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Rick Site Admin
Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22429 Location: UK
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Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 4:57 pm Post subject: Battle of Britain Day, 20th September 1958. |
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The following snapshots turned up a while ago, so it seems like high time to give them a mention here, even though they're technically not all that hot.
The date was 20/09/1958, which happened to be Battle of Britain Day, an event celebrated with open days and displays at many RAF airfields in parallel. Sadly the day became perhaps best remembered for the crash of Avro Vulcan B1 prototype VX770 at RAF Syerston (an account of which can be found here: http://www.freewebs.com/keithstevenson/vulcancrash.htm).
I'm not sure where the following snaps were taken, a Vulcan features but I think it's the development aircraft XA903, rather than VX770.
Hope they're of interest anyway
RJ
Hawker Hunter taxis by the viewing crowd.
General view.
Avro Vulcan.
Gloster Javelin.
Display team of five Javelins.
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Penman
Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 4750 Location: Swindon, Wilts.
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Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 10:04 pm Post subject: |
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Hi
If that is 903 then it had 2 underslung engine test beds, the 593 Concorde engine in a nacelle resembling half of the Concord's twin nacelle, it was later converted to carry the RB199 Tornado engine complete with reheat and thrust reverser. _________________ Bristols should always come in pairs.
Any 2 from:-
Straight 6
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