The film is Finningley there’s absolutely no doubt about that, the only question is which year but there’s definitely documentation somewhere (can’t remember where) which mentions which year it was when four Victors did the demonstration scramble. The location was obviously just a mistake on the part of whoever posted-up the video on Youtube.

Lindholme’s shows were never on the same scale as Finningley’s and they didn’t stage any events there in the 1960s as far as I’m aware. The only event they had was for cadets and that was a low-key affair held somewhere around 1978 if remember correctly (long time ago – was a school kid at the time).

Victors did visit Lindholme occasionally though but only for training, visits and for modifications. There was no V-Bomber ORP there and the base wasn’t designated as a V-Bomber dispersal in any case. The main link with the V-Force was BCBS/SCBS with their fleet of Varsities and Hastings which operated from Lindholme for many years. The Hastings T5 fleet was painted silver with dayglow patches originally and then switched to the later transport command colours (with dayglow) and finally the high-visibility red markings by which time they had moved to Scampton in the early 1970s. After that the airfield was only used an an RLG for Finningley and as a “bolt hole” during the air show week.

It’s a great film though. Finningley’s shows were remarkably small in the 1960s when compared to the ambitious events they held in the 1980s onwards, but the aircraft on show were of course all from the “golden days”. Back then the flying display usually didn’t begin until at least 2pm and ended at five, but what a line-up!

That is how they should be.

Well yes, I see what you mean, but not quite like this? :-

It was just a scramble demonstration for the show. It was usually four Vulcans of course (sometimes only two) but on at least one occasion it was performed by four Victors – as illustrated on the video. I did see a reference to the actual year somewhere once but I’m not sure where. Might have been in the Scramble (if you’ll pardon the pun) archives.

Might well do – I’ll keep you posted on that one and thanks!

I’ve been looking through references and I think the extension seems to be just the forward fuselage. Problem is, the available kits have all tried their best to capture the right proportions of the various versions but none of them seems to have got them quite right, and the references don’t seem too clear either.

If I was to take an educated guess, I would assume that the F4 is basically the F3 with a fuselage extension ahead of the wings, new engine fairings and “clipped” wings with ailerons that are shorter in span but the same chord-wise. The T7 is presumably the same F4 airframe but with a longer cockpit cut-out.

That might well be an over-simplification though?!:D

Guess you have a choice of two! I’m sure someone will know on here…

It’s a frustrating business as you guys must know. In this case I think the assumption must have been that the accompanying table (which was included in the book) was sufficient (which it is) but the text still refers to the missing drawing which is a tad confusing. No big deal but thanks to the powers of the glorious internet I can partially resolve this mystery for some readers, in this case!