Vulcan interior
And no use of E/O in the Vulcan, for the low level bombing mission
Having flown on a B-52G trip during EX. GIANT VOICE 79 from Barksdale, my conclusion was that our crew co-operation (long before the airlines invented something similar) was worth far more than anything else!
Not like Slim Pickens and the crew in Dr Strangelove then?
Asking the volunteer about toilet facilities for a 20+ hour flight to Oz / Stanley you could see it was not equipped for female flight crew...the hanging points for bags .😄
Am in The Broads in September so hope to pop into Norfolk museum and compare and contrast ..
Am in The Broads in September so hope to pop into Norfolk museum and compare and contrast ..
I was on both Valiants and Victors for c 13 years and I never saw anyone 'puke' but I do recall twice (both of them pilots) having to ...ahem... evacuate their bowels in the ration tin, one in the UK and one from Masirah to Gan.Even with the heat turned off on the visual bomb aimers position - it would freeze eventually- but it was masks on for the rest of the sortie !
I was on both Valiants and Victors for c 13 years and I never saw anyone 'puke' but I do recall twice (both of them pilots) having to ...ahem... evacuate their bowels in the ration tin, one in the UK and one from Masirah to Gan.Even with the heat turned off on the visual bomb aimers position - it would freeze eventually- but it was masks on for the rest of the sortie !
One Nav Radar (no names) would puke everytime doing a 2J attack. This was a low popup to 2,500 ft. He would continue his bombing patter puking into his mask.
Another Plotter was also prone to air sickness but usually managed to hold it.
My skipper also puked on one flight before take-off.
Another Plotter was also prone to air sickness but usually managed to hold it.
My skipper also puked on one flight before take-off.
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