Vulcan F15 formation

It’s nice the USAF provides some non-copyright photos for Vulcan fans….

The RAF does the same if you know where to look. ??

As for the twenty year’s apart, that is in computing powers at least a Century( someone will know exactly), and thats what a lot of people do not take into consideration.

Regards Duggy

I think you refer to the mighty BUFF. If that’s the case you refer to an aircraft which I consider looked outdated when it first flew while the aircraft it replaced still looked fresh. I refer of course to the B-47

What other 60 year old American bomber is still in service? 😉

The B-47 was a great looking aircraft, the fighter-type tandem canopy gave it a certain style. But recall, so did the X and Y-B52s.
Even more impressive is the fact the B-47 first flew in 1947, not long after the war and while AVRO was still building unpressurized Lincolns, and Boeing updated (albeit pressurized) B-29s…the B-50. And the half-loop and roll out was a standard maneuver in the B-47s operations book…I don’t know if the B-52 ever needed to do that.
Recent mods and camo paint haven’t done much for the 52s looks, but in its unpainted prime it was a looker.
However, the Vulcan is impressive, I’ve always said the most impressive non-aerobatic airshow demonstration I’ve seen was one in the 80s when the RAF would send some to airshows in the States.

And consider this about the F-15/Vulcan photos….The Vulcan isn’t that much older. Its ff was 1952, the F-15 in 1972…only twenty years apart.

It’s nice the USAF provides some non-copyright photos for Vulcan fans….

:love-struck: She doesn’t look out of place

Some better shots
The Avro Vulcan XH558, accompanied by an F-15C Eagle assigned to the 48th Fighter Wing, fly over Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, Aug. 27, 2015, during a flyover. This historic event marks the first and last time these aircraft will ever fly together.
(U.S. Air Force photo’s/Senior Airman Trevor T. McBride)

A shame the Vulcan fleet weren’t treated the same as the B52 fleet, wonder what upgrades would have been implemented over the years?

Look at this…

http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/once-again-the-usaf-is-looking-to-re-engine-its-b-52-fl-1685747978

….but it can ‘crab’ sideways for a crosswind landing…….(or a party trick at Fairford)

Then there’s the story from Vietnam – when a hot-shot F-4 jock flew alongside a B-52D and radio’d… “Hey big fella, can you do this?”… and proceeded to do a barrel roll around the BUFF…

The B-52 pilot replied… “Yeh… but can you do this?…” – and proceeded to fly along sedately.

The F-4 pilot called…. “What did you do?” ……. B-52 pilot….. “Turned off TWO engines” !!

Still not a patch on the Vulcan though…..

Ken

Unlike the V bombers, the BUFF doesn’t do a half loop and roll out…

Allegedly a US fighter pilot seeing a Victor air to air asked “Did Jules Verne design that thing?”

Moggy

As a teenager seeing it at Farnborough for the first time I was awestruck – it really was awesome, before that word became overused and diminished.

I still remember standing next to an American at Bentwaters, when he saw a
Vulcan for the first time (XL426 I think). ….. What the hell is that ?, were his words,
I seem to recall.

Whereas the Americans operate “a 60 year old cold war jet bomber that still looks the bees knees.” 🙂

I think you refer to the mighty BUFF. If that’s the case you refer to an aircraft which I consider looked outdated when it first flew while the aircraft it replaced still looked fresh. I refer of course to the B-47

Well they did undergo the SLEP..

:applause: The Americans must have wondered what on earth they were flying next to,a 60 year old cold war jet bomber that still looks the bees knees

Whereas the Americans operate “a 60 year old cold war jet bomber that still looks the bees knees.” 🙂

I didn’t know the Vulcan flew over the Shoreham Air show Hunter crash…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Jh8JN42kf8

:applause: The Americans must have wondered what on earth they were flying next to,a 60 year old cold war jet bomber that still looks the bees knees.What a sight.Oh ,no such thing as the Vulcan effect i remember some cynics saying a few years ago.

Interesting post about the Vulcan v F-4s and Lightnings though.

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