Last flight of the vulcan

Seen Vulcans several times over the years. Was lucky enough to catch the last flight doing IIRC two circuits of Teesside Airport from the A66 bypass near Darlo, you could actually hear it clearly from there!

Only thing I've seen/heard that was noisier was Concord.
 
First seen it at Leeming in 1992... set of all the car alarms in the car park

was in Bournemouth in 2015 airshow and it made a surprise visit... I was delighted as I got to show my son.... turned to sadness when i found out the reason for the divert was that a hunter had crashed at Shoreham.

Seen it for the last time on its farewell flypast at teesside airport... it did a few circuits then off it went.

I will never forget the sound of those four RR Olympus Engines... they always had a strange howling to them. Those engines were also used in Concorde and in a lot of warships in the royal navy.
 
A four Vulcan scramble was very impressive. Four Vulcans parked on dispersal pans, the crews arrive in mini buses, first one up the ladder presses the starter button and by the time the fifth man is aboard the engines are spooling up and she's ready to roll! As each Vulcan gets airborn it heads in a slightly different direction to avoid the nuclear blast.
 
Watched it today, did Guy Martin really sign off on the turbine blade inspection, I think not, turbine blades eh.
Great aeroplane though, I'm sure I saw one fly over Brambles farm in the early sixties when I was but a kid.
 
Saw one at an airshow in 2013. Did a few low passes: deafening and the ground shook. Amazing.

Once worked with a bloke brought up on an RAF base when his dad worked there in the 60s, he told me that lots of kids would hide at the end of the runway to feel those mini earthquakes when a group of them took off.
 
On the subject of massive aircraft, imagine how worried you'd be if you saw a B-36 Peacemaker flying above one's head?

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Or the B-52 bomber which unbelievably is still in service today and plans to be for many more decades to come due to a continuous upgrade program.

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Muttley said:
Seen Vulcans several times over the years. Was lucky enough to catch the last flight doing IIRC two circuits of Teesside Airport from the A66 bypass near Darlo, you could actually hear it clearly from there!

Only thing I've seen/heard that was noisier was Concord.
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The VC-10 that flew into Teesside 10 or so years ago was incredibly loud.

I watched the Vulcan fly up to Sunderland Air Museum from Hartlepool Headland.
 
Saw it fly many times as a kid and still remember the crackle of the Olympus engines. Some of my colleagues used to work on them. Considering what I do for work I’m not much of a spotter but the Vulcan is one of my favourite aircraft of all time. There’s one on display at Duxford which you can walk right underneath. Also saw the B52 and B1B fly at Mildenhall, can’t be many other bombers flying now we are in the era of missiles and drones.
 
UKLL1981 said:
Saw it fly many times as a kid and still remember the crackle of the Olympus engines. Some of my colleagues used to work on them. Considering what I do for work I’m not much of a spotter but the Vulcan is one of my favourite aircraft of all time. There’s one on display at Duxford which you can walk right underneath. Also saw the B52 and B1B fly at Mildenhall, can’t be many other bombers flying now we are in the era of missiles and drones.
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My uncle was in the RAF for many years as an engineer, most of his time spent in Lossiemouth before leaving and joining BAE over in Riyadh for a few years.
 
I remember one flying right over our house so low you felt you could touch it - it was fecking big ! It was landing at Leeming airfield


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RandySavage said:
My uncle was in the RAF for many years as an engineer, most of his time spent in Lossiemouth before leaving and joining BAE over in Riyadh for a few years.
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One of my colleagues and friends who retired a couple of years ago worked out in Riyadh as a electrical engineer on the Lightenings. One of the nicest guys you could meet and he taught me so much but by the time he retired he was almost dangerous as he could barely hold a spanner or wield a screwdriver without stabbing himself. Found out after he retired in his 70s that he had about 2 million in the bank and could of retired years ago.
 
There’s a vulcan at Sunderland air museum that you can go inside and under. It’s a nice little place that’s currently undergoing a bit of a refurb. It’s less than 25 minutes away. If you haven’t been, you should.
 
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