Why not give XH558 a test flight on the borders of russian airpsace…..see what they do 🙂

there was a CH4 documentory about the Blue streak programme, must have been a couple of years, ago now, and it featured all of UK locations. It was a really interesting programme, I havent seen i repeated since though………….anyone know if its available to buy anywhere:confused:

What a crying shame, after reading the news about the impending scrapping i decided to go and have a look at 603 today, although i could only get to the location of the previous photo. the thing that most comes to mind is the group that used to keep her from rotting away. you all must have seen the DVD’s of the old AVRO vets, and the failed engine run, etc etc. I wonder what they will be thinking when the scrap men move in………In my humble opinion the ANTI-FLASH is the best paint scheme of the ones used on VULCANS, and i wonder if we could make an appeal to BAE to maybe have a couple of photo sessions strictly confined to the vulcan. As i for one would be willing to pay a fee for the privilage.

This is my first post on this forum, and Im a newbie to Airshows, and i have only been to two, Elvington 05 and 07. And id just like to say to FREEBIRD, your crew put on a spectacular show, and to be honest I was never a fan of the hunter, UNTIL LAST SATURDAY that is, what a fantastic sight the two hunters were, i would have gladly paid the entrance fee just for the hunter dispaly. and the bombing of the runway was awsome, So as soon as the hunters had finished we walked to the stalls and bought a couple of those corgi diecast models as a momento, So a big Thumbs up as far as my family are concerned, both the the HUNTER crews and the organisers, As for the rest of the show being poor, i cannot agree, its not just the planes in the air that provided the highlights. it was meeting the pilots and groundcrew, Especially the HUEY crew,

at least one of the crewe was a Vietnam vet, and more than probably flew that exact same machine as it was in his unit, he was a true gentleman and was more than happy to talk and take pics with my son and I, it was an honour to meey him……Also one of the wingwalker plane pilots used to be a RED ARROW, and again he was more than happy to sign my sons model of a red arrow and chat about his aircraft. we also met the owner of the superb VICTOR and chatted with him, So all in all we had a fantastic day, despite the weather and some of the aircraft being cancelled, so we will be returning next year and fingers crossed we may see the VULCAN, So to freebird and the rest of the hardworking unsung heroes of the show KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK………