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Loved that vintage Arrows vid - great find! The last flying Vulcan is actually based at the airport I live next door to, It's awesome to see when it leaves for displays elsewhere and the like. Last Saturday on it's return the pilot held the nose-wheel up almost the whole length of the runway on landing, a real spectacle. I later found out the guy actually flew in the Black Buck raids of the Falklands conflict and received a DFC. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Black_Buck
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ming-the-mazdaless posted:No-one can mention low flying without a repost of the French Air Force in Chad. My personal favourite: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nZh6D95X14 Although not very 'cold war' I like this 757 one too if just to imagine the jet you go on holiday on climbing out like this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19KMLpc5Uu8
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Jun 4, 2011 09:17
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A Vulcan lives behind my house. You'll never hear me complain about the noise!
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Jul 4, 2011 08:05
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Sjurygg posted:Are we talking an actual Avro Vulcan? Because V bombers are the bees knees. Yes, an honest to God V-Bomber. It's spine tingling when I'm sat having a beer in the garden and they head off to a display somewhere.
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Jul 4, 2011 19:35
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:As a military brat I always lived right by bases. At any time during the 80s I would've been deader than dead in a nuclear exchange unless we were visiting my grandparents in Grass Valley. Oh, wait, they lived pretty close to Beale. Me too but in the UK. Grew up (and still live) right next to RAF Finningley in Yorkshire. It's now a commercial airport but as a kid (and having watched Threads) we all knew we probably wouldn't even hear the bang when the Russkies pushed the button. Didn't help when I watched a documentary in the 80s about an exercise and the guys had a map of the UK on the wall and were saying something like 'let's assume 15-20 warheads targeted at Finningley'. On the plus side (I think), it turned me into the aviation/military nerd I am today!
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I visited Newark Air Museum in Lincolnshire the other day, there are a few examples of Cold War aviation there so I thought I'd share some photos. I only have a bridge camera and I am a poo poo photographer so apologies in advance! As you can see the museum is more of the 'aircraft roped off in a field' variety, not the 'immaculately restored jets hanging from the roof of a purpose built facility' type! F-100 Super Sabre:  They even have Migs!!   My personal boyhood favourite:  Another boyhood fave, the Buccaneer:  And finally, the epitomy of UK Cold War power, complete with Stand-Off Nuclear Weapon  
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Aug 14, 2011 11:38
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That's just about the most metal thing I have ever seen.
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Aug 21, 2011 09:44
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movax posted:Indeed. I've been meaning to put up a thread mocking Clancy for a few months now in GiP; I've got the OP like half-written. I had recently re-read all the Clancy books for the first-time since I was younger, and holy poo poo do they read differently when you're 21 instead of 12. Do it. I've also had the epiphany of re-reading these 'books'!
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Nov 5, 2011 19:25
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Boomerjinks posted:AIRPOWER/Cold War Thread: Falkin' the Vulcans! She was outside for the first time this year the other day too:  Won't be long until display season  Edit: just found out she will be flying tomorrow if weather permits! monkeytennis fucked around with this message at 23:19 on Apr 25, 2012 |
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You can follow the Vulcan on twitter: https://twitter.com/!/XH558 They're trying to test but it's pissing down with rain/hail here at the moment. One of the reasons I get so interested is I live right next to the runway directly opposite the hangar they keep the Vulcan in.
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Apr 26, 2012 16:50
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Jesus loving Christ I guess the best thing you can say is at least it was over quickly for the crew. That is some intense poo poo.
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Jun 9, 2012 17:12
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Yep, I was 12, lived 30 miles from Sheffield, the city it was set in, and less than a mile from RAF Finningley, which was mentioned as one of the targets in the film. My dad had just retired from the RAF - he'd been stationed at Finningley. Most kids my age were already paranoid about imminent nuclear destruction at the hands of the USSR, the film didn't help!
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mikerock posted:Pffft Wow that video is awesome! I would seriously consider giving up a testicle for a ride in that!
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Jun 29, 2013 13:12
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Awesome nose art. I wonder why some of the bombs are painted black and others red though?
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Aug 4, 2013 19:46
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DesperateDan posted:
Good stuff, keep going!
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Aug 8, 2013 09:39
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I'd give my right ball to see a 747 making GBS threads nuclear tipped cruise missiles out the tail.
