[MilCom] Nimrod R1

[Peter Tomlinson]

"Mac McCormick III" <kf4lmt at comcast.net> wrote:
> VULCAN 51, an RAF Nimrod R1, is up with SEALORD on 284.500

That call sign brings back memories of the Vulcan bomber in service with the
RAF until just after the Falklands war - bombing the Falklands runway and a
few other missions to that island were the only offensive missions that the
fleet undertook. Impressive aircraft in the air, visually and audibly.

In my teens we lived near the factory that made them, and although I
listened on VHF (BC-624-A / RAF R-5019 much modified with VFO replacing the
crystals plus 2nd IF with squelch), I never knowingly caught them in the
air.

See history (including how the Vulcans got to the Falklands with the help of
a chain of Victor tankers) at
http://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/vulcan/history.html
I see you have a few of them in museums in the USA.

Peter
UK