No comparison, and do just as much damage at the coal face ,you could hear them leaving Waddington 10 miles away back in the day ❤it thanks for sharing
@@ginnerthetosser I'm envious! I never got to travel on a -200, and only once on a -400. Absolutely wonderful aircraft and so sad they're such a rare sight these days.
Oh my goodness, brings back memories of my first ever Virgin Atlantic flight on the A340-300. Was flying to Hong Kong KAI TAK!!! 30th June 1998 landed in HK 1st July, final week of operation of old Kai Tak. Cabin looks identical to the flight, those seats were plush and thick but the TV screens were tiny. Upper Class seats were recliners, no flat beds back then on Virgin. Thanks for sharing
It must have been amazing. They were one of the first airlines along with Emirates to do this for economy class. Probably the single best enhancement for economy class travel.
I saw a vulcan complete with howl do an identical take off at Fairford one year. Two American servicemen standing in front of me were chatting until the engines started to howl. At the point of take off, one turned to the other and exclaimed "Gooooodddaaaaamn ----- will you look at that thing!
The B52 is a lumbering giant with 30 minutes take off alert. The Vulcan was a tactical ground hugger with only a 4 minute QRA. Both were lethal at their job. But for sheer display impact a Vulcan always steals the show.
It's a place called Langley mill. It's a border settlement on the Nottinghamshire , Derbyshire border. It was highly industrial employing thousands upon thousands
The Vulcan sounds like it means business.an angry sound. It just looks the part . British engineering at its finest from a time when workers wore overalls and puffed on a pipe whilst refuelling an aircraft.
These were great times to visit London. It was still an English city then. British culture and history were everywhere. I loved the Tower of London and the museums. Just walking through the city and taking in the ambiance was fun. The architecture was also interesting It was fascinating to observe how they blended old London with the modern buildings. A friend explained to me that although many of the Victorian era brick buildings were completely destroyed by the German bombings during WW2, many that were only partially destroyed were preserved, reconstructed, and repurposed. You can clearly see the crude joinings on many of these buildings. If you love history it was just a cool place to visit. You could safely walk the streets, hop on the Underground, or take the buses from place to place in most areas. Knifings and acid throwing were not a thing. My favorite thing though was to rent a car and drive out into the country areas. Cold, but very beautiful. I used to buy all kinds of little souvenirs from old shops along the way. London doesn't look anything like this now, and it certainly isn't English anymore. My last visit there was a few years ago in 2019 just before the 'pandemic', and I was shocked at how much it had changed.The native culture is gone. And in many parts of the city you hardly even see any indigenous English people on the streets. It was as if they had just vanished and were replaced by a hodge-podge of foreigners. I'm not British, but I cried a little inside. It was a very sad thing to see.
@svennoren9047 The Vulcan was designed to fly supersonic, but like all of the V-bombers completely failed to deliver Mach 1 performance. Britain was already more than a decade behind in aircraft technology by the 1950s and its aircraft industry was already in steep decline after the country's defeat in WW2. Britain did not build the first jet bomber and never built any supersonic jet bombers like A-5, B-58, Mirage 4, Tu-22, B-70 or the B-1..
