Is that Timbo fiddling around with the nose wheel?!
Thanks for the updates, looks a great set up to be involved with.

From the RAF Museums page on its own Black Buck Vulcan ‘598,

“29 Apr 82 The first two Vulcans, XM598 flown by F/L Withers and crew and XM607
departed Waddington on a non – stop flight to Ascension Island supported by
Victor K2’s from Marham.Leaving Waddington at 0900 each Vulcan required
two in – flight refuellings, arriving at Wideawake at 1800 after a flight of 4000
nautical miles. Colour photo at Wideawake – Wingspan International May/June 2001 p.71.”

I reckon you might have seen the intensive pre mission in flight refuelling trials / practice. Don’t forget that Vulcans had previously had their AAR probes removed, and there was a mad scramble to find, and refit them prior to the missions, not to mention getting the systems to work again and train the crews.

Excellent, it’s really good to see under the skin of these beasts.
I bet those inlet guide vanes have caused some language when caught against re-emerging legs and other soft dangly bits!

Fantastic work on that Lightning, great updates aswel.
Any news on the Shacks?

Can’t any of you guys set up something in S.Wales, it is a baron, jetless landscape here now!

Very good, I hope their catalogue gets larger.
Some rare pics on there aswel, such as the XB-36 with its tracked undercarriage on the site header, and this one of a trio 64 sqn Javs.

Ah sorry, I thought vortex generators were only found externally, such as on wings and aft of Argosy flight decks!

Reading between the lines I’m guessing that they carried the first bomb loads with them from the UK, while a supply of bombs was on the way via ship.

That’s good news Tony, nice to know commercial companies are still willing to help projects like this.