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Wobbley Orange
20th Apr 2020, 13:59
Whilst ambling through YouTube I came across a clip "Vulcan Bomb Loading Procedure" from the Vulcan to the sky trust, as the suggests it shows Avro 7 Store Carriers being loaded into the bomb bay, and it's all as expected. I was trained on these by Gordon Mottram (Old Plumbers memory test here!) and he had a pretty comprehensive knowledge of the 7 Store Carrier and the 90 Way Bombing System. There was never any mention of anything other thatn the 7 Store Avro Carrier - I'm discounting "Specials" and anything used by the Valliant. However, the clip at 1:17 shows a 10 Store Carrier being hoisted! Sorry but the system will not let me post the clip's URL

My question is this, Was this a real option, was it a BAe ploy to worry the opposition or was it a Friday afternoon and the Armourers were bored and someone said "I wonder if...."?

Can anyone throw some light on this?

superplum
21st Apr 2020, 09:54
Whilst ambling through YouTube I came across a clip "Vulcan Bomb Loading Procedure" from the Vulcan to the sky trust, as the suggests it shows Avro 7 Store Carriers being loaded into the bomb bay, and it's all as expected. I was trained on these by Gordon Mottram (Old Plumbers memory test here!) and he had a pretty comprehensive knowledge of the 7 Store Carrier and the 90 Way Bombing System. There was never any mention of anything other thatn the 7 Store Avro Carrier - I'm discounting "Specials" and anything used by the Valliant. However, the clip at 1:17 shows a 10 Store Carrier being hoisted! Sorry but the system will not let me post the clip's URL

My question is this, Was this a real option, was it a BAe ploy to worry the opposition or was it a Friday afternoon and the Armourers were bored and someone said "I wonder if...."?

Can anyone throw some light on this?

T'was a development option but was never taken up - 21 were enough!
:cool:

Wobbley Orange
21st Apr 2020, 16:08
T'was a development option but was never taken up - 21 were enough!
:cool:
Thanks Superplum. Other than using bodge tape and optimism, any ideas how the bottom row of bombs were held on? As I'm a reading Armourer and not a counting Armourer, I can not quite work out where the release units would be or the layout of the carrier. Does anyone have any drawings or pictures?

India Four Two
21st Apr 2020, 17:16
I was intrigued and so had to find the video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOmPJOT-wUg

Slow Biker
21st Apr 2020, 19:44
"24".........."28". Take it down a bit and try again! Was it that many? A Vulcan plumber will get my drift.