Mayday, Mayday.............

Nigel H-J · Post by **Nigel H-J** » 02 May 2007, 15:03

What those guys did was a bl**dy marvellous job considering how old the Vulcan and its' equipment was. Not forgetting also to mention the Victors (How aptly named) and their crews who refuelled the Vulcan on its' historic mission.

Post by **Garry Russell** » 02 May 2007, 15:08

The reasons for the angled stick.....as mentioned to give more chance of hitting something vital was well explained at the time of the campaign.

Another thing mentioned then was that the occupying forces were given a lesson in that Britain could drop big bombs from high altitude despite the distances involved.

I always did find it remarkable that after years of trying to find different roles for the Vulcan with varying success......when it was needed it was as designed...long range capable high altitude heavy bomber.

Only just as well as they had pretty much well stopped flying them ahead of official retirement.

Garry

petermcleland · Post by **petermcleland** » 02 May 2007, 17:53

Motormouse wrote:Gents...please before there are any more mentions of 'only one bomb on the runway'

I was quoting a Harrier pilot, David Morgan

kit · Post by **kit** » 02 May 2007, 18:46

I wish 'Vulacn 607' had been written years ago, before 'Sharkey' Ward's book hit the shelves just after the conflict.

Sharkey was particularly scathing about the Vulcan's efforts, especially as he was flying CAP for the mission in case the Argentinians tried for an intercept. I thought at the time that a SHAR wouldn't even get off on a long runway with a 10th of the Vulcan's bomb load. That sort mission was quite definitely 'horses for courses'.

fighterpilot · Post by **fighterpilot** » 02 May 2007, 19:04

indeed, having just finished reading Vulcan 607 (about an hour ago) it puts a new spin on the mission from Sharkeys book i read a little while ago. It was certainly a great read of an incredible mission and recommend it to anybody who hasn't read it.

Richard