Unfortunately the crater is slowly being obscured by vegetation although it still remains a sobering sight as it is a hole of almost nuclear proportion. It is worth a visit if you are in the area but I suggest that should you make a special trip to Fauld you might come away a little disappointed as time has lessened its impact.

Should you go there the **** Inn in Hanbury used to have a good display of contemporary material relating to the event.

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IIRC there were two volumes, identified by a Red or a Yellow band on the cover.

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Wilip26,

You have a PM

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So nJayM,

What you are advocating goes something like this?:

Fly, Navigate Communicate – in that order
One head up at all times
Cross check the accuracy of the FMS
Know your FMA at all times
When things don’t go as expected – TAKE OVER
Use the proper level of automation for the task
Practice task sharing and back-up each other

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Surely if they can get the expertise in far off lands to fly these beauties (with no substantial problems), it would be easier in the Uk with the relevant expertise on hand.

Have a look a the “In Memory” section, it’s about halfway down the page on the 89 Entry website. You will find that the Lightning features prominently.

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no low flying areas adjacent to Cranwell & Syerston

Lothar,

Not so much the distance to the LFAs as the size and shape of them. LFA8, the Trent valley and Derbyshire, was close to both Syerston and Cranwell but was an awkward and constricted little area. Otherwise it was LFA5 in Norfolk and Suffolk. The Vale of York stations were better served with reasonable training areas on their doorstep but they were of course busy with other users. I used the Main Low Level Route a few times when returning from landaways at Leuchars.

All that apart, the usual mixed profile was high(ish) level radio aids section, descent to low level followed my a medium level visual/radio aids section for recovery. Gave Bloggs a chance to practice/demonstrate the various techniques involved, could be quite demanding.

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Had they taken a trip to Russia to brighten their day in the 1970’s/early 1980’s, how many such nukes would have been carried on an attack ?

One.

The only V-Bomber that carried more than one was the Valiant when equipped with the US weapon, they carried two.

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Something a little different:

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