A local TV magazine The One Show alerted me last night to the fact that the last remaining Vulcan is nearby. Earlier this year XH558 The Spirit of Great Britain, lovingly restored by volunteers, returned to Doncaster Robin Hood Airport [formerly RAF Finningly] to the applause of hundreds of aviation enthusiasts. Sadly I didn't know about it but have enjoyed the experience vicariously through TV and You Tube. Have a gander at its arrival yourself http://youtu.be/GovVIqGzDbg. The volunteers have formed a charity Vulcan to the Sky and the iconic plane is appearing at various airshows this year, which are listed on the charity site. There is also a link to a professionally-made video about the Vulcan.
Inevitably the classic deltoid wing design of the Avro Vulcan, seen below at Farnborough Air Show in 1953 [wikipedia], calls to mind the sweeping A wing of the SWORD Probe Force 1 [pictured in black and white for cold war atmosphere!].
she flew over our house the other week during the Southport airshow.a thing of rare beauty
ReplyDeleteSaw it fly at Elvington a few years ago. BBC1 had a bit about this Vulcan last night at 7pm on Britains Hidden Heritage programme.
ReplyDeleteBTW, talking of Yorkshire things the Knight Rider fan club are outside XScape at Castleford on 1st October showing off their KITT replicas. One to take the kids to see? http://knightrideruk.forum.st/t731-knightcon-2011-date-venue-accomodation. I saw the cars in Wetherby a couple of years ago.
Hidden Heritage, that's the programme, not the One Show. Saw it too last night with John Sargeant flying at the Avro's side. Excellent.
ReplyDeleteSaw it myself at the Southport airshow. It really is a fantastic sight. Raises the hairs on the back of the neck. I took a couple of pics if anyone would like to see them.
ReplyDeleteYes please Mike. Can we blog 'em?
ReplyDeleteI'll get them to you post haste.
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