Classic British Flight Sim

I have recently been given some pictures taken from a signal box in which I used to work, beside Radlett aerodrome. Sadly, the aerodrome was closed by the time I went there in the early 1970s, but several of these pictures show a military aircraft taking off.

Here is a close-up from the nearest view:


My interest in military aircraft is normally about -1% but in this instance curiosity overcomes that and I would like to identify the type for the captions. Not having any books on the subject to instantly refer to, I was wondering if somebody could give me a quick ID?

Many thanks,

John

Hi John

I can't tell you exactly which aircraft it is but I can tell you that it's a HP Victor bomber ;-)

ATB

DaveB :tab:

Wow! An answer in six minutes certainly takes the biscuit - thanks very much Dave. The type was all i wanted, when I said ID I didn't mean any more than that.

Best wishes,

John

You're welcome mate ;-)

Great shot that. Looks like it's out on an afternoon drive in the country

ATB

DaveB :tab:

Actually it has just turned and is about to roar off down the runway in a cloud of dust/smoke and lift off in what seems to me to be a remarkably short distance, albeit not much more than a dot in the pictures.

John

[correction - just about to turn - JH]

Oh, I don't doubt that at all John. Light.. these things had very impressive performance as did the Vulcan ;-)

ATB

DaveB :tab:

yep,empty they had a pretty smart turn of speed, @ 1980
I remember seeing a Vulcan and Victor both leave St Athan at the same time to rtb after overhaul,
Victor took off first, then Vulcan, they joined up in formation for the customary high-speed fly-by and the Victor overtook the Vulcan in the climb-out.

ttfn

Pete

not to be picky but it's a tanker, not a bomber

looks like a 55 or 57sqn HP victor K2 tanker,...might even be the OCU since i cant see the sqn markings on the fin

mmm no markings might mean is an SR version (recce)...these ended up as tankers as well..eventually.

thier used to be a K1 used by the OCU...that made the trident look like a Vstol aircraft LoL...big..big difference in engine power between K1 and K2. used to be a vulcan with a HDU sat on the airfield also for flight refuelling...

somewhere in the eastern province..i mean countys...oh all right.. Marham

DaveB wrote:You're welcome mate ;-)

Great shot that. Looks like it's out on an afternoon drive in the country

ATB

DaveB :tab:

Just pulling in at a Caff for a full english.....

You can just imagine it can't you.. 'We gonna find parking space here??'

Bob.. I can't see refuelling pods on that shot mate hence me thinking it was a bomber (B.2). K.2's had nice orange stripes down the side of the pods as far as I can remember.. something definately not visible.. not even with my glasses on That said.. I can't see the u/w tanks pokin' out the front either now I look close so it could be an SR. Whatever.. it's still a Victor ;-)

ATB

DaveB :tab: