Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 08:42:17 GMT From: "Al" <alistairdorenospamo.com> Subject: Re: Maintain Your Identity - Saab
"WitchDr" <Witch**DRnospamnobulkemail.net.ru> wrote in message news:usmdnfUL-uTDRCDfRVn-hQnospamphia.com... > > "Pooh Bear" <rabbitsfriendsandrelationsnospamail.com> wrote in message > news:42BD64B0.B554F9FEnospamail.com... >> Al wrote: >> Not to mention a Vulcan too. See same web site. >> >> "At its operational height the Vulcan can outfly and outmanoeuvre any >> fighter >> in squadron service today." >> - Air Ministry Press Release (1958). >> >> For the benefit of US citizens unfamilar with the Vulcan, the Vulcan was >> a >> bomber ! > > The Vulcan was awesome;) I used to see that thing at the Dayton Airshow in > Ohio. If any airplane can rattle fillings out of teeth, the Vulcan is it. > The last time I saw a Vulcan was ~1982 and shortly after the same bomber > crashed at an airshow in Chicago:( I still remember hearing about the > Black Buck raids during the Falklands! > > But the last great fighter was the F-8 Crusader..."When you're out of > F-8's...you're out of Fighters" and "Last of the Gunfighters" > There is a group in the UK raising money to put a Vulcan back into flight. http://www.vulcan558club.com/ Another UK preservation society have recently done a fast taxi run:- http://www.xm655.com/ I understand from my brother-in-law who witnessed it that it was indeed worthy of the term 'Awesome' which tends to be a little over used these days IMHO. Al
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