As a young boy, I was lucky enough (privileged) to see an RAF Vulcan (I believe 1965) fly at the Laverton airshow in Australia. The impression this airplane made on me has lasted a lifetime. Thanks for posting this.
I was there....shortly after this display, the Vulcan was upstaged by an Avro Lincoln...why?. This aircraft was the test aircraft for the new RR Tyne turboprop. The crowd were put in no doubt as to the Tynes power when the Lincoln swooped in, all four Merlins stopped, flying on the nose-mounted Tyne alone. To a 16-year-old.....super stuff!!
It was around 1979 may have been early 80 I'm not sure but a Vulcan made a low level fly past over the Rolls Royce site in Derby, the reason for which I do not recall. I was driving into the City Centre as the Vulcan approached from behind. It was very low making hardily any noise so I didn't see or hear it coming. I don't know how drivers avoided running into the back of the car in front! As it came over the City Centre there was a sudden roar and black smoke issued from the engines, it seemed to go nearly vertical amid that beautiful sound and in seconds it had gone. Such an impression was made I remember it as yesterday.
In 1979, as you know near retirement, Vulcans took part in the Red Flag exercises in the US. Two years before the Buccaneers had surprised many but the larger Vulcan, essentially not updated aside from ESM and a very basic terrain avoidance radar, seemed a more vulnerable target. However they did well, attacking ‘targets’ with radar marking and umpires, defences including not only aircraft but also radarSAM systems, some Soviet recovered from Mid East conflicts. One serial had a bunch of USAF F-111’s ‘shot down’ but the Vulcans getting through. How? The F-111 was still then a modern aircraft designed to do low level, all weather attacks. Apparently they came into the target area at 1000ft but the Vulcans, at most, likely less, at 200 feet. Of course it proved itself in a real war 3 years later.
I remember hearing a Vulcan coming out the front of my house in 1982. Trees were obscuring the view, so I ran around the back of the house & watched it bank around in front of me. I could see the pilot.
What a superb channel,I've only just found you,glad I did. I have just seen the Victor video,a fascinating glimpse into the particular era of jet powered aircraft,thankyou,thoroughly enjoyable.
Piękna maszyna! W latach gdy panowała na niebie, gdybym ją zobaczył, pozostałoby mi jedynie otworzyć oczy i usta ze zdziwienia i przeżegnać się. To byłaby ostania rzecz, którą w życiu zobaczyłem... W latach najtwardszej zimnej wojny byłem dzieckiem i mieszkałem na terenie Układu Warszawskiego. Pozdrawiam z Polski. Podziwiam wszystkich pilotów bombowców strategicznych z tych lat . Oni wiedzieli, że cele na mapie to nie tylko kropki, ale też i dzieci. Wśród tych kropek byłem wtedy i ja...
I don't believe the B1A appeared until 1959 and is distinguishable by a larger tail cone. All production Vulcans had Olympus engines, and I think this one had the 101 variant, producing only 11,000lbs of thrust (or something like that) as this will be from the very first production batch. You are right about the air intakes, they did get larger but I can't remember the exact sequencing except for the B2A with the most powerful Olympus 301s which had much larger intakes.
As a young boy, I was lucky enough (privileged) to see an RAF Vulcan (I believe 1965) fly at the Laverton airshow in Australia. The impression this airplane made on me has lasted a lifetime. Thanks for posting this.
I was there....shortly after this display, the Vulcan was upstaged by an Avro Lincoln...why?. This aircraft was the test aircraft for the new RR Tyne turboprop. The crowd were put in no doubt as to the Tynes power when the Lincoln swooped in, all four Merlins stopped, flying on the nose-mounted Tyne alone. To a 16-year-old.....super stuff!!
I have footage of the Tyne Lincoln as well! It'll be coming, but each video requires extensive restoration so it'll take time I'm afraid.
@@coldwarjet Well worth waiting for!
