On 08/06/2014 19:08, ARW wrote:
Today I was working at Finningley the home of this

http://www.vulcantothesky.org/

Just after 3pm it it went into the sky.

The first thing you notice is the noise. It makes more noise just
taxiing down the runway than a commercial jet makes on lift off!

It then flew towards the house (the floor vibrated) and blew the fumes
from it's exhaust into the house as it made it's turn. It smelt like a
an old petrol engine with a manual choke that was too far out.

Awesome - but totally OT.


I watched on doing a bombing run at a range off the coast of the Isle of
Man. First up was an American jet, which came in fast and low and missed
the target barge by hundreds of yards. Next was a Vulcan, just visible
as a spot in the sky. When it went vertical, the range master said the
bomb had been released. A while later, the splash wetted the target barge.

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Colin Bignell