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Old 16th October 2000 | 00:00
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Are the RAF still using Victors as tankers?

The Valiants had to be retired early I think due to airframe problems so I doubt if it is at all possible to get one of those in the air again. Of the three V-bombers the Vulcan was by far the most impressive. The purest roar from those engines was wonderful. Worth downloading this 385k wav file: http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/mongsoft/sound.htm but it can never really compensate for the real thing.

As for the TSR-2: another aircraft way ahead of its time and a great British technological triumph scuppered by politicians. http://warbird.totavia.com/tsr2.html