What the ‘boys’ get up to when the weather is foul !! can anyone identify the aircraft being lovingly worked on?

Sad to say that young male goats are culled at c. 9 months. It seems the ladies in the herd need only one on site & no complications.

I wonder if a certain Dutchman may be on his way from Manchester United? Where might he be going? Money & Medals the key.

How much would you cough up for a slice of coffee & walnut cake at Compton Abbas Airfield? ( No cream.)

Great working with SAM Approach yesterday morning. SRA to 02 in glorious sunshine & no airline traffic. Key is performance: Must hit descent rate of 500′ per minute asap.

Weather back to normal today!

Peter.

Well folks,

Happy 2014…belated wishes but nonetheless sincere..Name the breed & Husky will not do!

Peter.

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Sunday week ago the Vulcan taxi runs hit electrical snags & so much power eventually generated the tyres proved to be a costly variable….

….in England.

Sunday week ago the Vulcan was delayed starting its taxi run at Wellesbourne due to electrical problems. A pain for all concerned, not least Charles Brimson & his noble crew. Sorted eventually but as the image indicates a blown fuse/circuit breaker not an easy fault to trace in this lot!! Adding insult to injury, so much power generated by those four Rolls Royce engines that tyres were scrubbed…and they are not cheap/off the shelf!?

Surprising how a grey smudge on the wall of the dining room, the size of a £10 note, can develop into a cracking headache!! This dining room wall does not quite look like it did last night… as workers find the true extent of rising damp.Here is hoping the bank manager, if he can be found, is a man of the World!

This ‘classic’ is one of the few arrivals at Wellesbourne today…just as Jamie & I were rare visitors to Northampton/Sywell. Strong winds, sadly, but this beast powered through these! Interesting to contemplate the builder of the engine that powered it. Indeed, what is it? And those markings signify what? What innovation on this aircraft altered U.S. success in daylight bombing in W.W.2.?