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    RAF Cosford

    I went there on Saturday... they have got so many lovely lovely aircraft there... Bristol 188, Hawker Hind (sans crappy beige bombs ), Avro Vulcan, Handley-Paige Victor (this one was outside, in primer, and covers in the intakes... flying???), Spit I, Hurri IIC, TSR2 and loads more that are very special spread over 3 hangars... they have an engine unit from a Heinkel 177 - 2 inverted V12's, geared onto a common prop shaft, with each engine boasting a turbo charger the size of your head.... and the nose section of a Vulcan, that you can go inside see where the pilots and crew sat

    There's also a kiddie's section with lots of hands-on experiments, explaining the rudiments of flight, lift and how wings work and stuff


    Best bit of all is, admission is FREE... well worth a trip up to Shropshire for

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    Ohhhh Nice one chap Im all for free stuff atm

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    its about 5 miles from me and i've been about 20 times :|

    never get fed up of it though. great day out for sad gits like me/us...
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    Thats my neck of the woods

    I used to do a lot of flying out of cosford in my cadet days
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    Quote Originally Posted by mgh0
    Thats my neck of the woods

    I used to do a lot of flying out of cosford in my cadet days
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    Tell ya what.. tho Vulcan cockpit is awesome.... such dainty little throttle levers for such BIIIIG engines

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    been cosford twice but nowt to do with flying / etc the RAF sponsor the basketball league i play in and the finals are there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PrivatePyle
    Tumble, the Handley-Paige Victor saw service as a tanker during the 1st Gulf War so it wouldnt suprise me if its still airworthy.
    Sadly not. It was phased out back in 1993 when converted VC-10s took the refuelling baton. I very much doubt the RAF will have bothered to keep one fully airworthy, too expensive and not much of a draw at airshows (after all they couldn't be arsed to keep the last airworthy Vulcan up and running - and that was a major airshow draw - also grounded 1993).

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    I have never seen a Vulcan in flight. I so hope it happens. It will be Awesome. I never got to see Concorde either. I was really miffed when they said it wasn't going to do an airshow circuit.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Capt Doufos
    I have never seen a Vulcan in flight. I so hope it happens. It will be Awesome. I never got to see Concorde either. I was really miffed when they said it wasn't going to do an airshow circuit.

    Lived most of my life under concordes flight path nr Reading Felt a tear in my eye last time i saw her

    I saw the Vulcan at Conningsby in the late 80s early 90s a few times Such a plane. Can I recommend Sky Warriors by Alfred Price for the full story of the Falklands Bombs run, its amazing UK to Falklands to bomb a runway

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    you most certainly can recommend it pal...


    /wanders off to the bookshop

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tumble
    you most certainly can recommend it pal...


    /wanders off to the bookshop
    Ahem

    If your gonna buy it mate then who do we speak to first>?????????????

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    Monseiur Dak I presume?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tumble
    Monseiur Dak I presume?
    Yep Got the last 2 of this series for half cover price brand new
    There are 2 Sky Warriors and Sky Battles and they cover from ww1 to jet combat in falklands including 1st hand accounts from the harrier pilots as well as the Vulcan story. Might take a week to scource but Im sure I can get it for you

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    Dakaras... you own pal.....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tumble
    Dakaras... you own pal.....

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