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Old 01-17-2010, 10:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Vulcan607 View Post
Vulcan XM558 on it way to southport airshow, those olympuses make the air crackle.
god im begining to get like Foz, always mentioning one type of aircraft.
I watched it's display at Southport.. Loud, very loud. I'd also seen one of the last Vulcan Displays as a child (which was much louder and more of a proper display)

I also saw the B2 stealth bomber at Fairford Airshow (2003) which was very impressive if only for the 5!! F-15's that were escorting it (which happens because the B2 is so valuable that it needs escorting everywhere it goes when not operational) It had flown non stop from the USA with the escorts and did one flyby left to right and one back the other way and went back to the states (10 hours away) There were 5 tankers involved just to get them there and back and the whole display lasted 2 mins!
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