Friday 13th struck again with everthing that could go wrong, going wrong. Bad enough on a normal day but on a A-Level coursework hand in day its the bloody pits!:(:mad:

I’ll be honest mate, that was running through my head while I was typing :rolleyes:

Hi Alex. I can fully understand your feelings, and saddened to hear your grandfather didn’t see what is being built for him and others of bomber command, but at least it IS finaly being built.
I would like to know WHY this memorial has been so long in getting built.
Any one know why the crews of Bomber Command have only just been recognised for the brilliant work they did ?.

Lincoln .7

Thanks Lincoln 7, I would be a damn site more angry if there still hadn’t be any progress towards this memorial getting built before we lose the last of those brave men, so it is excellent to see it being built.

Alex

Hi, if you’re coming down during the summer I would recommend you try and make it for our annual Jets and Jeeps event on 16th & 17th July (watch out for more details etc).

As regards to other attractions the ones already mentioned are mostly good despite one or two bad experiences at certain places but that was mainly due to a ridiculous visitor who virtually assaulted one of the party.

Washington Old Hall, I haven’t been to but have heard very good things about – incidentally via car its only really 5-7mins max depending on traffic. Also Washington F-Pit is a similar distance away also supposed to be a good place to visit.

On a similar note you have Woodhorn Colliery about 30-40minutes up the A19 which I can confirm is a really excellent attraction and well worth a visit (after NEAM of course ;)) they have a little light railway etc nearby as well.

On the Roman fort line you have Segadunum :confused: which is the most easterly point of Hadrian’s Wall, just on the other side of the Tyne Tunnel. With the Arbia supply depot on the south side of the river.

Souter Lighthouse and St. Mary’s Lighthouse are also other decent visits.

Alex

I’m quite happy for her to remain doing ground taxi runs, my 18th birthday present at the start of the month was a ride in her next year:D

Suppose its a long shot asking whether anyone has a rough idea of what sort of state shes in?

Unfortunately i’d be inclined to temporarily suspend the Overseas Aid (Development Fund?). Surely the billions spent could be used to (I won’t say better effect) benefit Britain. I don’t like saying this but I feel we need to sort our own country out first as our immediate priority.

Alex

The link to the Valiant is right. A further thought; how robust was the Victor itself at low level? Given the move from high-level to low-level penetration tactics for the V-Force, probably the Vulcan was more able to absorb the stresses and buffeting associated with ultra-low level. That, and the contortions involved in uploading a blue steel into the Victor airframe probably made the Vulcan the preferred choice in the bombing role. At the same time, the Victor remained suitable in the Strategic Reconnaisance role.

However, a Victor in the conventional bombing role might have been an interesting resource to hand during Gulf War I… (and of course would have handled the Black Buck missions, where the ironware was delivered from medium altitude).

I’ve been led to believe the same. Just to expand slightly, the Victors wing’s flexed an awful lot more than the Vulcans rigid delta, meaning that although the Victor crew’s were a lot more comfortable than the Vulcans, the fatigue life would have been cut dramatically short – possibly leading to an incident similar to the Valiants? – and therefore it wouldn’t have been sustainable.

Alex