[SOC] B-52s

[David Ackrill]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Redding"
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul Bartlett" <paul@fulking.freeserve.co.uk>
> To: <soc@mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 7:16 PM
> Subject: Re: [SOC] B-52s
>
> >>And has anybody watched a Vulcan doing low-level passes? Beats Concorde.
> No
> Vulcans flying now sadly.<<
>
> Yes Paul, I saw the last airworthy Vulcan at Barton, Manchester. He he did
> his usual display, then disappeared for a while, to eventually reappear
from
> behind the crowd flying slowly at a few hundred feet - no more. Just as he
> passed over our heads he pulled the nose into the sky and hit full thrust.
> There was this god-almighty chest-shaking roar, and we were left staring
> into the back of its engines for about 30 secs, then he was gone into the
> low cloud, to be replaced by the wailing of many car burglar alarms and
> children in the crowd, who were all staring at each other in disbelief.
> Magic, pure magic.

One used to go over Swanage every year when I was on holidays with my Mum,
Dad and Sister.  Don't know why, or where from, but they were in service at
the time. ;-)

de Dave (G0DJA)