"charles" wrote in message
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In article , michael adams
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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?

For each operation flying direct from the UK,

No, from Ascension Island


Yup, that being the black line on the map with the 6,300 km on it.




three 22 yr old Vulcans had to be refuelled 8 times in flight by a fleet
of Victor tankers based on Ascension Island some of which themselves had
to be refuelled in flight. "At almost 6,800 nautical miles (12,600 km)
and 16 hours for the return journey, these were the longest-ranged
bombing raids in history at that time."

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It has been suggested that the Black Buck raids were pressed home by the
Royal Air Force[7] because the British armed forces had been cut in the
late seventies and the RAF may have desired a greater role in the
conflict to prevent further cuts.[8]

[...]

The military effectiveness of Black Buck remains controversial to this
day with some independent sources describing it as minimal,[35] the
damage to the airfield and radars being quickly repaired.[36] The runway
continued to be used by Argentine C-130s until the end of the war and was
also available for Aermacchi MB-339 jets[37] and FMA Pucarás.[38] As a
result of the controversy a number of common misconceptions exist about
the raid.

/quote

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Black_Buck


michael adams

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