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| Knows too little about too much  |
Netflix. The last one retired from airshows due to the lack of the civil authorities to muster the expertise to inspect this old bomber. Beautiful aircraft, annoying host. RMD TL Davis: “The Second Amendment is special, not because it protects guns, but because its violation signals a government with the intention to oppress its people…” Remember: After the first one, the rest are free. | ||
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I have that on my list. I'm looking forward to it. The Vulcan is indeed a beautiful aircraft. | |||
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The Unmanned Writer |
Agreed - beautiful plane and wonderful howl. Most annoying host ever though. Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. "If dogs don't go to Heaven, I want to go where they go" Will Rogers | |||
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Political Cynic |
I was lucky enough to see a Vulcan fly at an airshow in the early 1980's at CFB Shearwater awesome airplane [B] Against ALL enemies, foreign and DOMESTIC | |||
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| Live long and prosper  |
Please explain the use of the word "host" in this context. Thank you. 0-0 "OP is a troll" - Flashlightboy, 12/18/20 | |||
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I assume he's talking about Guy Martin . _____________________________________________________ Sliced bread, the greatest thing since the 1911. | |||
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| Live long and prosper |
Thank you, cas. Wrongly assumed it was a technical term regarding the ane. Silly me.  0-0 "OP is a troll" - Flashlightboy, 12/18/20 | |||
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| Back, and to the left  |
I saw one fly at the official grand opening of D/FW airport in 1975. Loudest airplane I ever heard. Felt like it shook the ground under your feet. | |||
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always with a hat or sunscreen |
If you don't have Netflix, the full episode and more can be found on YouTube. Certifiable member of the gun toting, septuagenarian, bucket list workin', crazed retiree, bald is beautiful club! USN (RET), COTEP #192 | |||
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| Knows too little about too much |
Thanks Bald, I had not thought about looking on Utube. RMD TL Davis: “The Second Amendment is special, not because it protects guns, but because its violation signals a government with the intention to oppress its people…” Remember: After the first one, the rest are free. | |||
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| His diet consists of black coffee, and sarcasm.  |
Does the UK even have a strategic bomber force any more? | |||
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| Crusty old curmudgeon  |
I saw one at an airshow at Fairchild AFB in the early 80's. Very impressive plane indeed. It was amazing how slow it could fly and how loud it was. I'm definitely going to watch this. JimThis message has been edited. Last edited by: Jimbo54, ________________________ "If you can't be a good example, then you'll have to be a horrible warning" -Catherine Aird | |||
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Just watched a Spitfire documentary that was hosted by Martin. Great plane, good info. Showed the Spit going head to head with a restored ME109. Good documentary. Bad host. I guess I will suffer him again to look at the Vulcan. End of Earth: 2 Miles Upper Peninsula: 4 Miles | |||
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AFAIK, their only strategic force is a few Trident subs. | |||
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| Crusty old curmudgeon |
I just watched this and I'm glad I did. A good documentary about an awesome machine. I had no idea that a Vulcan had a role in the Falklands war with 7 refuelings. Amazing. I didn't think Guy Martin did a bad job of narration. You could tell he was really into it. Jim ________________________ "If you can't be a good example, then you'll have to be a horrible warning" -Catherine Aird | |||
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I saw one of the bombers that had been converted to an aerial refueling role at an airshow in the Sacramento area in 1983 - I remember the date as it was the day of the bombing of the barracks in Beirut. | |||
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Good show, The 3 crew member in the back seat in a bailout never survived. | |||
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