Geoff wrote: > On Sat, 20 Oct 2007 17:28:25 +0100 > leee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > <snip> > >> There was a period back in the early 1960's when, as a >> six or seven year old, I used to see them flying >> overhead, at high altitude, nearly every day (probably >> around the time of the Cuban missile crisis and possibly >> carrying nukes at the time). <snip> > > I have posted here before about seeing a Vulcan squadron > scramble at Finingley at about the same time. Definitely > one of the most memorable sights and sounds of a lifetime. > For me, the aeroplane is just the most astonishing > combination of grace, excitement and menace. It > *still* looks like something out of Science Fiction. > > Bearing in mind her purpose, the Yeats line sums it up : "A > terrible beauty is born." > > Geoff > Couldn't have been better said, I remember them taking off from Waddington and going high level during the Cuban Missile crisis, the buildings shook and by the time they were over the north sea, there was total silence from them. Since the RAF started regular maintenance on XM655, we aren't allowed on board, but before then I'd taken my daughters and my sisters to see it from the inside. Regards Sid.
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