And the tears were rolling down my cheeks

[lobeydosser]

I once sat in the cockpit of a Vulcan Bomber.

That was about 15 minutes before it went on fire.

Well,,,,,,actually it was set on fire on purpose.

We had to then put the fire out as part of our fire service training.

Never really gave it a thought back then, it was just another plane, but I must say, I was very impressed with the amount of instruments in the cockpit.

www.urbanghostsmedia.com/2012/08/the-last-days-of-avro-vulcan-xh483-at-raf-manston-kent/

 

[wil7985]

Anything Guy Martin does is brilliant imo, he's got another show on Dec14th where he goes to Latvia to trace his grandfathers roots.

[chykensa]

Dec 5, 2015 22:29:54 GMT Bluefish said:

Nov 30, 2015 23:57:56 GMT chykensa said:

Just watched the aforementioned programme - it's SO worth a watch. The dedication and passion that the aircrew, airframe and mechanics have for the Vulcan has to be seen to be believed.
Rolls Royce don't have the necessary skills to be part of the Vulcan programme. In other words, the young mechanics of today are not skilled enough to take over the running and maintenance of the aeroplane that the old hands have, and these aging staff are retiring now.

I hear tell that the team are now considering a full flying restoration of another classic warbird - the De Havilland Mosquito - now that would be just awesome!!

Is that not older? how's that gonna work?

As far as I understand Bluefish, something like a Mosquito is much easier to work on as the BBMF (Battle of Britain Memorial Flight) engineering team and their supporting industries can restore and if required re-manufacture components more easily. A Mosquito is in essence no more complicated than a Spitfire or Hurricane in engineering terms, so is a feasible project for restoration.
It would be wonderful to see one in the air once again!

[Bluefish]

Ok makes sense, sure would be good to see one fly.

[pedaldog]

My RAF passing out parade in 1978 we had a Vulcan doing our "Fly Past" and I can still feel it now!
(the pilot got a bit of a telling off for flying over us at 200 feet!)