My father, who died 2 years ago at the age of 92, was the Chief Test Pilot at Handley Page for the "Victor Programme" - I spent many a Saturday sat in the air field's Fire Engine at Radlett watching him come and go - still so vivid. The RAF (he was formerly an RAF Officer) were very generous - they gave him the last seat on this last flight in recognition of his service - he is first out in the video! He had flown every single one produced - we have the log books to prove it! He wept at their being made into saucepans. And thank you Geoff (me too) and so many other below.

@herseem

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing that, and perhaps there are additional stories that you feel it might be worth recording while you can remember them. It's important that this history is not lost

@craigallam343

3 жыл бұрын

@@herseem this is very kind Mike: before his death my father made a recording documenting his life in aviation for the Imperial War Museum: he speaks about the Victor at length and includes much else...they have just removed the Victor Gate Guardian from RAF Marham sadly. They do, however, have a museum there and the Victor features with words and pictures of Dad which is lovely. We intend to donate all of his Victor log books (he flew every single one built), flying suits etc to them so, as you say, they are not "lost". Thank you, Mike for your words.8

@joebcfcable

3 жыл бұрын

Nice bit of history

@craigallam343

3 жыл бұрын

@@joebcfcable Thank you Joe, we remain immensely proud

@swim2kill

3 жыл бұрын

Very very cool. You must be a very proud son

Even in 2020, this looks futuristic

@joshuareedbudzik8916

3 жыл бұрын

Facts

@DaveyTheDad

2 жыл бұрын

It’s looks 1960’s futuristic

@nigelmitchell351

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely ! Like a Lamborghini ! I always thought it the design icon equivalent to the Vulcan and Concorde.

@jimdoyle8757

2 жыл бұрын

I think it has a face of a moth , beautiful plane

@dannycarter1966

2 жыл бұрын

It certainly does. And intimidating and downright evil too.

The most technologically advanced aircraft of its day. The Vulcan looked of its time, the Victor looked like it had flown in from Mars.

@tatotaytoman5934

4 ай бұрын

neither looked like they came from the time tbh

@blizzardogisitc

2 ай бұрын

​@@tatotaytoman5934they are 1960s design, so in 1960s, it might be futuristic as it looks

This is bitter sweet to watch!My husband was a crew chief on this Victor from 1967 to 1975.He did many detachments during those years with the Victors on 543 Squadron RAFWyton,the last one being to Peru 1974. Sadly he died exactly a year ago after 15 years of ill health. 😥

@swanseajaffa

Жыл бұрын

I was based at Wyton in 1971/72 and I remember that Squadron well before I moved to Laarbruch.

@craigallam343

Жыл бұрын

Only just seen this 🤦🏼‍♂️! AWESOME story with such a sad end .... I'd understand the bitter sweet, best wishes

@trenta.958

11 ай бұрын

You must be very young. I'm quite old myself.

@peterd8525

8 ай бұрын

Sorry for your loss, Lucy. I must have rubbed shoulders with your husband during my time on 543 at Wyton, 1966 to 1971. (Some names have dissappeared over time). My earlier post of 8 years ago is below, somewhere.

In MY opinion--this is THE most dramatic and fantastic looking aircraft ever built--it not only looks like something that belongs in the depths of the sea, it also looks fit for purpose--the bringer of mass destruction---

@eatthisvr6

10 жыл бұрын

if batman had a bomber

@waynester71

9 жыл бұрын

Well..at 3:22, the Bomber did indeed have a Batman! ;-)

@tracypanavia4634

9 жыл бұрын

waynester71 omg dat joke xD

@Yvestrum

9 жыл бұрын

waynester71 got me in tears, dude....:D

@JohnSmith-pd1fz

9 жыл бұрын

Yeah I remember when these were at RAF Marham, just across the fields from here.....

Great creation. Designed by talented engineers using slide rules and drawing boards. Great that the museum guy has a 100 year view. These machines will amaze people for years to come.

This plane has a face that only a mother would love. Unique, scary, menacing, lovely.

