Uncle Monty Posted 16 July 2008 Posted 16 July 2008 I've heard that it is now in lincolnshire, which is a bit of a dissapointment because i rather enjoyed wathig it pass my house on it's test flights, did anyone else catch it? hard not to hear it!!!
Thracian Posted 16 July 2008 Posted 16 July 2008 I've heard that it is now in lincolnshire, which is a bit of a dissapointment because i rather enjoyed wathig it pass my house on it's test flights, did anyone else catch it? hard not to hear it!!! Saw it circling Bruntingthorpe when I was playing golf recently Apparently it had developed a fault and needed to cut short it's planned journey. First time I'd seen it and what an awesome sight. So dramatic, so distinctive, and huge. I wished it stayed around longer - to keep the sun out of my eyes.
Ashley Posted 16 July 2008 Posted 16 July 2008 Any pictures?I'm intrigued if its a plane. http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&am...omber&gbv=2
Samilktray Posted 16 July 2008 Posted 16 July 2008 http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&am...omber&gbv=2 Never seen that, wish i had though.
lavrentis Posted 16 July 2008 Posted 16 July 2008 I saw it at Waddington and saw it twice fly past my house. XH558 if I remember correctly.
AoWW Posted 16 July 2008 Posted 16 July 2008 They used to have Vulcans at a base in Lincolnshire (that might have been Waddington ) when I was little. I remember them flying over our house on a fairly regular basis. HUGE great things, with a really distinctive noise.
Alexikokopops Posted 17 July 2008 Posted 17 July 2008 They used to have Vulcans at a base in Lincolnshire (that might have been Waddington ) when I was little. I remember them flying over our house on a fairly regular basis. HUGE great things, with a really distinctive noise. They have a lot of things at Waddington, so it probably was there. It's where all the AWACs are too. I once set the camp on full alert when I was working as a binman. Brilliant.
Bellend Sebastian Posted 17 July 2008 Posted 17 July 2008 They used to have Vulcans at a base in Lincolnshire (that might have been Waddington ) when I was little. I remember them flying over our house on a fairly regular basis. HUGE great things, with a really distinctive noise. Almost certainly was, yeah. My Uncle Roy used to service them (how you service a V-bomber I'm not sure - change the oil? New wiper blades?). I used to go to the airshow there. The Vulcan was always a hands over the ears job - it was a right noisy bugger
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