I never really liked the Victor but that picture makes it look good.

BTW I have had sitting here for ages another disk of videos, not Vulcan
but rather various other UK post WWII aircraft including two my Dad worked
on - the Gannet and the Airco 121 (cannot remember if the number was 121)
later DH121 then HS121 better known as Trident. I even managed to find on
YouTube a clip of another he worked on during the 50s, the Rotadyne,
including shots of a demo it made of moving a bridge where I was standing
close to the film crew.
--
Mike M


Arturo Seis wrote:

I expect they figured (or Figged?) that would be virtually it's last
outing. They were mothballing them - then in '83 the Falklands
happened and that nuclear bomber was recalled and finally got to drop
some ordinance - just the conventional kind - on Port Stanley,
refuelled by several of that other outstanding nuclear bomber which
by then was solely a tanker, of which like the Vulcan until a few
months ago, there are none flying today (but like the Bruntingthorp
Lightning there is at least one doing take off rolls) the Handley
Page Victor: http://www.skomer.u-net.com/thunder/victor.jpg

Amazing story. And thanks again Mike for sending me the vid! Think
I'll watch it again.


Arturo


Heather wrote:
It is a beautiful plane. I remember when it came to Toronto in 1982
with a slightly lecherous member of the military looking for young
chicks, lol. I told him E. was off limits!!

I ran the Cdn. International Air Show that year and E. was my
secretary. What a blast that was!! Art Scholl doing his fabulous
stunt flying.....our gorgeous Snowbirds.....sigh.

Heather

"Mike M" wrote in message
...
What a fantastic series of photos! It's so good that they've got
her flying again.

Mike


Arturo Seis wrote:

Bugger!

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