@fredtedstedman

2 жыл бұрын

always reminds me of those Knights in Armour visors , the pointy ones ! I was lucky enough to go on a flight deck , how they ever saw anything out of those windows I don't know .

@coasternamegenerator5611

Жыл бұрын

Guess I’m a mother then

@wossisname4540

Жыл бұрын

@@coasternamegenerator5611 Yes! All of a sudden my maternal instincts are revealing themselves. Rather pleasant, really.

@davidcarter805

Жыл бұрын

fugley

@glyndowning3076

4 ай бұрын

Malevolent to the point of actually being beautiful. As someone else here concisely put it 'True Brit!'

The V-bombers were the most distinctive aircraft of their time. Beautiful and deadly. The British aircraft were so far ahead of anyone else. The V's, Comet, Harrier, VC-10s, etc.

@csisalesbasics673

Жыл бұрын

The B 58 was a spectacular aircraft and the B 52 still is. The Victor was visually a very unique plane, almost Star Wars in appearance

@Enyo66

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely!

@trenta.958

11 ай бұрын

The V-bombers would be right at home in one of the first 3 Fallout games

@guaporeturns9472

9 ай бұрын

Love the Victor

I used to live near the HP factory near Radlett, Hertfordshire. I remember the prototype (yes, I'm that old!) going up on Sunday mornings. All the windows of our house rattled as it climbed, seemingly vertically, and the when it levelled out, the silence was amazing.

The 'V' bombers are possibly the most beautiful planes ever build. I remember seeing them travelling (from Edinburgh) on the A1 to London in the early '60s.

It still looks more futuristic then modern military planes.

I remember when I was a kid of about 7 years old riding my bike (with no gears) with a friend from home in Harrow to the Hanley Page factory at Radlett, just to see new Victor's parked up. About 30 plus miles round trip, but worth it.....

Very poignant seeing this. As an Instrument Technician I worked on XH672 at RAF Wyton, late 60's including at Floyd Bennet Field Brooklyn during the Daily Mail Air Race. After my time and following conversion to a tanker, she flight refueled the Vulcan that bombed Port Stanley in the Falklands conflict.

I remember towing one of these out of the hangar at RAF Cottesmore in 1959. I was terrified I was going to catch a wing on the door but "Chiefy" made sure I was very careful.

@tomwestwood5318

7 жыл бұрын

Peter Condon I'd love to fly this or the Vulcan but sadly I can't but they are very good planes

magnificent aircraft. the front of the fuselage reminds me of the BELL X-1

Such a beautiful beast. I've always loved these and the Vulcan too. Gracious aircraft

The look of the thing - sooo Cold War, everybody seems to love the Vulcan but its the Victor that does it for me!

@michaelwarner4323

3 жыл бұрын

Both for me. Vulcan and Victor

@Orokin31

3 жыл бұрын

I love the Vulcan for the noise, and the Victor for the style.

It's amazing how it looks like something from a sci-fi movie, even now. The Brits sure how to make amazing looking (and performing) airplanes! I saw one of these sitting on the ground at an airshow in the US back in the early 1980s. I wish I could have seen it in the air when it left to re-cross the pond.

What a machine! I had the privilege of seeing all three VEE bombers in the air together. I was on the beach at Southsea (Portsmouth) Hampshire UK when I heard a god-awful roar in the sky. I looked up to see the Victor, Vulcan and Valiant - line abreast, coming right overhead, heading in the direction of the Isle of Wight. I don't know how high they were but it was very low - maybe 500 feet? Probably late 50's I think. What a sight and sound it was!

A throwback to the days when the RAF still had interesting aircraft!

This is the best looking modern bomber that existed IMO.

@matthewclaydon444

8 жыл бұрын

+stu80577 i have to disagree, the best looking modern bomber was the vulcan by far

@niallbrady8198

8 жыл бұрын

Totally agree. Has a real menacing look to it, befitting its former role. Sad day.

@SteamboatWilley

8 жыл бұрын

+BritishMilitaryPower I think the Vulcan, the B1 Lancer and the B2 Spirit all look more elegant, but the Victor is still a good looking plane and it's a shame none were preserved in flying condition.

