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Subject: [Leica] [IMG] AIRCRAFT - Last flying Vulcan XH558
From: pdzwig at summaventures.com (Peter Dzwig)
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:27:30 +0000
References: <4AFC932E.9030602@summaventures.com> <4AFC9C80.4080601@gmx.de> <FBE2864F-BBA2-4B52-B0CD-079A5DCDB6B7@embarqmail.com> <4AFD1EF2.6080309@summaventures.com> <4AFD266E.7000709@gmx.de> <9958A603-3C33-47D2-97E8-78CAFA216985@embarqmail.com> <4AFD6021.4070905@gmx.de>

When I looked at my shots again I couldn't help but think that they were very
like the shots taken at those airfields in the 50s and 60s.

Peter

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
> 
> Ric Carter wrote:
>> looking at this photo made me wonder if it was the very flyover doug saw
>>
>> ri
>>
>> On Nov 13, 2009, at 4:27 AM, Douglas Sharp wrote:
>>
>>> Yes,
>>>
>>> The link from Ric meant I was an hour or so later in bed :-) A truly
>>> elegant aircraft, and enormous when you get close to it.
>>>
>>> Thank Ric (and Peter for getting the ball rolling).
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> Douglas
>>>
>>> Peter Dzwig wrote:
>>>> I thoroughly recommend this lot to anyone interested. There are a
>>>> lot of early
>>>> shots. Many are of XH558 since and during its restoration. Some of
>>>> them give a
>>>> feeling for the sheer scale of the aircraft.
>>>>
>>>> Peter
>>>>
>>>> Ric Carter wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> <http://www.flightglobal.com/airspace/photos/vulcan/avro-vulcan-2328.aspx>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
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Dr Peter Dzwig                          




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