The Vulcan Flies

[silver-eagle]

No. No one tossed Spock, Tuvoc, or B'Elanna out an airlock. This is the Cold War British bomber VULCAN. There's some nice multimedia on the site.

 

[ScottM]

I used to see those fly when I lived in England. I have a bunch of photos of them too. Cool airplane!

 

[Dan Thomas]

No. No one tossed Spock, Tuvoc, or B'Elanna out an airlock. This is the Cold War British bomber VULCAN. There's some nice multimedia on the site.

Britain used to send the Vulcan here to Canada for airshows when I was a kid. The last time it was here was in the early '80s, I think. It consumed an enormous amount of fuel. On the ramp, 2000 people stood in the shade under its wings. No smoking, please. The bomb bay could hold a mobile home. Awesome machine.


Dan
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[Ghery]

Back when SAC used to hold bombing competitions and our NATO (at least UK) allies participated I recall a Vulcan flying over our house in eastern Washington. Quite a bird.

 

[msupples1]

I always thought that was the most badass looking plane ever. Awesome to see it fly.

 

[nddons]

I lived 1 mile west of the Glenview (IL) NAS in 1978, when a Vulcan bomber crashed immediately north of the base in a landfill. That crew saved a lot of lives by doing so.