@possummay

8 жыл бұрын

+BritishMilitaryPower I saw all three 'V' bombers between 1960 and 1964 at Biggin Hill with my father. At the end of the display nobody, but nobody, went home until all three of the 'V' bombers had left. The point of the reply is: the Valiant went first, then the Victor, and finally the mighty Vulcan. The most impressive was the Vulcan. As far as an enemy was concerned it was the scariest machine flying. I'm just sad that my grandchildren won't see them - watching videos is not quite the same.

@matthewplace9652

8 жыл бұрын

+possummay i thought it was valliant vulcan then victor because victors were air to air refueling platforms upto early ninties im not saying u are wrong its just its what i thought

As is so often the case I did not know just how privileged I was to take a flight in the "sixth seat" of one of these wonderful aircraft with 55 squadron at RAF Marham when I was about 15 as a cadet in 1018 Sqn ATC. Must have been in 1967. We refuelled either Phantoms or Buccaneers over the Hebrides. I was too much in awe of the whole military set up and was almost speechless from nerves the whole day but what a day!. (I did go on to join our University Air Squadron but never did join the RAF proper.)

@garyschermer5463

5 жыл бұрын

Great story. I was born in 1967.

My uncle was one of the designers of the Victor at Handley Page. I had the privilege of a conducted tour of the Victor at their base at Radlett back in the 1960s when I was a young lad. The lasting memory was that the bomb bay was full of wire, not bombs.

Watching this video was an eye-opener for me because my late father was based at RAF Shawbury during his national service and I was lucky enough to sit in the Victor's pilots seat during a visit to RAF Marham, with the cub scouts, in 1976. Thank you for uploading this.

What a frankenstein. Unique and intimidating. In other words a perfect military plane

Phenomenally beautiful aircraft, thank you GB for this gem. And please, develop and produce military aircraft again.

Love the Victor wish they were one still flying with the Vulcan 😢both giving us so much pleasure 😊

Freaking amazing looking bomber!Such a menacing look.love it

The Victor, earthquakingly superb on take-off! ,

I was on 100Sqdn in the early 60's and worked on the"7" series Victors including 715 and 717.Incredible aircraft. Sad to see them go.

This pilot had tremendous presence of mind. Watching the video of the event shows that his recollection of what happened is very accurate, made even more amazing by the shock of the unexpected that was really life threatening. Incredible!

I've just come back from the Duxford museum, saw this plane. It's a truly a marster peace.

They may be old, they may be obsolete, but the V bombers were bloody magnificent. We lost more than a few kites when these machines were grounded or sold off for scrap, and largely forgotten.The same could be said for so many other iconic aircraft!

@Oldbmwr100rs

8 жыл бұрын

+John Benton It's extremely sad how the British aircraft industry were treated in the end. Britain produced many iconic as well as innovative and all very good flying aircraft in the day. Of course the same can be said of the car and motorcycle industries there too. Seems almost like a government conspired to take these industries away, with all the jobs and market share..

@Myrmecia

8 жыл бұрын

+Oldbmwr100rs Vickers produced the Valiant, Avro the Vulcan and Handley-Page the Victor. Our aircraft industry was fully up to the Cold War threats. The industry had leaders, designers, engineers, maintenance staff - and programmes to train more of each. Now we are sucked into buying the F-35 pig-in-a-poke. And we probably couldn't produce a matching aircraft. All we have is betting shops, nail parlours, tattoo & piercing artists, 24-hour booze and world class obesity.

@johnbenton4488

8 жыл бұрын

But faced with politicians, it folded, like virtually all our industry.

@Oldbmwr100rs

8 жыл бұрын

+Myrmecia Ha! Everything you say is the same here in the states! To think the same company that at one time designed the SR-71 without using computers and built it under budget and in time is now lost making the F-35 fiasco. Britain had a magnificent domestic aircraft industry, all destroyed by the Labor government, Canada had the same thing happen to them as well. As far as aircraft being too old, look at our B-52, still flying and projected to be doing so for another 20 or more years. Our A-10 is a product of the early 70's and the F-16 is slightly later, both are still flying, the A-10 finally doing what it was designed for.

