[Leica] [IMG] AIRCRAFT - Last flying Vulcan XH558

[vick.ko at sympatico.ca (Vick Ko)]

Wow, here is an assignment, from Wikipedia on the Vulcan:

Testing the vehicle was crude in those days. For example, recording the 
instrument readings involved filming the control panel and manually 
transcribing the results onto graph paper. As well, testing the brakes 
of the Vulcan included strapping the company photographer Paul Culerne 
to the front landing gear with the aircraft moving at full landing speed 
and photographing the brakes in operation



Vick



Douglas Sharp wrote:
> It could well be, but I think most airfields looked the same in the 
> 60s, I can't recognise anything distinctive in the background.
>
> It flew past at about that height and then more or less stood on its 
> tail, gave full power and disappeared in seconds.
>
> Nobody seemed to care in those days that the onlookers got some of the 
> hot blast from its engines - enough to blow people's hats off.
>
> Cheers
> Douglas