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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

10th Sep 2008, 21:45

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Did You Fly The Vulcan?? (Merged)

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Posted By Lyneham Lad

The blog author is obviously a very prescient...

The blog author is obviously a very prescient chap. One of the illustrations at the top of said page shows Sarah Palin packing a pistol :eek:

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

14th Dec 2007, 15:33

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Did You Fly The Vulcan?? (Merged)

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Posted By Lyneham Lad

Agghh, bottomless-pit syndrome strikes again.......

Got a shilling to spare, Guv?
Vulcan XH558 needs £100,000 to complete flight-test programme...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

30th Jan 2006, 10:53

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Did You Fly The Vulcan?? (Merged)

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Posted By Lyneham Lad

In '65 we took 4 a/c from Scampton to Finningley...

In '65 we took 4 a/c from Scampton to Finningley for B of B Day. Three had 201 engines, one had 301's. They were positioned on the ORP and a practice run was carried out (on the Friday IIRC). Crews...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

20th May 2005, 19:46

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Did You Fly The Vulcan?? (Merged)

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Posted By Lyneham Lad

Scampton, Blue Steel & HTP

The references to Blue Steel bring to mind the scariness of dealing with fueled-up missiles - hydrogen-test peroxide (HTP) was very nasty indeed. Safety precautions on the pan consisted of an old...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

25th Jan 2005, 20:51

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Did You Fly The Vulcan?? (Merged)

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Posted By Lyneham Lad

Scampton '64 to '66 (what fun!)

I have only just come upon this thread - my God, 36+ pages of Vulcan memorobilia! I left St Athan in the middle of 1964 as a brand new LAC A Mech A (48th Entry) and was posted to Scampton, into the...

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