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Old Feb 21, 2009 | 02:46 PM
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Originally Posted by mechanic28
would love to watch it at a airshow this year!

I watched it maybe 20+ years ago mate, its always stayed with me though, i even watch it on youtube from time to time. ive seen a lot more advanced and capeable planes fly, eurofighter for example, even had a conversation with the display pilot, he said its incredible, its a hugely impressive piece of modern engineering, but the vulcan had the wow factor for me when i was kid, the angle it can take off at, and the noise it makes are unbelivable. as ive got older an learned what it was designed for makes it even more incredible/important, like concorde, its not a plane, its a legend, but for very different reasons obviously lol.
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