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Old 12th Sep 2000, 22:46
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Conky Joe
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Congratulations to the Museum of Flight on their impressive fundraising. Have had many a visit and watched it grow over the years. I know all these places are run by enthusiasts extraordinaire but the bods here seem to go that one bit farther. It has a great collection, including one of the 21 remaining Vulcan bombers (XM597) about which there is a good story - one of five converted to go the Falklands in 1982, one mission ended in an interesting stay in Rio until four days before the end of the war. A refuelling mishap (probe snapped off) left the aircraft without enough fuel to return to base on Ascension Island and resulted in the issuing of a Mayday signal, clearance to land in Rio was given by the Brazilian authorities. It was impounded until 10th June and I think went back into service afterwards until the Argentine surrender 4 days later, making it one of the last to see active service.