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Originally Posted by chevvron
Re barrel rolling.
At the Farnborough show where it was done, the TP responsible apparently said 'well the Avro 707 did it, and the Vulcan is just a big '707, so why shouldn't it?'
At the Farnborough show where it was done, the TP responsible apparently said 'well the Avro 707 did it, and the Vulcan is just a big '707, so why shouldn't it?'
... and didn't the Boeing 707 prototype do a barrel roll too?
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Just to return to the Falklands theme, I attended a lecture by Maj. Gen. Julian Thompson, senior commander with the RM forces. When asked for questions, and as the only blue suit in a sea of green, I felt beholden to ask about the contribution of the Vulcans. After a brief analysis of the actual damage caused by the Black Buck raids, Thompson waxed lyrical about the psychological impact of the Vulcan raids on the Argentinian troops and was highly complimentary about the use of airpower.
The rather young brown jobs sitting behind me could be heard to mutter "What's a Vulcan?"
The rather young brown jobs sitting behind me could be heard to mutter "What's a Vulcan?"
