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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

21st Jan 2007, 11:45

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Did You Fly The Vulcan?? (Merged)

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Posted By John Farley

For lovers of the real thing

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/johnfarley/XA890800x600.jpg

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

16th Nov 2006, 07:28

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Did You Fly The Vulcan?? (Merged)

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Posted By John Farley

When considering aircraft accidents from the...

When considering aircraft accidents from the point of view of learing about flying it is useful to try and establish whether the accident is totally type related (the wing bolt was not strong enough)...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

25th Feb 2006, 13:36

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Did You Fly The Vulcan?? (Merged)

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Posted By John Farley

My pleasure. The publisher was Air-Britain

My pleasure. The publisher was Air-Britain

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

25th Feb 2006, 11:38

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Did You Fly The Vulcan?? (Merged)

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Posted By John Farley

Vulcan B.2 XH557 16 September 1960

UK Flight Testing Accidents 1940-71
Derek Collier Webb
ISBN 0 85130 311 1

Gives the following account of this accident:

Delivery flight to Filton from Boscombe Down for engine handling...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

4th May 2004, 13:36

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Did You Fly The Vulcan?? (Merged)

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Posted By John Farley

MightyGem Thanks for the reminder. If only...

MightyGem

Thanks for the reminder. If only all aviation related progs were of the quality of this one. As TV documentaries go it is top of my list.

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

23rd Feb 2004, 18:48

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Did You Fly The Vulcan?? (Merged)

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Posted By John Farley

Milt The listing of UK Military Flight Test...

Milt

The listing of UK Military Flight Test Accidents 1940-1971 (produced by the former MOD PE flight safety officer Derek Collier Webb) ISBN 0 85130 311 1 has the following account about the...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

23rd Feb 2004, 02:52

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Did You Fly The Vulcan?? (Merged)

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Posted By John Farley

Padhist Fascinating stuff. 90 kts on the...

Padhist

Fascinating stuff. 90 kts on the approach!

My understanding of the reason for the RAF 125kt min IAS for the Vulcan – even at light weight – was poor lateral control in gusts? Can you...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

31st Dec 2003, 22:18

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Did You Fly The Vulcan?? (Merged)

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Posted By John Farley

BEags You remarked that unlike some, you...

BEags

You remarked that unlike some, you still won't talk about:

1. The weapon
2. The target
3. The procedures

I am genuinely interested in why, although if you don't want to say then a...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

30th Dec 2003, 23:33

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Did You Fly The Vulcan?? (Merged)

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Posted By John Farley

Pontius Thanks for that. I don't know how to...

Pontius

Thanks for that. I don't know how to post a link, but if you check out Op Jiu Jitsu at the address below you will read about related exploits a few years earlier by a guy I was proud to...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

30th Dec 2003, 17:46

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Did You Fly The Vulcan?? (Merged)

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Posted By John Farley

BEags You really started something important...

BEags

You really started something important here. One day -which is coming at a lick - there will be the same number of Cold War guys left as there are today from the BofB. We need to get...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

25th Dec 2003, 00:04

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Did You Fly The Vulcan?? (Merged)

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Posted By John Farley

This and the Bucc thread is surely what the...

This and the Bucc thread is surely what the Military Forum is about.

As BEages said Flat man's stuff gave a real feel for the times – I was certainly in the cockpit with him as he taxied onto the...

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