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Vulcan was In the air. Gone sleep now.
jollygreengiant - 4/9/08 at 06:07 PM

Just flown over Rushden heading in the direction of Peterborough. Was a sight and sound.

[Edited on 4/9/08 by jollygreengiant]

mookaloid - 4/9/08 at 06:12 PM

Not as exciting as a Vulcan, but the Red arrows flew over me today in Harrogate

mikeb - 4/9/08 at 06:27 PM

bugger missed it, missed it at farnborough air show aswell, I'll have to go to bruntinthorpe more often

andy o - 4/9/08 at 06:47 PM

vulcan due at duxford this weekend

big_wasa - 4/9/08 at 06:49 PM

It didnt come this way

rusty nuts - 4/9/08 at 06:51 PM

Will be watching from my back garden Saturday P.M. will miss Sunday though . Saw it on it's last flight before restoration, it flew directly overhead at about 200 ft .Very impressive!

PAUL FISHER - 4/9/08 at 07:08 PM

Hope it was flying a bit higher than this one at Bruntingthorpe


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuYi16RQOaY

tootall - 4/9/08 at 09:42 PM

my friends dad flys the vulcan at a lot of the air shows. he was first bomber to drop bombs in the falcklands war (how ever u spell it) he likes to say his dad started the falklands war lol.
hes had books writen about him and alsorts.!!

[Edited on 4/9/08 by tootall]

aerosam - 4/9/08 at 09:47 PM

used to see the concorde fly over here every day between 10-10.30 in the morning - no longer :-(

jollygreengiant - 4/9/08 at 09:53 PM

quote:
Originally posted by tootall
my friends dad flys the vulcan at a lot of the air shows. he was first bomber to drop bombs in the falcklands war (how ever u spell it) he likes to say his dad started the falklands war lol.
hes had books writen about him and alsorts.!!

[Edited on 4/9/08 by tootall]


My dad shot down and sank an enemy submarine with his spitfire.

MikeR - 4/9/08 at 10:57 PM

how high was the sub to be shot down?