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By: - 13th June 2011 at 16:54 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
http://www.avrovulcan.org.uk/You have seen this site right?
By: - 13th June 2011 at 18:41 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Yes, but thanks for the pointer!:)
By: - 14th June 2011 at 01:43 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
re;
my humble offering;
By: - 14th June 2011 at 08:10 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Lovely stuff, both shots! Is the first one at North Weald?
By: - 14th June 2011 at 08:56 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Probably not seen too often - XM573 at Luqa with HMS Hermes aircraft ashore. Fortunately XM573 is still around at the SAC museum...
and official RAF Kinloss photos of XH558 being resprayed...
By: - 14th June 2011 at 10:42 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
I have some scans of XA891 and the Avro team up in Manchester that came via people connected to ‘Jimmy’ Harrison OBE AFC – it’s shame that they were provided on the understanding that they were never passed on to third parties and only published in the Newark Air Museum newsletter.
Perhaps you might be able to access something similar through the Woodford heritage team!
By: - 14th June 2011 at 11:11 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Al - great picture at Luqa - can you date it? I was on the island quite a lot in the late 60s/early 70s and recall Luqa as a busy airfield but never saw the tin triangle there.
By: - 14th June 2011 at 11:44 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
I can ask the owner, but judging by the serials/codes noted at Luqa in Feb/Apr 1970 on this website, I'd say that's a strong guess...
http://www.aviationinmalta.com/MilitaryAviation/NavalVisits/Aircraftbytype/tabid/637/language/en-US/Default.aspx
XM753 was there again in 26.07.70...
http://www.transportphotos.com/air/photo/MIL23493
By: - 14th June 2011 at 11:56 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Lovely photos on here, a grand old lady which should never be forgotten, but there are those who look after the odd one or two left, so all is not lost.
Jim.
Lincoln .7
By: - 14th June 2011 at 11:57 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Coming up 50 years ago this September.
Biggin BoB.
Mark
By: - 14th June 2011 at 12:04 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Some magnificent photos there - just when I was starting to think that we'd seen every Vulcan photo! Brilliant stuff!
The Luqa photo is sheer nostalgia, not only for the Vulcan but everything else in the foreground and background - don't you just wish we had a time machine?!
By: - 14th June 2011 at 12:19 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Al - great picture at Luqa - can you date it?
Very good chance that Al is correct with Feb - April 1970 as the 893 sqn Vixens were regularly detatched to Luqa off the Victorious then. The Sqn disbanded in July.
Excellent photo!
By: - 14th June 2011 at 12:34 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Well, well....I arrived back there after a few months elsewhere in June, so just missed her!!
As Chox says - sheer nostalgia - and truly so, because I would love to be back there during those years.:)
By: - 14th June 2011 at 12:51 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
I'm just looking at the shot of XH558 being resprayed at Kinloss. Is that guy on the wing the person I want to shoot for applying that bizarre paint scheme?! I guess the poor guy was just doing his job...:p
By: - 14th June 2011 at 12:58 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
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Lovely stuff, both shots! Is the first one at North Weald?
No, Waddington. Dont you just love the stalls at airshows pull of old pictures that cost next to nothing? That's where I get a lot from.
By: - 14th June 2011 at 13:11 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
You sure? I mean the colour shot of XM607? Doesn't look like a Waddington hangar - looks more like North Weald, but then I don't recall 607 ever visiting a show there... maybe it did?
Hmm, yes it is a rare treat to find old photographs but it seems to be a thing of the past these days - apart from lucky exceptions. You get the feeling that an awful lot of brilliant photographs have simply been dumped over the years. The rest are hiding away in museum collections never to be seen again - except for a ludicrously high fee!:p
By: - 14th June 2011 at 13:18 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Not Waddington, the hangars are the wrong type, N.Weald or maybe Abingdon is a good candidate.
Edit, '607 was at the '81 BoB Abingdon show.
By: - 14th June 2011 at 13:21 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Here one of XA892 that my father took at Farnborough in 1956.
By: - 14th June 2011 at 13:21 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Hmm, Abingdon sounds like a good candidate. I think XM607 must have been a star exhibit at lots of places later in 1982. I remember it being at Binbrook's show but I dunno where else it ventured.
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By: Chox - 13th June 2011 at 14:40
Okay, we know that our beloved XH558 is photographed to the point of exhaustion, but I wonder if anyone has spotted any pictures of other Vulcans from the dim and distant past? I'm trying to find pictures that haven't been seen all that much and obviously it's hard work! In particular, I've been looking for the old RAF and manufacturer images that used to be floating around decades ago. They were once quite common but these days they are rarely seen which is a great shame. The only surviving pictures seem to be on the internet and they're inevitably small copies of copies. Wonder where all the magnificent old pictures have gone...
Any thoughts?