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14 January 2004, 11:17 PM
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That is uncanny ! 
I found a similar document under the floorboards of my gran's house....amazingly it had been highlighted the same as yours DOUBLEMEGA
I found a similar document under the floorboards of my gran's house....amazingly it had been highlighted the same as yours DOUBLEMEGA
...rumbled
14 January 2004, 11:24 PM
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This is THE daddy 
I remember going to an airshow when I was a kid and seeing one of these take off & go straight into a vertical climb.
Awesome sight.
Its a BAe Lightning
[Edited by Daz34 - 1/14/2004 11:26:22 PM]
I remember going to an airshow when I was a kid and seeing one of these take off & go straight into a vertical climb.
Awesome sight.
Its a BAe Lightning
[Edited by Daz34 - 1/14/2004 11:26:22 PM]
15 January 2004, 12:11 AM
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another vote for the (English Electric) Lightning 
Also, I've always had a soft spot for the Antonov An-22, ever since I saw watched one fly into Farnborough to drop off some spares for the An-124 display aircraft, which had flamed out on take-off earlier in the day.
I was standing at the side of the runway at the time - absolutely awesome sound....4 counter-rotating turboprops....wierdest noise you'll ever hear....
Also, I've always had a soft spot for the Antonov An-22, ever since I saw watched one fly into Farnborough to drop off some spares for the An-124 display aircraft, which had flamed out on take-off earlier in the day.
I was standing at the side of the runway at the time - absolutely awesome sound....4 counter-rotating turboprops....wierdest noise you'll ever hear....
15 January 2004, 11:06 AM
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After many years of military flying and 29 different aircraft types, from training pilots on Chipmunks , through fighter and ground attack aircraft to the VC10, I have to say that the Vulcan was the "bees knees".
It handled like an overgrown fighter with very effective and fast acting controls and the performance was extraordinary for such a big aircraft. An easy vertical climb off the runway to 3000 feet plus on an average english summer day is a real experience believe me. Fighter pilots used to hate them because they could not turn with a Vulcan at high level, they often spun out trying it. At low level through the mountain passes they could not get a "blue sky" shot at the aircraft either. The Soviets were frightened of it up to the last day it was a bomber aircraft.
If you took one to a flying display in the USA, the organisers knew they would double the crowd attendance. They used to fall over themselves applying for one to attend their displays.
The picture XT showed is the latest Vulcan like the one I used to fly at displays, it could even be me flying it! Do you know where the photo came from XT?
I still miss it after all these years and would fly it again at the drop of a hat!
Les
It handled like an overgrown fighter with very effective and fast acting controls and the performance was extraordinary for such a big aircraft. An easy vertical climb off the runway to 3000 feet plus on an average english summer day is a real experience believe me. Fighter pilots used to hate them because they could not turn with a Vulcan at high level, they often spun out trying it
. At low level through the mountain passes they could not get a "blue sky" shot at the aircraft either. The Soviets were frightened of it up to the last day it was a bomber aircraft.If you took one to a flying display in the USA, the organisers knew they would double the crowd attendance. They used to fall over themselves applying for one to attend their displays.
The picture XT showed is the latest Vulcan like the one I used to fly at displays, it could even be me flying it! Do you know where the photo came from XT?
I still miss it after all these years and would fly it again at the drop of a hat!
Les
15 January 2004, 12:10 PM
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Yep, XB-70 Valkyrie.
Six engines, most powerful aircraft in its day, think they only built 3 or 4 prototypes, one of which had a mid-air collision and crashed, after one of its chase planes (F104 Starfighter) got caught in its wake and ripped off the vertical tail surfaces. None still flying.
Intended as a Mach 3 long range nuclear bomber, cancelled due to massive costs, advances in air defence missile technology, and the introduction of ICBMs. Its fighter-escort, the F-108 Rapier never even made it to prototype.
Still an awesome plane to look at.
T
Six engines, most powerful aircraft in its day, think they only built 3 or 4 prototypes, one of which had a mid-air collision and crashed, after one of its chase planes (F104 Starfighter) got caught in its wake and ripped off the vertical tail surfaces. None still flying.
Intended as a Mach 3 long range nuclear bomber, cancelled due to massive costs, advances in air defence missile technology, and the introduction of ICBMs. Its fighter-escort, the F-108 Rapier never even made it to prototype.
Still an awesome plane to look at.
T
15 January 2004, 12:20 PM
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For the swelling pride and pure nostalgia [queue the Dambusters symphony - Da da da dadada da, da da da da da dadada..] it has to be a Spitfire, although for noise a Mustang comes a close second
Turn up the volume, click here then click on the piccy of a spirfire.
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15 January 2004, 01:22 PM
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leslie
respect!!!!!!!
any geezer who flys the vulcan is a god......
the first time i heard/saw this beasty was at mildenhall in 1977
it made the car shake and we were well away from the runway!!!!!!
the others tomcat, jaguar, f15, are just planes
the vulcan, spitfire, A10, to name a few have that instantly unique engine note which sets them apart
deja vu factor..... i guy i work with is a member of the vulcan resto project!!!!!
Mart
respect!!!!!!!
any geezer who flys the vulcan is a god......
the first time i heard/saw this beasty was at mildenhall in 1977
it made the car shake and we were well away from the runway!!!!!!
the others tomcat, jaguar, f15, are just planes
the vulcan, spitfire, A10, to name a few have that instantly unique engine note which sets them apart
deja vu factor..... i guy i work with is a member of the vulcan resto project!!!!!
Mart
15 January 2004, 01:33 PM
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I saw a Vulcan at a display at RAF Valley on Anglesea.
It took off and all the cars in the car park with alarms fitted, started chirping away.
Louder than a thousand Firestorms.
Leslie, (nosey mode: ON) were you ever issued with any flight watches? if so what were they.
Later Yoza (closset plane spotter )
It took off and all the cars in the car park with alarms fitted, started chirping away.
Louder than a thousand Firestorms.
Leslie, (nosey mode: ON) were you ever issued with any flight watches? if so what were they.
Later Yoza (closset plane spotter
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15 January 2004, 01:46 PM
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Thats a bit OTT for returning the pilot to the black stuff.
I will now show my ignorance. I didnt know you could lift a plane in that way.
I will now show my ignorance. I didnt know you could lift a plane in that way.