Originally Posted by
chevvron
Wasn't there a recent claim that a Vulcan DID touch the ground too?(and left a mark in the surface)
At the opening of Wellington (NZ) Airport on 25 October 1959? Sure did:
As {Paul Davidson} watched in gale-force northerlies beside the runway, he saw a giant delta-wing Vulcan bomber almost crash in front of him. The bomber touched down short of the runway, rupturing part of its landing gear, wing attachments and engine fuel lines and narrowly avoiding clipping a wing tip that would have sent it cartwheeling towards the crowd. ... The pilot managed to abort the landing and fly the damaged plane to Ohakea where it made an emergency landing.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/116...ed-60-years-on