A very good military read

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Vulcan 607

A brilliant book!

Last year I was allowed into the cockpit of XL360 at Coventry - I certainly wouldn't have fancied flying from Ascension to Port Stanley and back. Those men in the Vulcans and the Victors have my utmost respect.

In September last I had an excellent morning at Bawtry Hall when it was open for the Heritage Days. I really only went for the visit to the 1 Group part and we were treated to a smashing talk by Stewart Cresswell, a former Vulcan jock (617, etc) and who did 2 tours at Bawtry Hall as W/Cdr Ops and as a Gp Capt.

It was fascinating, especially when he described the fun they had in 1982 trying to find some IFR probes for the Black Buck flights. It seems the whole thing was planned at Bawtry, including how the Victors would refuel each other. He even mentioned the Canberra and asked if there were any former Canberra aircrew in the audience; sadly there were none.

Interestingly a lady said she'd seen the Vulcan in a museum but couldn't remember where. Hmm.

Thread drift? I hope not.