkey/
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locoR1
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| posted on 17/4/08 at 06:23 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by onzarob
I remember seing one at a RAF airshow when I was a child, it took off then when vertical.........never forgot it amazing
Same here my main memory was the noise and the ground shaking as it went vertical don't think i will ever forget it probably because i almost
shit my self
 
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