Circa '74, I was part of an 18 Sqn Wessex SAR demo crew at a small German airstrip down in the Rhineland. Bergneustadt-Auf-Dem-Dumpel was an undulating grass strip sat on the side of a hill. Weather not too good, Reds were only able to do a 'low' display and the 'Falcs' unable to display at all. Enter the mighty Vulcan for his alloted time; due to the gap in the programme that had appeared the Vulcan capt was asked if he could extend his display to cover, he obliged with a couple of fast flybys and then a low/slow approach with everything dangling, a roller was the result followed by the retraction of gear etc and a gate climb to disappear thru' the cloud, to rapturous applause from a very impressed gathering. I believe the capt later had a hat on, no tea one-way chat with C-in-C RAFG.
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