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Default OT The Vulcan Bomber

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F news@nowhere wrote:

Not sure if it still does, but a Tornado used to show at the British
Grand Prix at Silverstone. The near supersonic level flight in towards
the track, then the almost instantaneous transition to vertical,
followed by it climbing at an amazing rate to almost out-of-sight was
awe inspiring and deafening. It was so loud that car alarms across the
car parks went off in unison!


It's a eurofighter these days - but yep, same thing. Display then final
run ending with a straight up until it's vanished.

Everyone left with ringing ears and surrounded by car alarms :-)

With the F1 cars this year it's probably the most impressive noise - they
just sound wrong now :-(

Darren