Did You Fly The Vulcan?? (Merged)

[joemcg]

I see there's already another thread on this programme at:

http://www.pprune.org/military-aircr...ring-raid.html

[Tankertrashnav]

Cuban Missile Crisis 1962

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis. The BBC regional programme 'Inside Out' are making a film to mark the anniversary, and with a view to talking to anyone who was involved at the time, Lucy Smickersgill of BBC Leeds will be attending the V-Force Reunion at Newark Aircraft Museum on April 28th. She would particularly like to talk to those who were on QRA at the time, as well as ground crews. If this is you and you are going to be at the reunion, send me a message via my link on the website, and I will forward your name to her if you would like to get involved.

[Midland 331]

An interesting clip of the last days of Scampton's Vulcans..

MACE The Media Archive for Central England | Media clip617: The Last Days of a Vulcan Squadron

[Barksdale Boy]

Alex Cassie/FJJP

Was anyone else struck by the extraordinary similarity between Alex Cassie ("Great Escape" forger, portrayed in the film by Donald Pleasence - and whose photograph appears in a recent Telegraph online obituary) and distinguished PPruner FJJP, aka Sid (acting O/C 617 Sqn for about half an hour sometime in 1981)?

[Tankertrashnav]

Just to let you all know that the last update to the V-Force Reunion website has just gone online. Just one or two final details, one of which is to let you know we still have tickets left for the evening buffet, so act now if you'd like to come to what should be a very good evening.

The homepage features a very nice picture of a 29 Squadron Lightning and a 57 Squadron Victor K1a over the Alps taken by our very own Lightning Mate - thanks for that LM.

[Tankertrashnav]

Further to the post about the BBC team talking to guys involved in the Cuban Missile crisis, Lucy James from BBC4 is involved in making a programme called The Golden Age of Flying 1945-65 and is also coming along to Newark and is hoping to speak to anyone who ever flew 558, which is scheduled to make an appearance during the day, and 594 which is the static Vulcan exhibit at the museum. In addition she'd also like to speak to crew chiefs, and indeed anyone who worked on either of these aircraft when they were in service.

I'm not sure about the practice of giving contact details on here, but she has supplied them to me to pass on to anyone who can help, so if you would like to speak to her at Newark on the day could you please give her a call in advance on 0121 567 7135.

[Lightning Mate]

Here's wishing you all a high fuel transfer rate.......



edit: ttn please check PM.

[Tankertrashnav]

Cheers LM - great picture on the PM

[BEagle]

A couple of queries:

What time does it start on Saturday?

How much is the entrance fee - and does that include parking?

[Tankertrashnav]

Starts at 1000 and goes on till about 5. Expected visits from BBMF Dakota and Vulcan 558 some time after 1400 - but no hard and fast time as yet. Entrance fee to the museum is £5.50 (includes parking) and you'll need £1.50 (right money please) for your reunion name badge, or else no-one will know who you are!

All the gen you'll need is on the V-Force Reunion webite.

Looking forward to seeing you there.

[BEagle]

Thanks for the gen; I must be getting dimwitted, because I couldn't find any reference to the start time on your website, so thanks for the information.

Incidentally, I sent off an Enquiry Form, but didn't receive any reply or confirmation of receipt.

YoWindow is predicting a wet morning, but a dry afternoon. Let's hope that second part proves correct!

558 flew twice yesterday, so hopefully we'll see an appearance on Saturday!

[Vulcan_baby]

Hi all,
Been a while since I jumped on and posted. If anyone catches this before they leave for the reunion I thought I would say that my father, Adrian 'Taff' Traylor is over from France for it and myself and my son will be accompanying him to the reunion. We'll probably be there from around 11am if there is anyone who happened to want to catch up.

Looking forward to seeing any of you there (in a not knowing what anyone looks like kind of way). Let's hope the weather holds off.

[MAN777]

Falklands Vulcan raid

Great BBC short news item, includes some great stills of vintage RAF jets crowding Ascension


BBC News - Vulcan Falklands bombing raid remembered

[BEagle]

Excellent afternoon yesterday at the Newark Air Museum, Tankerstrashnav! Thanks for arranging such an enjoyable day - the bonus of the vile weather easing off for just long enough for 558 to fly past a few times was the icing on the cake!

NAM Newark Air Museum Aircraft List is an excellent museum with many rare exhibits ( I seem to have flown, or flown in, variants of about 14 of the types they have there...). They also have a complete ex-Coningsby F4 simulator; would love to have a play in that!

The new A46 from Newark to Leicester made the journey a breeze - sad that it runs over the old Officers' Mess at Syerston though. Way back when I was first in the RAF, the drive from Cranwell to the Fosse Way south west of Leicester was a nightmare of single track roads and the infamous Leicester 'ring road' - nowadays its dual carriageway all the way to the A5!

I hope the evening went well and that there aren't too many headaches today!

Looking forward to the next one - thanks again!

[ZH875]

Last time I was surveying in that area, the old Officers Mess building was falling apart, but was not under the new road, the back road from Flintham was diverted behind the mess.

The road by the airfield was moved nearer the airfield and widened, thus the mess building was to the right of the road as you drive from Nottingham and not under it

[Tankertrashnav]

Did you go the reunion?

Can I make a request for all who attended the V-Force Reunion and who took photographs to submit some of them to the website for inclusion in a reunion gallery. The website manager's email address is at the foot of the gallery page. Obviously a lot of you will have taken shots of the Vulcan flypast, but we are just as interested in pictures of people at the event, either at the museum or at the evening do at Newark Golf Club. If you have any of individuals or groups we'd like those, but if at all possible could you identify people by name, as it makes the pictures that much more interesting. Thanks a lot.

[Vick Van Guard]

New Air to Air Footage of XH558.

An all too brief air to air video of 558 can be found here:

| PlanesTV

Well worth a look.

[SteveMRobson]

Did You Fly The Vulcan??

Bournemouth Aviation Museum is holding a 'Vulcan Day' on 14th July where we hope we can assemble some Vulcan and Victor aircrew. Why Victor - because I want to create a 'Black Buck' cabin which would not be complete without a Victor presence. The museum has an HDU and a pod, as well as its Vulcan nose. See Bournemouth Aviation Museum - A hands-on aviation experience
The cockpit is not usually open but we hope to open it to those who are agile enough and to hopefully have a Vulcan man present - agility permitting.

[ACW418]

Steve,

Check your PM's.

ACW

[SpringHeeledJack]

I got talking to a chap yesterday and somehow the conversation ended up about his grandfather who was aircrew on Vulcans/Victors during the cold war years. So....The aircraft had been on QRA/standby with live atomic weapons onboard, when at nearly the end of the duty time a Mickey Finn was called and they departed eastwards. Somewhere over the North Sea a single engine had a problem/compressor stall and thence started a tense period of where to land (RAF Germany) was mentioned, though not where (rejected) and the aircraft finally recovered on 3 engines back to the UK direct. I would put the time frame as more 1960's to 1970's than later. Anyone remember such an incident ?


SHJ