Originally Posted by
bri21
As a teenager at RAF Finningley in the late 1950s (I think) Battle of Britain Days. Four Olympus when two Vulcans took off in quick succession and on lifting from the runway went up almost vertically. The roar and esp the vibration shook the ground for miles around, and so violently that grandads teeth fell out.
When the Vulcan's displayed in the Seventies, the commentator always said something like "flying today well within capabilities to protect the engines and airframe". Went on family holiday to Angelsey so was on the beach near Valley when one overshot and departed in the way described above - quite a difference!
