Musings of an aging fan

We will soon be off to Dawlish Air Show, to see - among other things - the Avro Vulcan. This will be a great chance to see her display for one last time before she goes into retirement at the end of this season.

There will be photographs - lots of photographs - but for now, have this one from her flypast at Filton three years ago.

I went to Gloucester airport and I got to go inna Vulcan and I saw a Javelin anna Meteor anna Hurricane anna E28 anna microlight and I got to go inna Vulcan again and I hadda cuppatea and a baconroll and then I came home again.



http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd262/wellinghall/Aeroplanes/Jet%20Age%20Museum%202012%2004%2009/

And then after dinner we went out to the pictures and we drove round and round the carpark but everyone had had the same idea so the carpark was full so we came home again and watched Passport to Pimlico on tellie and it was really good.

I've just seen an Avro Vulcan - to be precise, XH558 - coming into land at Filton airfield, Bristol. It did a circuit, then landed.

I'm pleased about that :-)

Another bad morning at work, although not nearly as bad as yesterday - merely purgatory, I think.

But the main event was a rare afternoon off (but I will probably have to pay for it by going in on Saturday) to see the Avro Vulcan XH558. It's being restored to flying condition, and this was my second of three visits to see it. The current plan is for the first flight to take place (in private) this September / October; then a semi-public flight for supporters; then unleashed onto the airshow circuit in 2007, for 10 - 15 years; then into retirement at Duxford.

Breaking news - they have just been invited to lead a fly-past down the Mall, for the 25th anniversary of the Falklands conflict.