John Coyle mused: > > How sad to see a wonderful machine like that in such a state. I remember > being at Farnborough Air Show in the early'60's when one of them took off - > talk about 'Rolling Thunder', it made your guts vibrate! While the Victor > was more elegant, the Vulcan was the stayer - I think it was in service for > two to three decades. > > > John Coyle > Brisbane, Australia
The most impressive Vulcan demonstration I saw at Farnborough was the flying testbed for the Olympus II engine (The Vulcan had four Olympus Is; the Olympus II was used in Concorde). As well as the regular engines, the testbed Vulcan had a single Olympus II mounted in the bomb bay. On the first low pass the pilot just had the four regular Olympus Is running. Then, on the second pass, he throttled those all the way back and lit up the single Olympus II. Then, finally, for a piece-de-resistance he turned everything on (including afterburners), stood the beast on its tail, and climbed straight up through the 5000' cloud ceiling.
