V Force dispersal
I have read much in this thread about where could Vulcans disperse to. But no one seems to have given a thought to. How will they disperse in FOG?
I, amongst others carried out the very successful automatic landing trials on the Vulcan at Bedford. These were specifically designed to enable the Vulcan to fly to a designated airfield 'In any prevailing weather condition.'
I must however point out that on a visit to a Greenham Common airshow after I retired I was shown round the cockpit of a 50Sqdn Vulcan and when I remarked to the Flt Lt Pilot that I was pleased to note that his aircraft was equiped for Autolanding...He replied " Ah thats what those bits are for we never knew"
The Vulcan was impressive in the automatic mode As it was doing 90Knt approaches using Auto Throttle