@johnbenton4488

8 жыл бұрын

Which bit do you assemble from imported bits to make another bigger bit? Where I live we had nothing but factories. Now we have everything but factories. Go figure!

The Victor was another fantastic British design aircraft. The others should Not be scrapped, they should go to other museums so our children can see what used we to build in this country.

The most fantastic looking aircraft ever...stunning!

What a sad thing letting her down, and the moment you shut down the engines.... knowing they won´t roar again..... sad! Thanks for the video ☻

An Aircraft which still looks awesome in 2014 ! Immense sense of presence and power ! Shame it is no more .

@misteryummyearth1055

Жыл бұрын

December 2022 to be precise, merry christmas

A beautiful aircraft, my favorite V bomber. Always reminds me of a powerful shark, while the Vulcan is a giant manta ray.

One of the most beautiful aircraft ever built and flown.

Still looks incredible, like something out of Flash Gordon. Love it.

Beautiful old girl! I wish the National Museum of the United States Air Force Museum could have gotten hold of a Victor and a Vulcan. We Yanks appreciate beauty in flight too. Those of us who love all things aviation will miss them.

@larrycooper9487

8 жыл бұрын

Doesn't belong in that museum at all. Besides, this is/was a horrible aircraft. Poor range, poor offload capability, poor performance all around. Basically a flying bucket of bolts.

@ProjectUnsoundDineen

8 жыл бұрын

+Larry Cooper are you hi lool you must know nothing about planes if you mean that

@larrycooper9487

8 жыл бұрын

Project Halo wars I suppose you're right. That is if you disregard my degree in Aerospace Engineering, my stints as an aerospace and electrical engineer, my conversations with Tex Johnston on the subject, my years piloting the NKC/EC/KC-135 and instructing and flight test in the EC-18/B-707. I suppose that is not enough to qualify me to make an informed comment on an air refueling platform.

@richkingb01

8 жыл бұрын

+Don Weimer As far as i know there are three vulcans still on display in the states if it helps. XM573 - Strategic air and space museum, ashland, nebraska XM605 - Castle AFB museum, atwater, california. XM606 - 8th air force museum, barksdale AFB, louisiana.

@donweimer9264

8 жыл бұрын

+Larry Cooper First of all, impressive resume and thank you for your service. But wasn't the Victor designed as a bomber? It was converted to the tanker role. l wonder how well the B 52 would perform if converted to a tanker? Wasn't the kc135 built on the 707 airliner airframe which Boeing redesigned and built from the ground up as tankers? I don't believe Boeing converted airliners to tankers. This airframe also carries the AWACS mission. For what it's worth, the 707 platform has been wonderful in every role it played. That they are still in use speaks volumes about the design. As for the short range of the Victor, the Soviet Union is not that far from England and the RAF pilots probably knew their nuclear mission was going to be one way. I believe it's a damned good thing they didn't have to find out!

This beautiful bird regularly flew over my house when I was a little kid. Scary bird.

thanks for being a king of planes!

本当に格好の良い飛行機だね。数年前に自分のPCの壁紙をこの飛行機の写真に替えてから、この飛行機がどんなふうに空を飛んでいたのか、気になっていた。今回、それを記録した映像を見ることが叶って感無量です。ありがとうございました。Thanks!

Such a magnificent aircraft

She is beautiful and well spoken!

That's my dad (Steve Jenkins) flying and giving the logbook away at the end!

Great video. I saw the Vulcan last week for the last time before she retires, very emotional. I wish they could keep these old girls flying, such a shame :'-(

@thomas2279

8 жыл бұрын

+Nigel Fortune This Victor reminds me of the plane they used on Flash Gordon

The British jets always remind me of Thunderbirds are go!

@kbarrett97

9 жыл бұрын

the worlds ugliest aircraft ever !

@wissam24

9 жыл бұрын

kbarrett97 the British bombers?

@sirlordwhitman

9 жыл бұрын

Trevor Brown or Captain Scarlet and Joe 90. Crazy looking designs on there too.

@beaconrider

8 жыл бұрын

+kbarrett97 The ones you designed were much better looking I presume?

