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Denburybob

Denburybob Report 21 Aug 2014 19:48

There is a Vulcan bomber at Wellesbourne airfield in Warwickshire. It doesn't fly, but a couple of times a year it does a "fast taxi" along the runway. It is certainly spectacular. This year they had a flying model Vulcan. I say model, but it is huge, and when flying looks (and sounds) just like the real thing. Bob

Elisabeth

Elisabeth Report 21 Aug 2014 18:31

GinN

I'm so pleased you were able to see them, I am about 15 miles from Waddington, and they were just forming up as they went over the house. Quite a spectacle.

Happy day!

Elisabeth

OneFootInTheGrave

OneFootInTheGrave Report 21 Aug 2014 14:28

I used to enjoy watching the Spitfires, Hurricanes, Lancasters, Vulcans, and other Battle of Britain aircraft, down here in my part of Kent (Biggin Hill is only 4 miles away), I used to sit out on my balcony and watch the air show - a magnificent sight.

Researching:
I am researching the Wotherspoon family from the Old/New Monkland areas of Scotland, some moved to the Leslie and Kelty areas of Fife and I'm having problems linking the Wotherspoon's from Leslie and the Wotherspoon's from Kelty. I am also researching the Clusker family from Co. Meath in Ireland who moved to West Lothian and from there to Fife............"Vita non est vivere sed valere vita est"

GinN

GinN Report 21 Aug 2014 14:26

Elizabeth - I've just seen them too! I live about 5miles away from RAF Marham :-D :-D

Researching:
My Geordie and East Anglian ancestors.

PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 21 Aug 2014 14:16

What a truly amazing sight that must have been Elisabeth.

I am well jell!!

The sound must have been absolutely thunderous.

One flew over here earlier in the year and the ground shook.

(Well....my shed did :-D)

x

Researching:
"If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))

TessAkaBridgetTheFidget

TessAkaBridgetTheFidget Report 21 Aug 2014 14:09

A memory to treasure forever. :-) :-)

Researching:
Woodhouse and Trilloe from Herefordshire; Lockyear and Date from Somerset, Thomas and Edwards from Glamorganshire and Monmouthshire, also Argyll, Tipperary, Limerick, Cork

Elisabeth

Elisabeth Report 21 Aug 2014 14:04

I have just seen something I've not seen before, and don't expect to see again in my lifetime!

Two Lancasters, together with the Vulcan, on a long awaited flight around Lincolnshire and heading south to RAF Marham. What an achievement to get them together.

What a brilliant day!

Edit: Details of the day
http://www.globalaviationresource.com/v2/2014/08/19/aviation-feature-bill-ramsey-on-leading-the-vulcan-and-lancaster-formation/