Brilliant, wish I was there
It was around 1979 may have been early 80 I'm not sure but a Vulcan made a low level fly past over the Rolls Royce site in Derby, the reason for which I do not recall. I was driving into the City Centre as the Vulcan approached from behind. It was very low making hardily any noise so I didn't see or hear it coming. I don't know how drivers avoided running into the back of the car in front! As it came over the City Centre there was a sudden roar and black smoke issued from the engines, it seemed to go nearly vertical amid that beautiful sound and in seconds it had gone. Such an impression was made I remember it as yesterday.
In 1979, as you know near retirement, Vulcans took part in the Red Flag exercises in the US. Two years before the Buccaneers had surprised many but the larger Vulcan, essentially not updated aside from ESM and a very basic terrain avoidance radar, seemed a more vulnerable target.
However they did well, attacking ‘targets’ with radar marking and umpires, defences including not only aircraft but also radarSAM systems, some Soviet recovered from Mid East conflicts.
One serial had a bunch of USAF F-111’s ‘shot down’ but the Vulcans getting through.
How? The F-111 was still then a modern aircraft designed to do low level, all weather attacks.
Apparently they came into the target area at 1000ft but the Vulcans, at most, likely less, at 200 feet.
Of course it proved itself in a real war 3 years later.
I remember hearing a Vulcan coming out the front of my house in 1982. Trees were obscuring the view, so I ran around the back of the house & watched it bank around in front of me. I could see the pilot.
What a superb channel,I've only just found you,glad I did. I have just seen the Victor video,a fascinating glimpse into the particular era of jet powered aircraft,thankyou,thoroughly enjoyable.
Lovely stuff
Brilliant, thank you again 😄
My pleasure! Lots more to come!
Britain at its zenith.
I was 16 in 82 when the Vulcans came into thier own
Piękna maszyna! W latach gdy panowała na niebie, gdybym ją zobaczył, pozostałoby mi jedynie otworzyć oczy i usta ze zdziwienia i przeżegnać się. To byłaby ostania rzecz, którą w życiu zobaczyłem... W latach najtwardszej zimnej wojny byłem dzieckiem i mieszkałem na terenie Układu Warszawskiego. Pozdrawiam z Polski. Podziwiam wszystkich pilotów bombowców strategicznych z tych lat . Oni wiedzieli, że cele na mapie to nie tylko kropki, ale też i dzieci. Wśród tych kropek byłem wtedy i ja...
XH558 riped up the tarmac at fighter meet, North Weald. Boy I miss feeling my bones rattled.
We were the best in the world 🌎
Britain was but bankrupted itself during WW2 to seal it’s and the rest of the Worlds freedom. If Britain had not done so then?…,
You guys still are!! Cheers from Texas
Didn't Roly used to fly these in his best civvy suit ? 😮
Pinstripe!
So in 1945 the RAF had the Lancaster. Just over a decade later they had the Vulcan. Wow, just wow.
Less than that. Vulcan first flew in 1952!
We used to be a country
11 years after WW2
If I 'm not mistaken, that's a Vulcan B.2, judging by the leading edge wing profile?
Only the prototypes had a straight leading edge. The B2 had a more pronounced crank to the leading edge, and didn't fly until 1958.
It’s a B1.
@@coldwarjet1958 mate 1858 was the prototype 😂
Haha! Avro was way ahead of their time! (corrected!)
Not curvy enough for a B2. Only prototypes straight edged.
That's not a B1 the modified leading edge makes it a B2
B2 didn't fly until 1958. Only the prototypes had a straight leading edge. B1 has a slight crank to the leading edge, B2 was more pronounced.
@@coldwarjetit Is a B1A, the B2 also had larger intakes as well needed for the Olympus engines
I don't believe the B1A appeared until 1959 and is distinguishable by a larger tail cone. All production Vulcans had Olympus engines, and I think this one had the 101 variant, producing only 11,000lbs of thrust (or something like that) as this will be from the very first production batch. You are right about the air intakes, they did get larger but I can't remember the exact sequencing except for the B2A with the most powerful Olympus 301s which had much larger intakes.