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On Saturday 6th September at approx. 1240, the last two flying Lancaster Bombers will pass over Barnoldswick en route from Allerton Castle to Prestwick. This series of demonstrations will no doubt be the last time that the two fly together - one is British, part of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, and the other is Canadian and will be returning to Canada at the completion of this summer's displays.

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My sister phoned earlier and told me they were doing a display over Lancaster at weekend.
I forgot which day she told me it was being held.
I have seen the British one flying a few times and it is a marvellous sight and sound.

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I did a cut and paste for Sundays programme which comes closer to us
Sun 07-Sep


PRESTWICK

13:00

L+L

PORTRUSH

13:30

D


L+L

PRESTWICK

14:15

FP


L+L

WINDERMERE

14:50

FP


L+L

MORECOMBE

15:05

FP


L+L

HOLMFIRTH

15:25

FP


L+L

LUDFORD

15:45

FP

Morecambe to Holmfirth probably takes them over Lancaster - no information on heights.

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I was on holiday in Scarborough a few years ago and they had a fly past of a Lancaster over the castle. It was a magnificent sight . . . and sound.

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Taken at the Southport Air show three years ago.
I hadn't time to change my lens for a longer one but it cropped out reasonably well.

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The sound of a Merlin- gorgeous, music.
The sound of four in sync- magic, an orchestra.

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We were at Southport a couple of weeks ago.....The Blackpool Airshow was on...and I am sure that one of the Lancasters flew overhead in the direction of Blackpool.
Was too damn slow getting my camera out of my bag to snap it.......I would have got a good shot too because it was flying quite low.

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Website of events-----

Lancaster Bomber 2014 UK Tour

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Just noticed,Blackburn Sunday at 1515

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Thanks Les, I had missed that, weather forecast not good for Saturday but should be OK on Sunday.

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Blackburn 1515----Holmfirth 1535

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I may be wrong but I'm sure I heard the sound of multiple Merlins somewhere over the Ribble estuary(Blackpool/Southport) between 11.30 and 12. Rushed outside and could hear them clearly but couldn't see anything.That sound is so distinctive.

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Flights today cancelled due to bad weather.Check this website for up to date info..If and when the flight occurs over Blackburn,the best place to view would be from the top of Corporation Park.

Lancaster Bomber Ale

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I assume that they are flying over Thwaites Brewery and then on to Holmfirth. Grane Road, even Haslingden Old Road, may be good spots to get a decent site of them in the local vicinity.
BG may be able to advise on probable route, airways/min flight levels etc?

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Got goosebumps as they just flew over the dunk, gutted I didn't have my camera but did video them with my phone. Will upload to YouTube later.

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I managed to get a place to park in a factory gateway on the road just below the Observatory pub and the uneatable food takeaway outlet.
Within in ten minutes there were cars on the yellow lines and footpaths every where because it was a good place to look down into the town and the brewery.
A police patrol car slowed down and thought better of moving us on and then the Lancs arrived.

I was hoping the bomb doors would open over the last photo.
Over and done with far too soon.

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My camera was upstairs...by the time I had gone and got it the big birds were gone leaving only their drone.

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Hmmmm :rolleyes:

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Hope this works, took me ages to get it to play the right way round. :rolleyes:

Lancaster Bombers flying over Dunkenhalgh - YouTube

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Works for me g, Nice one :alright:

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Wow!

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I eventually settled near the Britannia Inn on the Haslingden Rd. which was on the direct route,but oh no they flew further north then turned over Accy to go up the valley towards Haslingden,so they were too far away for good shots,and I could just hear the engine noise.Got home to Clayton,my next door neighbour said that they flew almost overhead---should have stood on my garage roof.C'est la vie!

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Superb, gpic, well focused and the sound- terrific.
What sort of video camera did you use to get that sound?
It's not easy filming planes, I always ended filming blank sky and never got sound like that.

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It was just my phone Gordon. iPhone 5s.

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I'm impressed.
No wonder people don't buy camcorders any more!

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Have you removed the video gpick?
It's not showing on my iPhone 5s or ipad.
If it's still on the forum I will try on my PC.

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No, still working for me.:confused:

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It's working for me now, strange, first just the sound then the end last few seconds.
Second time I got it all, nice one gpick. Especially with a phone.

