The Last Vulcan Flight

[Supersuperleeds]

It turned up early at Bruntingthorpe or I was late so I never got to take a photo, in fact I never even got off the bike.

As I was going through Walton, the village about 1/2 mile away from the airfield, it was banking across the road, got a fantastic view of it as it came over, then it straightened up and headed directly away from me.

Well worth the ride up there. Gilmorton and Bruntingthorpe were heaving with people, Great fun coming back, there must have been hundreds of cars and I got to filter most of them

 

[Mireystock]

We were sat on the Chepstow side of the Severn Bridge. The Vulcan came from behind us, crossed the river and headed onto Staverton, I think.
Brilliant, we all enjoyed it.

 

[Lurpak]

Circled the static display once then flew onwards.

 

[MontyVeda]

I rode to Gravesend to watch this. Awesome sight.
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why is it camouflage on the underside?

 

[HertzvanRental]

Saw it at Herne Bay. Twice here this summer-truly blessed!!

 

[Beebo]

why is it camouflage on the underside?

Because it was reassigned as a low attack bomber, and the original grey underside was visible when the plane banked hard.
When they bomber Port Stanley it was flying at about 300 feet.

 

[alecstilleyedye]

Wandered down to Wilmslow High School with the kids and my dad to watch from the school field as I thought Alderley Edge would be packed. The Vulcan came right over our heads then banked and went off to Woodford, came back about 5 minutes later. No one else there apart from a few kids playing football, couldn't have picked a better place.

we went to woodford (good ride from macc with my 13 year old son), surprised to see so many folk.

whs is where i attended school at my son's age, and used to see all manner of interesting aircraft going in and out of woodford; lots of nimrods, the guppy and c130s galore…

 

[Glenn]

Stanley was bombed from 10000 feet according the documentary
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1l9GyJlmN4
and the BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/1/newsid_2480000/2480155.stm They did fly at low level to avoid radar on the approach.

 

[MisterStan]

Roger that, the Victor looked like some kind of beast unleashed by. the devil. If Operation Black Buck had been able to use Victors instead of Vulcans the Argentinians wouldnt merely have soiled themselves - they've have gone running straight home.

Victors were used on Black Buck, as tankers.

 

[ufkacbln]

Saw it over Cheltenham this afternoon

Brings back memories of watching them as a kid at RAF Wyton

You could literally feel their power

 

[Dave the Smeghead]

Saw her come over Tilbury Fort and banking along the Thames to start the Kent loop.
What a wonderful aircraft.
So pleased I saw her.
Rest in peace XH558. God bless all the men who crewed the Vulcan fleet.

 

[gbb]

why is it camouflage on the underside?

Re-assigned to low level bomber after the Soviets developed anti aircraft missliles capable of reaching the Vulcans altitude.
Night time /day time ?...camoflage the underside, daytime you increase its chances of not getting seen, night time, doesnt matter anyway.

 

[subaqua]

Victors were used on Black Buck, as tankers.

Because the MOD , rightly, converted then to tankers to extend the useful life when it was apparent that a nuclear launch platform of aircraft was redundant.

Vulcan 607 by Roland White is a great book. The refuelling plan is a work of genius , but sadly wasn't as good as could have been as the aircraft were using more fuel than calculated. Very close call for some of them, and pot luck it was 607 that went to drop the first lot ordnance.

 

[gbb]

Because the MOD , rightly, converted then to tankers to extend the useful life when it was apparent that a nuclear launch platform of aircraft was redundant.

Vulcan 607 by Roland White is a great book. The refuelling plan is a work of genius , but sadly wasn't as good as could have been as the aircraft were using more fuel than calculated. Very close call for some of them, and pot luck it was 607 that went to drop the first lot ordnance.

Excellent book, one of the best reads ive had in a long time.

 

[Glenn]

There are stories (I don't know how true) of a Vulcan 'hiding' 2 Buccaneers under it's wings, flying on the hard deck during a Red Flag exercise at Nellis AFB. The Americans 'shot' down the Vulcan only to find the 2 Bucs below had destroyed the target.