Begging bowl for aviation enthusiasts

[Olly]

In 1961, four nuclear bombers entered United States airspace, flying high above the maximum altitude of the defending American fighters. Three jammed the ground-based and airborne radars directed at them. The fourth arrived unchallenged and unforeseen, over New York City.

The aircraft was an Avro Vulcan bomber, capable of carrying a 21,000lb nuclear payload. It looked like a scary version of Concorde. The New York stunt was part of an Anglo-American military exercise which proved the plane's ability to deliver nuclear bombs wherever they might be needed, whoever the enemy. The RAF called it "the tin triangle".

such rose tinted glasses - ok - we'll allow it because it's a cool looking, noisy British plane....any more of that nonsense though and we'll have to expose the reality.

having said that...my old man won a "bombing competition" in Canada against the best of the rest in a Vulcan so some bits of it must have been up to scratch.

argh...I'm jealous...I wanted to be a pilot too, damn eyes (and dope smoking )

[Cliphead]

If I remember the story correctly the yanks were at Farnborough in 1955 and very proud of their new B52 until Roly Falk rolled a Vulcan straight from take off.

Balsy