A Day in the Life of RAF Scampton 1965 

@@JoeStudd96 Thanks for the info Joe. All three you mention in my log book many times.

That’s an amazing story! I certainly bet they didn’t like people taking pictures then. It’s awesome that the Vulcan bomber is still around today, for future generations to see. 🛫

Yes indeed not just taking pictures. In 1960 I biked to Scampton about 20 miles from home, not bad for a ten year old and stood gawping at the Lancaster for half an hour. Setting off home I took the lane which runs along the north perimeter fence and stopped as there were three Vulcans landing. Within about three minutes a blue police land rover rolled up and two huge RAF coppers and a dog got out and told me to go away. Not very good PR for the RAF but I did as I was told as schoolboys did back then. Some years later I found that the earthworks 50 yards inside the fence was the nuclear bomb store. Even later I learned that within 25 miles of my home there were three V bomber bases, a fighter station and three Thor missile sites! Target for tonight Mr Khrushchev?

Haha. 👍

Days of the UK now gone. Tragic.

@@scopex2749 I served 61-80 including almost 9 years at Scampton, then migrated to Australia in ‘81. We have our problems here but at least the sun shines. I agree with you because my ancestors who served and died or were seriously injured in two world wars would be looking down saying is this what we served to create.

Not great if an EMP strike device cripples your computer's for some time as an act of terrorism, what good is your memory card going to be, then? That's why there should always be an analogue backup. We're becoming far too reliant on digital tech.

A bit foggy but...... Past the guard-room and turn right, then head up towards the married quarters. It was near the top of that road on the right, just before the married quarters. Those quarters on that side of camp were allocated to singlies, mainly technical trades from MEAS and MEGS, three per house, when I was there 80-82, as there wasn't enough single man blocks available after they moved single WAAF's in a couple of years earlier. My favourite tour, although short. I loved working on Vulcan ejection systems.

Its in the RAF Museum,

At some stage the gate guardian at Scampton was removed and replaced by the abandoned Lancaster ( ex aeronavale) at Blackpool Squires Gate..which is now under restoration to flying condition at East Kirkby. It is possible that the Hendon aircraft is the same one you saw at Scampton....but I'm not 100% certain.

B 52.....still around from that era. This video is excellent. .thanks very much Long live our friends the RAF

@@mariovuksanovic5077 for sure, and the Russians still use the "Bear". But in terms of our RAF, it's all but modernised. The VC10, went out of service in 2013, followed recently by the BAe 146. The only old indigenous jet aircraft in RAF service (for now), is the Hawk, which has been around since the mid Seventies.

Think of the equipment available to the amateur then? We're lucky it's not in black and white.