I zoomed in as close as I could to get them both in the same shot, I could have got a lot closer with only one in frame but the event called for them both.
They were gone too quickly to try them individually.
My sister rang me at 14.53 as they were passing over Morecambe and they appeared over Blackburn ten minutes later.
We had made arrangements earlier that she would ring as they passed so I could leave the comfort of my car in time to take the photos.
Well worth seeing together, a unique experience.
Just a side remark, the last time I flew in a plane was 1960. It was a Beverley with no back doors, they took them off because we couldn't open them in flight and we wanted to chuck things out. I have a few photos taken at Blackbushe with and without the cargo doors.
Toilet was an Elson pan behind a ground sheet, or stand at back and spray the crops.
Sorry, I strayed away from the thread.

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I was watching cricket at Church CC and they came over head. I rang my daughter to tell her they were on their way and she saw them from her friends garden in Padiham. I managed to get couple of photos .

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Same here Les, parked by the entrance of the wind farm - saw them, heard them but would have had trouble identifying them at that distance:o

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Is there also a canadian Spitfire? Took a tootle over to RAF Coningsby today, hoping to see the Lancasters out in the open but they were locked away in hangers ((managed a pic through an open fire door), but there was a Spitfire with the canadian leaf logo on the side (left plane in pic 2, just below cockpit).

See the today in pics thread later for some spitfire and Typhoons flight pics.

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More than likely, as the RCAF also flew Sqns of Spittys.

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Comprehensive list here of what Spits are still around well in 2007 anyway:

Spitfires still flying

Spitfire Mk . XVIe SL721 Registration NX721WK
Spitfire Mk XIV TZ138 Registration C-GSPT
Spitfire Mk IX MK912 Registration G-BRRA SH-L

all listed as being in Canada

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Southport Air Show- the Vulcan (20th Sept only),Canberra(21st Sept only) both Lancasters, Spitfire and Hurricane( BBMF,both days) will be flying over.
Southport Air Show - Show / Display in Southport, Southport - Southport

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Hoping to go Saturday (no Vulcan on Sunday).

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We usually go to Southport, but not sure if we are going this Saturday.

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The Vulcan is also doing a tour next week, planned for Thursday weather permitting. Not coming round this way though unfortunately.
Map of route and times on here - Cold War Tour 2014 Share

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My lad went to Duxford at the weekend. Waiting for the photos to be sent. He reckons it is the best one he has ever seen, and he has been to a lot being an RAF brat. Of course the fact that Duxford is part of the War Museum increases the pleasure with all the displays. He also enlightened me as to the whereabouts of the only remaining TSR2, as well as a myriad of other worthy exhibits.
We will certainly attempt to get there next year.

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Hope this will show the route of the Vulcan - covering all the V - Bomber bases next week.

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A few pics of the Lancasters & Vulcan from Southport airshow today.

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Brilliant GP, really good shots.
Will put some of the Duxford show on soon - the lad is off on a trip to Belgium/Netherlands/Germany (Berlin), so won't get them for a few weeks.

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The last flight together with a mixed fighter escort

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Can anyone throw any light on two planes I saw flying low along the coast at Morecambe last Friday ? They were heading south so maybe something to do with the Southport show. They were not the Lancasters. No marking that I could see just plain grey colour.
Would love to know what they were.

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The plainest grey planes I can remember from the show are the Canberra and hunter. If you look in the today in pictures thread I've some pics in there.

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Thunder & Lightnings - British Aircraft Corporation TSR2 - Survivor XR222

Been there some time, there are two. XR220 & XR222

http://aviation.elettra.co.uk/tsr2/survive.php

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Thanks, very interesting, my Lad did say that there was also a fuselage section at Duxford.
The parts location was interesting - possibly some ommisions, or parts have been moved - there were quite a significant number at The RAF College Cranwell in '71, some were actually used in demonstrations to our course.

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Here's a good read for you Mr Y

TSR2: Britain's Lost Bomber - Damien Burke - Google Books

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One of the items that really caught my interest was the windscreen - gold plated (can't remember how many microns), but it was incredible as it looked different from varying angles, we were told that it was to ensure the windscreens remained free of mist and ice, as well as giving some visual protection from thermo-nuclear "events" - guess that is the forerunner of heated and water sensor windscreens on cars.

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Nasa coated the visors of their astronauts suits for the same reason Barrie.

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This is thought to be the last ever Vulcan-Victor formation. The picture was taken by Neil Cottle from a Hercules in 1991. I understand there is one at Duxford (Victor), which is being considered for restoring to airworthiness

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They siad at Southport airshow that best they can hope for is the Vulcan will fly to the end of next years air show season, after that (and maybe before) the engines will need too much work to continue.:(

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These were taken while I was on HASLINGDEN MOOR,they flew quite low past me and my mate.

