Ch 104 now if your into the Vulcans

Will interest a few on hear for sure

[Bigtel]

Love the Vulcan, great sight at Southend airshow last year.

Very impressive bombing run but I was surprised how far they were off with the angle of the runway.

[SUBARMAN]

Originally Posted by BigTel

Love the Vulcan, great sight at Southend airshow last year.

Very impressive bombing run but I was surprised how far they were off with the angle of the runway.

Yes you might expect them to go straight down the runway to cause max damage, but the Vulcan bomb aiming gear was designed for dropping a nuclear bomb from 40000 feet where accuracy not important. It was old technology at best. Best they could do was go at an angle across the runway and hope to score damage with a bomb or two.

Great prog though. You might like to read the book "Vulcan 607" by Rowland White which goes more into how the mission nearly fell on it's arse for so many reasons, and yet was a success inspite of the odds!!

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Absolutely fantastic program, Touch and go, or what.

All about stiff upper lip , and typical British never give up
Loved it


Now that reminds me, ive not seen Sharp shot Smithers for a while

Originally Posted by Crowman

Now that reminds me, ive not seen Sharp shot Smithers for a while

It was his Birthday a couple of weeks back. Thinking back......Wasn't he at your birthday curry for a short time


I Sky+ it last night, I'll be watching this tonight for sure

[tbtstt]

Originally Posted by BigTel

Very impressive bombing run but I was surprised how far they were off with the angle of the runway.

Given the aircraft they used and the manner in which they used it, I'd say it was lucky they hit the runway at all!

Not to take anything anyway from the flight crews as there was some incredible flying and determination shown from all of them, but the mission(s) were more for propaganda than anything else. The damage to the runway was minimal and, if I recall, the Argentinians had the runway fixed in less then a day.

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Originally Posted by tbtstt

Given the aircraft they used and the manner in which they used it, I'd say it was lucky they hit the runway at all!

Not to take anything anyway from the flight crews as there was some incredible flying and determination shown from all of them, but the mission(s) were more for propaganda than anything else. The damage to the runway was minimal and, if I recall, the Argentinians had the runway fixed in less then a day.

True that the damage (115 feet across and 84 feet deep) was hastily filled, but the botched repair kept subsiding, and the crater meant that the Argentinian Mirage fast jets were never deployed to the Falklands as the Argies had originally intended, because the runway was no longer suitable. If those jets had been deployed, then there might have been greater loss of life and shipping on our side.

The further four Black Buck raids were nowhere near as successful on the damage front, but they confirmed the British commitment to the Falklands and the ability of the bombers to continue to reach the Falklands and even Argentina itself.

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