Used to live 2 miles from scampton as a kid, when times were less security conscious, standing with just a chain link fence watching 3 wings of vulcans scrambling. no ear protectors just 9 aircraft full throttle plus afterburners. magic for an 11 year old.
Father-in-law used to clean them at one time.
If any one has a chance to go to East Kirkby when they taxi there lanc GO I went once at night and in the pouring rain seeing the exhausts glowing red in the dark and the plain shuddering in front of me has to be seen. God knows how lucky I am not to have flown in one over germany.
East kirkby often have bike run outs which combine the lanc taxiing out on the runway.
red arrows have been grounded for a few weeks due to ejector seat problems but are now flying again. Usually watch them over winter from my parents house, scampton is closing as a base and they are moving to waddington but still using scampton airspace to practice in.
beeman