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Thief posted:Someone posted their grandfather's pilot log book from WWII. Looks like he flew the Corsair a bunch, so pretty cool. That's pretty badass actually, a great find.
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fuf posted:Is it true you can't be a pilot if you have that thing where looking into bright light makes you sneeze? Doesn't everybody have that??
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Jan 12, 2014 19:11
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Terrifying Effigies posted:So Aviation Week thinks they saw a thing over Texas... It can't be that top secret if they're flying it around during the day over the general population surely?
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Mar 28, 2014 07:32
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It is incredible flying but what bothers me is that if I have to punch out, you're going through the wing of the plane next to you. Ouch.
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Apr 26, 2014 19:56
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Pucara. Also, I think it made it very clear that if we could hit the FI we would also be able to have a go at BA.
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May 11, 2014 13:29
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Smiling Jack posted:I'm still amazed the UK won that war. Can you imagine what would happen if they tried it again? We'd be hosed.
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May 12, 2014 07:16
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Should just call it HMS Bastard. That's a great name for a warship
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Jul 4, 2014 19:43
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LingcodKilla posted:On those old me109s.... Why would you build an antique design with updated engines after the war? Did they just get the machinery really cheap and decide good enough? Werent they built for the BoB film or something?
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Oct 25, 2014 20:41
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Karl Rove posted:the Electric Lightning looks like a MiG-21 that got fat after retirement Do you want to take it outside pal?
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Dec 4, 2014 22:07
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Sperglord Actual posted:Have we mentioned the SA80 yet? Lol. Also, the Nimrod MR4? I mean, why would we need a MPA, we are only an island after all?!
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Dec 30, 2014 22:46
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B4Ctom1 posted:sky porn My god that's sexy.
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Jan 31, 2015 10:54
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Wow that's grim reading  To change the subject, I know it's the Daily Fail but there are some superb pics here: In Cold War pictures, how the RAF has always been ready to face Russia http://dailym.ai/1z31iZh via @MailOnline
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thatbastardken posted:I was at Duxford IWM the other week with my Dad and they had this Victor under restoration: Amazing looking machines. Not enough about these days. Where was he based? You must have been an RAF sprog like me.
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mkdnn02 posted:That's my childhood right there. 202 Squadron Sea King, they were maintained at Finningley when I lived there as a boy. Got to look around the hangar a few times when I went on base with my dad. Now it's an airport and mostly Airbus/Boeing traffic.
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Mar 14, 2015 10:44
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LingcodKilla posted:Don't fire alarms have some radioactive material in them too? Smoke alarms do.
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Mar 28, 2015 15:11
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Party Plane Jones posted:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10.5_cm_leFH_18 How can they still get rounds for it? Tell me they're not using WWII surplus.
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A Handed Missus posted:The Vulcan XH558 AKA the coolest V Bomber will be taking its last flight this summer, 55 years after its first flight. She's been flying today, beautiful to watch while I was mowing the lawn earlier.
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May 21, 2015 23:52
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BIG HEADLINE posted:"We're going to base B-1s in Australia." Lol look up RAAF Learmonth on gmaps. It's absolutely in the arse end of nowhere. Unless you like sunbathing it's got to be one of the worst postings ever.
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The last flying Vulcan has been out and about this weekend. Here's a pic someone just posted on Facebook: And here she is flying over my back yard this afternoon. God I love living here. iPhone filmed so potato quality, sorry. http://youtu.be/C4cQ62alrW8 monkeytennis fucked around with this message at 21:02 on Jun 28, 2015 |
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Boomerjinks posted:Reminiscent of the Battle of Palmdale, but way more expensive. I'd love to see that gun cam footage.
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Jul 8, 2015 23:24
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'THESE SEATS GET WET'
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*crosses Abrosimova Bay off list of places to visit* 
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inkjet_lakes posted:She's not passing near me on her farewell flight They're now saying that this weekend will not be the farewell flight and that they'll fly again before the end of the month. They might be saying that to try and avoid massive crowds though as the local plod are threatening to stop them flying if the roads around EGCN start getting too congested. Thankfully, I live down the lane so will be walking down to watch her go and come back.
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(though knowing what Vulcan to the Sky are like the farewell may be in the same way Kiss keep having farewells)
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Zhanism posted:Why is there a construction digger as part of their kill list? Yeah, this.
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