The V-Bombers: The UK's Strategic Nuclear Strike Force
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Anyone who's ever seen a Vulcan will never forget it. The thing is bloody huge, beautiful and has an amazing sound.
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I'm surprised you didn't mention Operation Thunderball in 1965. Where British MI6 agents were tasked with recovering a hijacked Avero Vulcan and the two atomic warheads it carried. Thankfully the downed Vulcan was found in the waters of the Bahamas and the missing atomic weapons were recovered. Great video as always Simon! 👍
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The Valiant was delivered on time because it didn't suffer scope creep as many other projects do. It had a spec to hit and the spec didn't change, so it hit it. The problem with other projects is they see how well it does X then they want it to also do Y and Z, which wasn't in the original design spec, so it's tacked on and takes longer to find a way to make it work with what they have without having to start over.
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Simon. I would love to see a video on the Soviet's version of Cheyenne Mountain . I realise there might not be much open source material but maybe do one of all soviet command and control facilities to expand it. Just curious
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How could you do a video on the Vulcan, and not have a clip of the Vulcan Howl?! It's an incredible sound to hear!!!
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I have so many great memories of taking my daughter to airshows when she was younger than 10yrs to see the XH558 prior to it's retirement. The noise at Waddington will stay with me forever.
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Our family farm was under one of the low flight paths used by Vulcans during the 1970s. They were both loud and aerodynamically "messy" - when the plane could be seen disappearing over the horizon around 20 miles away you could still hear the rustling of the air as the wing-tip vortices trailed many miles behind it. As it was a hill farm occasionally we'd look across and down "into" the cockpit - they were a little loose with the minimum height regulations back then. Only ever had one Victor fly over.
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I have a Blue Steel separation switch from a Vulcan and bomb release Wander Button taht was used on all three on my desk! It is kind of cool having the button you press to release a nuclear missile.
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Yay a video that's nearly an hour long! I am that freak on here that genuinely loves long-form videos. Means i can put something on and not worry about having to find a new video for long enough that i can actually get stuff done instead of scrolling through videos i have little interest in since youtube likes to keep the videos from channels im subbed to off the main screen.
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Having seen XH558 both in her hangar at Doncaster, and years prior in flight, three things stuck with me. Firstly, the howl of the engines. Second, the dart like shape, as a silouhette is genuinely intimidating, and thirdly, the Vulcans are a lot bigger than you’d think.
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I remember as a kid growing up in Yorkshire in the 1970's seeing Vulcans flying overhead fairly regularly. Always a beautiful sight watching them bank and climb from wherever they were based nearby (I assume, too long ago, cant remember exactly) but they are a gorgeous aircraft.
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I watched a Vulcan Bomber flight demo at Barksdale AFB in Louisiana in 1976. I was twelve, and it was the most awe-inspiring thing I have ever experienced before, or since. The sound was earth shattering. The rolls and hammerhead turns jaw-dropping. I met the Brit pilots and they graciously answered my questions. It was a good day.
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36:25 "A suitably steel testicled crew" The most beautiful compliment I have ever heard 😂
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I was asleep in the garden and a Vulcan bomber flew pretty low over my house which was one hell of a surprise i can tell you lol, thought i was in a earthquake for a second till i saw it fly over head i remember my two cats were freaking right out like the world was coming to an end, truly epic sound with that awesome howl too.
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I used to work in Farnborough and every other year when the international air show was taking place, we saw some amazing planes. Including a Vulcan bomber. Words cannot describe just how amazing it is to see one in the air, to listen to the screeching of its engines and knowing this was one thing that saved my own country (Germany) from nuclear annihilation. Thank you, United Kingdom, for being a vital part of european security.
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This was great, really good you took the time to explain the history of each aircraft in detail rather than rushing a quick overview I grew up next to RAF Waddington and my late fathers old Royal Engineer unit shared a hanger with the Vulcan display flight. I got to sit in XH558 a fair few times, I didn't appreciate it as much as I should have, and saw her flying very regularly. She's a very special aircraft
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MORE LONG VIDEOS PLEASE! Keep up the great work! The team and Simon do a truly awesome job!
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Thank you for doing justice to the V story. I remember being an RAF trainee in 1990 at RAF Locking, a Vulcan did a very low flypast and then went nearly vertical just above us. I swear I felt the exhust heat! And still feel the ground shaking 30 years later!!!!!
