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Forum: Military Aviation
7th Feb 2017, 09:00
Replies: 78
Views: 29,007
Posted By Pontius Navigator

A cunning plan

A cunning plan
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Feb 2017, 16:57
Replies: 78
Views: 29,007
Posted By Pontius Navigator

ACW, indeed the Coningsby Wing received brand new...

ACW, indeed the Coningsby Wing received brand new Skybolt aircraft. Scampton had the earlier free fall Mk 2 which were then rebuilt as BS with their bomb door sets put in storage. I forgot the BS...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Feb 2017, 16:43
Replies: 78
Views: 29,007
Posted By Pontius Navigator

ACW, this being a Victor thread . . . As far...

ACW, this being a Victor thread . . .

As far as I know they were only BS. I believe Avro made sets of bomb doors and alternative fuselage skin to replace the BS nose indent.

When the Victor BS...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Feb 2017, 13:33
Replies: 78
Views: 29,007
Posted By Pontius Navigator

Orac, was that the first stick or second?

Orac, was that the first stick or second?
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Jan 2017, 14:05
Replies: 78
Views: 29,007
Posted By Pontius Navigator

Cause and effect. Think also that this is what...

Cause and effect. Think also that this is what the Black Buck Bang might have looked like in the pre-dawn darkness.

Thank you KB, live 21x1000 lb drop at El Adem circa 1966/67 from a slide taken,...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Jan 2017, 07:54
Replies: 78
Views: 29,007
Posted By Pontius Navigator

TTN, indeed, they used to mark the start of the...

TTN, indeed, they used to mark the start of the weekend with the Thursday night landing and the start with a late Monday or early Tuesday departure. Four or five nights in Kyrenia. Of course...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Jan 2017, 20:16
Replies: 78
Views: 29,007
Posted By Pontius Navigator

I recall one Victor departure/arrival at AKT...

I recall one Victor departure/arrival at AKT about 71/72. I think an engine failure after Go. They hit the dump switches and made a tight visual. The fanboy instructed no smoking on the station...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Jan 2017, 08:58
Replies: 78
Views: 29,007
Posted By Pontius Navigator

Cliver, I would guess an appeal would depend...

Cliver, I would guess an appeal would depend wholly on the credibility of the project team.
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Jan 2017, 20:42
Replies: 78
Views: 29,007
Posted By Pontius Navigator

The Oberon, the Mk 2 was limited to Blue Steel...

The Oberon, the Mk 2 was limited to Blue Steel only. Interesting to speculate what would have happened had the Valiant remained as a tanker.

I think the Mk 1 would have disbanded in the same way...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Jan 2017, 08:09
Replies: 78
Views: 29,007
Posted By Pontius Navigator

TW, very probably, as you know Marham used to...

TW, very probably, as you know Marham used to host the SAC Bombing crews and CinCinnati SAC would have visited and either asked for or was given a copy.
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Jan 2017, 20:23
Replies: 78
Views: 29,007
Posted By Pontius Navigator

RF, not sure where you got your figures from but...

RF, not sure where you got your figures from but the Mk 1 were limited to 50,000 ft and the Mk 2 to 56,000 ft. These were set by the ability of the oxygen system. The Mk 2 might get higher but not...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Jan 2017, 08:13
Replies: 78
Views: 29,007
Posted By Pontius Navigator

ozleckie, interesting that the photo was Secret...

ozleckie, interesting that the photo was Secret as I saw it displayed at HQ SAC in 1965 although I guess that was a pretty secret location :)

Kaitakbowler, that's the one, Baz Gowling came down...
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Dec 2016, 11:26
Replies: 78
Views: 29,007
Posted By Pontius Navigator

Another Victor Sapphire snippet, the runway at...

Another Victor Sapphire snippet, the runway at Butterworth was 8,000 feet and the Victor left wheel tracks in the overshoot. In contrast the Vulcan, we used full power (104%) took about 4,500 feet...
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Dec 2016, 10:33
Replies: 78
Views: 29,007
Posted By Pontius Navigator

TTN, if you have a map you might be able to do...

TTN, if you have a map you might be able to do some calcs then.

Gan - Medan (target) - Butterworth.

I think that was the Victor plan. Our's, based on the Observer's Book of Aircraft data...
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Dec 2016, 09:44
Replies: 78
Views: 29,007
Posted By Pontius Navigator

Incidentally, given a copy of the Victor drop...

Incidentally, given a copy of the Victor drop CinC SAC had it displayed at Offutt and then requested a similar photograph from the Vulcan, that too was not without problems as the first drop at...
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Dec 2016, 09:39
Replies: 78
Views: 29,007
Posted By Pontius Navigator

Orion, not quite correct on our dates. We...

Orion, not quite correct on our dates. We actually deployed in early September, held for a week in Aden, and then came on state at Gan for a week before finally relieving the Butterworth Victors at...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Dec 2016, 20:56
Replies: 78
Views: 29,007
Posted By Pontius Navigator

From Morton's linkand my calculations you can see...

From Morton's linkand my calculations you can see that the vertical stack of bombs would have been about 1,800 feet with standard spacing and assuming a low level drop to achieve the aim the aircraft...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Dec 2016, 18:08
Replies: 78
Views: 29,007
Posted By Pontius Navigator

Morton, the PESJ - pilots emergency safe jettison...

Morton, the PESJ - pilots emergency safe jettison - could literally drop the lot on the Vulcan. I imagine the Victor had a similar system.

The release system was the 90-way. This was used to set...
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