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here are the images,taken in 2012.

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Sadly this is the case. Great effort is going into fund raising to prolong the life.

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Slight wander but thought someone may be interested in seeing this. Obviously a composite but still classical

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All iconic British Aircraft, but missing the "Lanc".

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All are fighter aircraft DinG although some (all except the Meteor & Lightning I think), were used in a tactical ground attack role i.e. Fighter/Bombers, whereas the Lancaster were bombers pure and simple.

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Aye Barrie, I did think of saying fighters but as you noted some were also designated ground attack roles.

Still, classic Aircraft all. :)

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I have been told that the Meteor was in fact used in the ground attack role, but the primary function of all of them was fighter/interceptor. As you say all classics and I never tire of looking at such great examples of British design and engineering.:)

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Although a slight wander, something to keep the young, and not so young, entertained over Christmas
http://www.vulcantothesky.org/upload...r-cut-out3.pdf

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Sad news but not unexpected, this season will be the Vulcans last, a few upcoming dates here - Vulcan XH558 - Weekly Newsletter hopefully more will be added.
I`ve also read somewhere, but can`t find it right now that it will do a fly around the country.

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I will make sure that I see it somewhere. Never served on a Vulcan Sqdn but have been there when there was a scramble - the noise was incredible.
Off to London tomorrow and the lad is taking me to the IWM - looking forward to that as it was in the '70s when I was last there.

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Found the info on the fly around the country - Vulcan To The Sky - Fourth Anniversary

Copied from another forum -
"Planned routes for tour;

Saturday 27th June

Newark
East Midlands
Cosford
Woodford
Carlisle
East Fortune
Sunderland
Elvington
Doncaster return


Sunday 28th June

Bruntingthorpe
Coventry
Wellesbourne
Hendon
Duxford
Southend
Norwich
Marham
Waddington
Doncaster return"


Woodford isn`t far from here so might see it fly overhead on its way to Carlisle.

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The straight forward route would take it pretty close to Hyndburn/Blackburn. However, that would also take it pretty close to M/C Airport local control so there would probably be a diversion around that. I will make some enquiries and see if I can get some detail on the planned route.

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The routes will be published in the very near future. See Vulcan To The Sky - Locations for V-Force Tour

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The BBMF tour schedule can be found here RAF - Page not found

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Sorry there is some sort of screw up with the web site for the BBMF tour schedule

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Is this it - http://www.raf.mod.uk/bbmf/news/

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Thanks G, I was told that the full programme was available on the other site so it was possible to plan ahead somewhat.

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Many thanks for publishing the above link and thereby reminding me about the "last chance". Got off my backside and saw the Vulcan (and the BBMF) at Welshpool today. Very impressive display by the Vulcan and surprisingly long. Last time I saw a Vulcan flying was back in 195x at an Air Show where in the morning it was parked on the ground and you could walk round it (but not too close!) and in the afternoon it simply took-off and flew away - no display as such.

If anyone is thinking of going somewhere to see it stop thinking and just go, you will not be disappointed.

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Details of the final(?) Vulcan tour.
Vulcan To The Sky - Locations for V-Force Tour

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Supposed to e an updated/extended schedule
Displays / Tours - Vulcan To The Sky

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The Vulcan - Wales National Air Show

Posted on another thread too.

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Just found some maps on another forum of Vulcans predicted route over this weekend,

https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer...U.kUw-sHunS1ps

https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer...U.kr6xxU1U7Acg

Is there any significance of it flying over Samlesbury Aerodrome?

And times -

SAT 27th JUNE
Doncaster Airport T/O 1300
Elvington 1310
Scarborough 1323
Sunderland Museum 1343
East Fortune 1408
Carlisle Airport 1423
Barton Aerodrome 1500
Manchester Airport* 1505
Woodford 1509
RAF Cosford 1523
East Midlands 1537
Newark Museum 1545
Doncaster Airport 1558

*(subject to operational clearance)

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Possibly the direct route from Carlisle to M/C Airport approach. I think Barton is now known as City Airport - looks as though it could even be a grass strip.

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The map shows it going via Windermere after Carlisle, A nice high view point is what I'm after so might head off up that way. A long way to go with no guarantees though.

