VERY Nice model kit RCS! We are all the same... Even some of the BEST vintage pilots and current pilots are all the same...
We all love vintage aviation the same all over the place.
I have a few photos I took of the Vulcan Bomber taking off and another photo of it streaking by from that air show that are over at at my Mom's old house and I'll try to find them... Mom died last month and her 'new' husband occupies her house now. (It sucks)
The Vulcan made our B-52's look like ancient WWII planes from the past.... It is a pity how the Vulcan's were grounded, etc, but still, the B-52's are a front-line bomber after all this time. The Vulcan's were Nuclear Bombers from Britain... The B-52's are amazing to even still be able to be airworthy today, but they still keep flying after all these years of up-dates, rebuilds, etc... Most all B-52 airframes are sixty years old or older, but they are still flying as front-line bombers and they STILL instill most or the real damage in American Bombing missions over the past 40 years!
They also had an early (British Made) US Marine Harrier at the D/FW opening's air show that did a demo of it's capabilities. He even flew it backwards in the demo. My dad was a pilot, businessman at the time and the Marine Harrier pilot stayed with us in my Dad's house for several days in the guest bedroom while the shows were going on that long weekend. I was young, but I knew it was special. I could easily see the caliber of Marine pilots even when I was a kid... He was nice, humble, etc, guy, but he was a genius pilot during the air show. It seems so unreal he sat with us at our house, eating breakfast early in the morning, and he told my dad and me about difficult it is flying the Harrier when hovering. He said it was a real handful to maneuver in the vertical mode. When I watched him at the shows, it was hard to believe the pilot that I just talked to was the quiet, unassuming, Marine pilot who was staying at our house that week. Pretty cool....
Last edited by Harlan (Deceased); 11-04-2014 at 11:38 PM.
Harlan, there was a website that showed how many Vulcans are still in the UK and groups that have done restoration work on these aircraft. One of them is able to taxi on the ground but not allowed to fly - really interesting website.
The Vulcans were used in the Falkland Island war, very interesting reading too
The Vulcan was one of three makes of the V Bombers - Valiant, Victor and Vulcan. The Vulcan and Victor - both beautifully graceful birds even on the ground, were the longest serving. As memory serves, at least one Victor soldiered on through the Gulf War as a tanker for RAF strike aircraft going in and out of Iraq.
Made) US Marine Harrier at the D/FW opening's air show that did a demo of it's capabilities. He even flew it backwards in the demo. My dad was a pilot, businessman at the time and the Marine Harrier pilot stayed with us in my Dad's house for several days in the guest bedroom while the shows were going on that long weekend. I was young, but I knew it was special. I could easily see the caliber of Marine pilots even when I was a kid... He was nice, humble, etc, guy, but he was a genius pilot during the air show. It seems so unreal he sat with us at our house, eating breakfast early in the morning, and he told my dad and me about difficult it is flying the Harrier when hovering. He said it was a real handful to maneuver in the vertical mode. When I watched him at the shows, it was hard to believe the pilot that I just talked to was the quiet, unassuming, Marine pilot who was staying at our house that week. Pretty cool....
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