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Handley Page Victor Low Level Barrel Roll – Awesome Colour Footage

Copied from YouTube (ColdWarJets), this link shows a Victor barrel rolling following an incredibly tight turn. What an incredible feat for such a huge aeroplane!

https://youtu.be/GpaF2tht3eg?si=NfyZyp0VcqqNsObV

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By: plough - 6th October 2024 at 17:57

“……Was that perhaps Raymond Baxter?”

No, definitely not Raymond Baxter; not sure who it is though. 

 

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By: JagRigger - 6th October 2024 at 17:29

I watched B1’s doing that in Cold Lake on Maple Flag – equally astonished to watch big machines acting like that

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By: hypersonic - 6th October 2024 at 11:38

It does look spectacular – but is well within the types flight envelope. It did have an operational use, that of lobing the special weapon forward and protecting the crew from the effects of the subsequent radiation blast.

However, the public, of the day, may well not have been aware of the above facts.

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By: Dave Homewood - 6th October 2024 at 10:03

Wow, that is quite amazing to watch. They look like such big lumbering things in a museum, hard to believe they were that nimble.

That was superb commentary too. Was that perhaps Raymond Baxter?

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By: Sabrejet - 6th October 2024 at 09:12

Awesome indeed; but not a loop as described in the video, rather it was an Immelmann turn. Standard manoeuvre for LABS toss-bombing.

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