[Archived] Blackpool Air Show

[MCMC1875]

Blackpool Air Show on Sunday saw the last flight of the Vulcan Bomber off the Fylde coast. 2015 is the last season for the remaining airworthy Vulcan. Its a beast of British engineering as anyone who has seen and heard it will know. The noise made on its spiral climb I can only liken to a thunderclap and its delta wing shape gives it a mean appearance. Originally conceived in the 50's, only 10 years after the Lancaster bomber and designed to fly at an altitude of 50,000 - 60,000 ft, it shows how quickly British aviation engineering developed in that decade. I believe it had the same engines as Concorde.

[Jock]

The V-Bombers were scary looking planes. I watched the Vulcan from St Anne's sand dunes. The noise from the Vulcan is fantastic.