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Quote from: IDM on February 13, 2017, 01:53:37 pmQuote from: not on facebook on February 12, 2017, 09:20:18 pmWe all know that the Vulcan bombers were the UKs answer during the Cold War conflict the the great bear .The vulcans were set up to fly out to Russia and drop its load all over whatever target .Iam sure that I read somewhere that on these missions to bomb Russia there was no way the aircraft was getting back to the U.K.Pretty daunting to be a Crew member trained for one of those missions of no return.Although had we been bombing Russia, at that stage, there would have most likely been nothing left to come back to!A very good valid point there fella ,wonder what went through the crews heads during the Cold War as they must have worked that one out .
Quote from: not on facebook on February 12, 2017, 09:20:18 pmWe all know that the Vulcan bombers were the UKs answer during the Cold War conflict the the great bear .The vulcans were set up to fly out to Russia and drop its load all over whatever target .Iam sure that I read somewhere that on these missions to bomb Russia there was no way the aircraft was getting back to the U.K.Pretty daunting to be a Crew member trained for one of those missions of no return.Although had we been bombing Russia, at that stage, there would have most likely been nothing left to come back to!
We all know that the Vulcan bombers were the UKs answer during the Cold War conflict the the great bear .The vulcans were set up to fly out to Russia and drop its load all over whatever target .Iam sure that I read somewhere that on these missions to bomb Russia there was no way the aircraft was getting back to the U.K.Pretty daunting to be a Crew member trained for one of those missions of no return.
Oslo, EDDIE flew out of Sandtoft there are many images on GOOGLE .
If you want a real experience of flying in a vintage aircraft, you can get a 55 minute flight in a spitfire for just short of 5 grand. Think I'll sit on the ground and watch