V Force vid.

[Hu Jardon]

I have no doubt Hu Jardon could give you more info on them.

I could but then again - I was a liney and I fekkin hate spotters

However, I can confirm what Realist78 said and if the photo in his signature is from Scampton I'm pretty sure I was pulling the rope from the port mainwheel

Hu

 

[Realist78]

I could but then again - I was a liney and I fekkin hate spotters

However, I can confirm what Realist78 said and if the photo in his signature is from Scampton I'm pretty sure I was pulling the rope from the port mainwheel

Hu

I was pulling on the starboard rope (I think, advanced alka seltzers notwithstanding etc), it was in march 1982, last Minor at Scampton, XH560.

 

[Hu Jardon]

I was pulling on the starboard rope (I think, advanced alka seltzers notwithstanding etc), it was in march 1982, last Minor at Scampton, XH560.

OK I got that wrong 'cos I left Scampton for Wildenrath in 79 - but I do remember pulling one out of the shed in the mid 70's for a Photo shoot. On another occassion we (Dumbo Airlines) needed to get one out in a hurry over a weekend and had to pull it out backwards with ropes and a bunch of guys using a full size towing arm to steer it - which was interesting.

 

[FuntimeSteve]

Watched a programme called Vulcans, Victors and Cuba. There was some fantastic footage of both old girls, including interviews with aircrew of the day. The most touching part for me was a Vulcan pilot talking about a scramble take off, to go in and bomb the Soviet union, in detail. right up to the point where they would drop the bomb and close their curtains to avoid being blinded by the flash. Then more about their fears of returning to what would probably be a nuclear wasteland, dead families and probably no-where to land. He said that even if they could land it would only be to take on fuel and weapons for a second sortie...... IF they got back at all. A most emotional interview.
As A child of a Raf snec who worked on Vulcans I have probably spent a few hours in the cockpits looking around them (I wandered around the bomb bay's a couple of times too I guess that's why I glow in the dark DT_Xtremez_15: ) I remember asking my Dad what the curtains were for. I think he said they were to practice nightflying during the day or something. A perfectly plausible lie to a gullible 7 year old. It probably helped me sleep better not knowing the truth.
Keep you eyes peeled. Sky repeat everything to death it will be on again soon.

Victors, Vulcans and Cuba was indeed the DVD i used to make this. got it off virgins site quite cheep. i agree its a brilliant documentary. well worth the £15 i think it was

 

[Swingwinger]

Great to see the V Force back together again at the new museum at Cosford. Well worth a visit if you are down that way.

 

[Flight_idle]

I hope this link works, it describes an incident where a Victor had to pull the tail parachute to recover from a spin.

http://members.pcug.org.au/~jsaxon/bluesteel/99book/victorin.htm