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Subject: [Leica] [IMG] AIRCRAFT - Last flying Vulcan XH558
From: simon.apekop at gmail.com (simon jessurun)
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:07:38 +0100
References: <4AFC932E.9030602@summaventures.com>

Sure am.
Thank you for posting them,
best,
Simon

On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 11:58 PM, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig op 
summaventures.com>wrote:

> Some shots of the last flying Vulcan taken at Goodwood this year. Thought
> some
> of you might be interested :-)
>
> <
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/album83/Aircraft/29570025_Vulcanedited-1.tif.html
> >
>
> <
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/album83/Aircraft/29570026_Vulcanedited-1.tif.html
> >
>
> <
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/album83/Aircraft/29570027_Vulcanedited-1.tif.html
> >
>
> <
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/album83/Aircraft/29570020_editedVulcan.tif.html
> >
>
> The Avro Vulcan was one of the mainstays of the British V-Bomber nuclear
> strike
> force in the 1960s. They were operational with the RAF from 1953 to 1984.
> The
> trio of Avro Vulcan, Handley Page Victor and Vickers Valiant were designed
> to
> carry nuclear bombs far into the heart of the old Soviet Union.
>
> The Vulcan last saw action carrying conventional weapons in the Falklands
> War
> when a force of them flew non-stop from Ascension to the Falklands (and
> back!)
> refuelling from Victor tankers with which they rendez-vous'd over the South
> Atlantic. The mission was to deny the Argentinians the use of the Falklands
> airstrip at Stamley.
>
> The Vulcan was also used as a flying testbed for the RR Olympus engines
> that
> were used to power Concorde.
>
> see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Vulcan#Flying
>
> Your comments and constructive criticisms are as always welcome,
>
> Thanks for taking the time to look.
>
> Peter Dzwig
>
>
>
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