"charles" wrote in message
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In article , ARW
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"David P" wrote in message
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On Sun, 08 Jun 2014 19:08:21 +0100, ARW wrote:

Today I was working at Finningley the home of this

http://www.vulcantothesky.org/ Awesome - but totally OT.

many years ago I worked in Pontefract and the Vulcan's used to come in
low over the town using the bus staion as a marker. Then they puled
the stick back and pushed the throttle hard forward for a near vertical
climb.

I still get the shivers down my spine just thinking about them -
fabulous planes.

Wasn't their last active flying to the Falklands or have I
misremembered that?

It was one of their missions - and they totally failed in that one other
than for moral purposes:-(

not quite true. Read the wiki page on "Operation Black Buck"


wiki is as reliable as harry

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Adam