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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

10th Jun 2012, 00:07

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Did You Fly The Vulcan?? (Merged)

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Posted By SpringHeeledJack

I believe that that might well have been the case...

I believe that that might well have been the case on reflection. The chap recounting the tale seemed to indicate that because of the ordnance being carried the only choice(s) were RAF bases within...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

9th Jun 2012, 17:58

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Did You Fly The Vulcan?? (Merged)

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Posted By SpringHeeledJack

Thanks for the informative thread steer YS, as...

Thanks for the informative thread steer YS, as always so much to read and take in and learn :) The chap with whom I spoke to related that his grandfather was very stressed with the whole nursing the...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

9th Jun 2012, 16:06

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Did You Fly The Vulcan?? (Merged)

Views: 1,199,392

Posted By SpringHeeledJack

Would that mean, in general terms that nuclear...

Would that mean, in general terms that nuclear weapons were never flown by the RAF ? Surely in times of heightened tension such as the Cuban Missile Crisis, the QRA aircraft would've been pre-loaded...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

9th Jun 2012, 13:53

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Did You Fly The Vulcan?? (Merged)

Views: 1,199,392

Posted By SpringHeeledJack

I got talking to a chap yesterday and somehow the...

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...

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