Kilted on the Vulcan

**cessna152towser** · 20th August 06, 01:51 PM

Today saw the first of a series of weekly Sunday afternoon openings of the Vulcan bomber from now till the end of October as an added attraction at the aviation museum. I helped get her prepared today and here am I in the captain's seat on the flightdeck. You can just make out my Spirit of Scotland kilt. A few moments later the first visitors arrived unexpectedly early and had the question answered as I made my way down the ladders! Must remember not to go kilted next time I'm on Vulcan duty!

The Vulcan's a bit more complex than the Piper Cherokee which I fly!

But she's some size and carried a large payload!

And graceful looking!

**Alan H** · 20th August 06, 02:09 PM

That instrument panel is something else.... sheesh.

**Tattoo Bradley** · 20th August 06, 03:21 PM

I love old warbirds... particularly bombers.

Thanks for sharing.

**Panache** · 20th August 06, 03:35 PM

Neat plane! Wasn't it the one featured in the James Bond film "Thunderball".

Cheers

**ronstew** · 20th August 06, 08:14 PM

Used to be the centrepiece of the Abbotsford Airshow year after year. Oh, it was a thing to see in the sky. Sniff... Ahh, the glory days....

**O'Neille** · 20th August 06, 08:30 PM

That's a monster. A little bigger than the Cherokees I'm used to. A shout out here for the Pima (Tucson) Air museum and the Phoenix Fighter Museum. Both are Great. I'd be glad to take any visitors on the tour if they're ever out this way. O'Neille

**Retro Red** · 20th August 06, 09:46 PM

Thanks for the photos, c152t. Reminds me of seeing the Vulcans I'd see regularly when I was stationed at Strategic Air Command headquarters at Offutt AFB. They had a flight of them there for training. With that huge rounded delta wing, they were really something to see in flight. Remarkably graceful for such a big bird.

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**SSgt Baloo** · 21st August 06, 12:40 AM

One Sunday afternoon a bit less than 40 years ago, my friend and I were playing in his back yard. We heard the roar of powerful jet engines. When we looked overhead, we were treated to the sight of an AVRO Vulcan flying directly overhead at 5,000 feet (or less). It was on the downwind leg before landing at McClellan AFB for an airshow that weekend.

We both knew what it was, because my friend was an AF brat who was born and raised in England and I had been an aviation buff from age five. That was one beautiful aircraft, despite being comparable in size to a B-52.

--SSgt Baloo