tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post5945020256026392360..comments2024-03-28T18:07:33.196-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: The Vulcan's swan songPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-55273163464289279862015-10-15T18:34:28.882-05:002015-10-15T18:34:28.882-05:00I was in the graduating class at RAFC Cranwell in ...I was in the graduating class at RAFC Cranwell in Dec 1990; the Vulcan was our flyover and the pilot's son was in the class. It was low, slow and LOUD.Differhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15581662615586346808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-3632319133740803062015-10-15T12:31:40.802-05:002015-10-15T12:31:40.802-05:00It was a Vulcan that put that One Big Hole in the ...It was a Vulcan that put that One Big Hole in the Falkland Islands runway, wasn't it ?<br />Charlie Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14711194082485871790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-26714690158553862272015-10-15T10:37:43.783-05:002015-10-15T10:37:43.783-05:00XH558 is barely older than the oldest flying B-52H...XH558 is barely older than the oldest flying B-52H... which is still in service and expected to remain in service for another 30 years.<br /><br />Yikes.Angus McThaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09295013525738248801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-58781632661356840902015-10-15T06:39:40.572-05:002015-10-15T06:39:40.572-05:00Coolest looking bomber until the B2 Batplane came ...Coolest looking bomber until the B2 Batplane came along....Joe Wootennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-8869569092090208062015-10-15T05:12:52.906-05:002015-10-15T05:12:52.906-05:00Naval Station Midway played host to a squadron of ...Naval Station Midway played host to a squadron of Vulcans over the Bicentennial celebration in 1976, and my 16-year-old self got a tour of one. What a magnificent machine. Very cramped flight deck, however.RustyGunnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07607539523531544524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-44646066221071878252015-10-15T00:23:30.128-05:002015-10-15T00:23:30.128-05:00For Castle AFB try Atwater, CA. Merced is the &quo...For Castle AFB try Atwater, CA. Merced is the "big" town close by.DoninSacto1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10909897234940528988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-51381771532645441232015-10-15T00:23:10.646-05:002015-10-15T00:23:10.646-05:00It was AWESOME! It's four engines were at lea...It was AWESOME! It's four engines were at least as loud as a B-52's eight, and had an unearthly howl to them instead of <i>just</i> an ear-and-soul-piercing shriek and clouds of black smoke from the water injection on take-off. It maneuvered almost like a fighter (which some early critics of the Phantom II used to describe it, too). The Vulcan made a hell of an impression at airshows. I saw one entirely by accident while trying to catch a MAC flight on standby at McChord AFB, Tacoma, WA, in May, 1982. I'd have figured all those not on nuclear alert would've been aimed at the Falklands, but no. I got lucky. :)Larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13296988746956477216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-9213432080079396312015-10-14T23:07:13.197-05:002015-10-14T23:07:13.197-05:00If one should desire to see up close and personal ...If one should desire to see up close and personal how large is the Vulcan, get thee to Castle AFB air museum. Merced, California.<br /><br />Try as I might, I imagine this bird on takeoff. I picture multiple F-4 Phantoms in full burner.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-48950276046072712532015-10-14T22:39:59.295-05:002015-10-14T22:39:59.295-05:00The Vulcan is pretty cool, but I always thought th...The Vulcan is pretty cool, but I always thought the Victor was a bit more nasty looking....drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.com