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Old 11th Oct 2015, 21:17
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The displays back when the aeroplane was still in RAF service were the best. No need to worry about engine or airframe life as VTTS have had to; the Vulcan, free of such limits, and exuberantly flown, was just something else!

And of course rules about displaying aeroplanes were less onerous back than as well.

We live a few miles south of Woodford, the birthplace of all Vulcans, so these iconic aeroplanes have been part of my life for as long as I can remember. It will be a sad day when 558 flies for the last time.

BTW, considering the public interest in these last flights, TV news seems to have given it scant coverage. Bluddy arti farty media types probably strive to deliberately ignore a cold war icon, and probably eschew what is today simply a lovely flying machine as well.
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