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G - try these two addresses, they should be photographs of the new frames etc. for the Lancaster
https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net...da&oe=5625A98F

https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net...da&oe=5625A98F

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I went over to Samlesbury hoping to get a pic or two, it flew higher than I`d hoped so could only get the blue sky background.

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G, Have a look at this site/video. This is the finest flying display I have seen.

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/who...oosebumps.html

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Oh, the sound of those Merlins!
I turned the speakers on high and ran it again.
I didn't realise there were 16 flying Spitfires left. What a sight!

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Not the best of pics.

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From Cosford today, they had a big attendance, sort of ran out of parking spaces.
1) Slow pass over the runway
2) Climbing away
3) About 1 hour later after more people and cars turned up someone said 'they could get 4 or 5 (cars) in the Hercules'.

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I used to see the Vulcans returning to base in the '70,s.
They were part of the Cold War team. They seemed to follow the A1 south as far as Ferrybridge (where I used to park at night) then turn East towards Lincolnshire.
They had already started to descend by then and was low enough to read the numbers on the side very clearly.
It was an amazing sight and there was always at least four together.
I saw the last Vulcan at Southport air show a few years ago and yesterday sat out in my garden with a 600mm lens on camera and never saw it pass, it must have been more to the west.

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It went from Windermere to Manchester, so flew over other side of Blackburn.

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Bit of a wander but thought some of you may be interested - official from the RAF BF
https://www.facebook.com/rafbf/photo...type=1&theater

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As today is the anniversary date of "Adler Tag" I thought no one would object to this post
https://www.facebook.com/BBMF.Offici...type=1&theater

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Aircraft including 18 Spitfires and six Hurricanes will fly over south-east England later today to mark 75 years since the Battle of Britain's "Hardest Day".

Battle of Britain: Flypast for 75th anniversary of 'Hardest Day' - BBC News

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Some fantastic photographs of the Vulcan over RAF Lakenheath, assisted by USAF. One of the comments was actually made during a Red Flag "Climbing to 50 feet" - probably a **** take at the time.
https://www.facebook.com/RAFLakenhea...type=1&theater

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Something very special for today - 15 September 1940 + 75
https://www.facebook.com/BBMF.Official
Hope you can see it OK

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From the VTTS website -
The LAST EVER flypast by XH558 with the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, the Red Arrows!! THIS SATURDAY at SOUTHPORT AIR SHOW.

Home | Vulcan To The Sky

Anyone else going?

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Could be but waiting to see if BBMF post the routes early Saturday morning.

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From Southport today...

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we went to Southport today.....had quite forgotten that it was the air show.
It took us two and a quarter very frustrating hours on the bus from Preston to Southport.
We waited one hour and forty five minutes for a bus back......and i only managed to get two sodding measly pictures.
My camera kept migrating to the bottom of my very large shopping bag......and it was only my little pocket camera.

These are my shots.

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I was far too fumble fisted to get my camera out of my bag in time for the Red Arrows fly past.......I waited a while thinking they would make another pass......camera in my hot little hand...but they didn't do a second pass(well, not while I was stood watching).
I missed my walk along the pier too(it was closed off...don't know if it was just because of the air show or if there was some other reason).....it is my constitutional, my breath of sea air.

I know, I know I'm a grumble guts!

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They only did one fly past unfortunately. The pier was closed off for those who were willing to pay £60+ to watch the airshow from there, I enjoy the show but would never pay that much, begrudged having to pay the £6 to park after paying £23 for three tickets.

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Yes, I thought it might have been for the air show....Didn't realise it cost so much for the tickets.
Himself enjoyed looking at the motorbikes....well, he did once he had got over his grumbling at the bus ride.

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Copied from Facebook, pilots view from the vulcan, I think us spectators get the best view

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I intended to try and get on the route of the Vulcan, but my day got screwed up. Will see what there is on the BBMF website. Thanks for the posted photographs everyone - nice try Margaret

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I don't think they needed to bomb Port Stanley runway. If they'd done a couple of low passes over it the whole Argy army would have been disabled, in agony with busted ear drums. The sound is phenomenal but what a graceful thing it is. Air shows won't be the same without it.

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Yes you are right Gordon it was a noisy beast.
I always considered planes to be a 'boy' thing....but the sight and sound of that plane was magnificent.......and it really was so low. I could almost have shook hands with the pilot.
I left the lampost and the fairground ride in the second shot so that you could get and idea of how low it really was.