The two Cold War era bombers Avro Vulcan and B-52 Stratofortress during their flight display in RIAT 2009. Avro Vulcan display's its high maneuverability.
I remember witnessing the Vulcan fly at a local air festival, its one of the sights and sounds i will never forget, has to be one of the most beautiful planes to ever grace the skies, lets fight to keep the XH558 in the skies . . . .VULCAN TO THE SKY ! ! !
I think you are confused with the two exercises when RAF Vulcan's 'attacked' the US from Canada. All but one of 15 aircraft penetrated US air defences without being intercepted. The results of the exercises were classified until the end of the Cold War. The RAF effectively blitzed the US off the map with relative ease- straight through US radar, fighter and SAM defences- with ease.
I remember being there watching this that day. I'd never seen a Vulcan fly before so when it went up that quickly and tipped over so heavily, I initially thought it was going to crash, but it just kept on flying in full control. To see something that size achieve that, my 18 year old mind was blown. Now to help keep her flying with Operation 2015...
If I'd have won that 160 million on the lottery I'd personally make sure that XH558 could fly at every air show for as long as I still had breath in my body And isn't the B52 an ugly old beast.....in a cool sort of way
Awesome. I don't know what it is about Cold War-era bombers, but they are disgustingly creepy and beautiful. They always make creepy sounds. Listen to that B-52 whistling and smoking as it flies over. Must have been the creepiness of the original mission. Nobody would have survived.
@@tenkloosterherman , judge for yourself, I know which one I think looks and sounds the most impressive!.The Vulcans a bomber, but looks and climbs like a fighter!........... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YYOgsgnZ8dw.html&ab_channel=ginnerthetosser
All the V-bombers were impressive. I reckon Canada needs a full force, plus a reasonable replacement for its Argus maritime patrols. Preferably built in-country, and for a purpose!
I had the privilege of seeing one of these aircraft at RAAF Base Amberley (Australia) during the 80s. From memory, there was an altercation. As is the way with RAAF flightline persons, we always feels the need to leave our mark on visiting aircraft. Apparently, someone stuck an adhesive backed decal of the Australian Flying Kangaroo to the outer skin of the airframe. The issue was that the Vulcan employed a radar absorption paint and the decal now destroyed/compromised its effectiveness. Not too sure how it was resolved, but I recall no directive stating we were NEVER to do it again.
No "radar absorption paint" was used on the Vulcan. They were always getting 'zapped'. One famous image shows XH562 with a Kiwi zap. This example in particular stands out because it was done so 'professionally'. Usually, the zaps were placed on as, when, & where they could be.
@@thehighlander959 Roland Beamont (not Beaumont) was the test pilot for the Canberra & Lightning, at English Electric. It was Roly Falk that was the test pilot for Avro. He rolled , the second production Vulcan B.1, XA890, at the September 1955 Farnborough Airshow. There is video footage of it on RU-vid.
God, we British have made some awesome planes, but that Vulcan must surely be the most evil and scary aircraft ever made. It makes the B52 look very ordinary...
I'll just add I once had the good luck and privilege to talk to the pilot of Black Buck One. What he told me is and will be seared on my brain forever...
British supersonic Delta-Wing aircraft of the Nuclear age, created and adopted by the British as part of the NATO and ANGLO-AMERICAN nuclear alliance. These would fly in a sortie along with American B52s and Phantoms. They could take off in 15-30sec intervals (MTOT) minimum take off and landing. Sometimes they would take off on opposite sides of the runway with each plane turning on take off the opposite way (so as to avoid collision). US AND NATO could have these planes up and ready to bomb in 5-15mins. Superior to the Soviets. Greatest alliance in history.
B52: listen to how loud i am.............. Vulcan: shut up lad an listen to my roar....... B52:.........Ok you win 🏆 The Vulcan howl is just phenomenal!
i used to walk two miles to watch the Vulcans take off from Lutterworth Aerodrome in the Sixties.. Lots of noise and black smoke, i loved every minute. I see they are not using kerosene any more ?
I’m a kiwi and I can spend hours on google earth 🌍 looking at all the old airfields throughout the UK🇬🇧 then I find them on google to see how they looked back in the 1940,s is Lutterworth aerodrome the new Magna park Site??
Oh and I bet you “Loved every minute of it” 👍🏾👍🏾 would loved to have sat there with you but I’m a 76 model and 20,000km away😉 my 2 favourite bombers the Lanc and the Vulcan, favourite fighter the Spit
B-52 was designed for long range (thousands of Km), Vulcan was designed for QRA (quick reaction alert scramble) and for outmaneuvering Soviet Mig interceptors at high altitude.
I can remember watch them taking off in threes at Finningley during the sixties loaded with Blue steel atomic warheads and sky bolts going over the rRussian Coast, the Olimpus engines would scare an enermy just by the sound ,fantastic aircraft, pity its not flying ar present , PUTINS YACHE COULD BE TOWED OUT TO SEA FROM Italy for the vulan to have bombing target lol
Quite nimble for a medium-sized jet bomber that has designs going all the way back to the late 1940's, especially with post war economic austerity lasting a decade or two.
In alternate timeline that howl may well have preceded the end of the human race or at least civilization as we know it. The giant metal moth of nuclear apocalypse. Terrifying. Cool though.