@sirlordwhitman

8 жыл бұрын

+beaconrider Dont get so defensive. i happen to like the crazy designs.

What a beauty and such a shame she will be broken up. We should keep her on display at Waddington or Cosford.

@Bruce-1956

10 жыл бұрын

She has not been broken up. If you listen he said that she would be transfered by road to the RAF museum as the runway there is not long enough.

I have built a scale model of the exact plane in the video and I must say it is very elegant and also menacing (in a good way). absolutely love the Victor

huh...extremely cool looking! Never saw good pics or film in it before. She looks like a true brute, love the sound!

The British REALLY knew how to build some sexy bombers.

@LoganC1988

6 жыл бұрын

J H Are you crazy? That thing is hideous haha

@keithburston6578

5 жыл бұрын

You can't have sex with a bomber.maybe a Handley Palm

@JamesCook777

5 жыл бұрын

Ужасно не красивый самолет...

@JamesCook777

5 жыл бұрын

@Big Cake I have the same opinion)))

@JamesCook777

5 жыл бұрын

@Big Cake JH is blind, i think

Wow...in the style department...10

wow I really enjoyed your video

This plane haunts my dreams... And I ❤ it!

Great video. Sad when it gets down to only preserving nose sections, but I salute those who do what they can. Some aircraft to me are so iconic that they should have had at least one flying example preserved at MOD expense. Thinking Meteor, Hunter, the one and only Lightning(maybe at least two of those!), Canberra and last and never least the trio of V Bombers. Always thought the Victor looked it's best in Anti Flash White overall or Cammo upper surfaces. To me the Victor seemed ahead of it's time in design- particularly considering designed I believe late 1940's. Without computers. Also if I recall the Victor could carry 35,000 pounds of conventional ordnance- impressive.

It sucks when great planes like this are scrapped or taken out of the air to sit in Museum somewhere.

@deathtrooper199

6 жыл бұрын

It's better to be placed in the museum to let future generations watch and inspired rather than having to be scrapped, dumped and let it rust

@ianfrost5551

6 жыл бұрын

GBLynden's RC P

@mikemill7115

6 жыл бұрын

Quite a few B-52s still in service. It's too bad the RAF didn't buy B-52s back in the 50s instead of building 3 types of V bombers. The B-52 could carry twice the payload as any of the V bombers, twice the range.

@mikemill7115

6 жыл бұрын

Victors were being scrapped back in the 70s at RAF St Athan when I was there. Too many V bombers were built and the role of air to air refueling was not ideal for a bomber.

@mikemill7115

6 жыл бұрын

"paperwork" ?? there is no role for the Victor, built in an age when bombers were thought to be the only detterent, ICBMs made them redundant. The air to air role was not ideal for the Victor. The RAF should have used converted 707s in that role, they had a greater range, could carry more fuel and they could carry ground crew.

Tragic why we can't have flying examples of these amazing aircraft !

How true! In a previous comment I said it was the most handsome of the three, many people might not have seen it in flight before but I think after seeing this, they will probably agree. Thank you.

my favorite bomber ! looks really wonderful

Saw one of them about ten years ago in an airshow at Seattle Wa. It was owned by the Canadian airforce and they were still flying it.

@johnevans388

4 жыл бұрын

I don't think so! There are only five Victors surviving, none are airworthy and they're all in the UK.

@Tomteeejay

2 жыл бұрын

The Victor was never exported. Only every operated by the UK (Royal Air Force).

It's so sad, that these beauties won't be visible in the skies anymore !

1st posting, 1st squadron, 1st station and 1st operational aircraft I worked on out of RAF Eng training... What a time

Quaid: “See you at the party Victor!”

wow beautiful plane man!!!!

This plane has always given me goosepimples. Just love it.

Its a sin to scrap them,put them in museums for the future kids to see.

The most beautiful plane I think I've ever seen. There is one at Elvington, near York, and I've been close enough to touch the old girl. A great plane made proudly by our once great nation and a sad casualty to the end of our glorious history. Damn I wish I could see it fly :(

We used to be able to build magnificent aircraft like this. The look of this plane always for me sums up perfectly what the the Cold War was about and the role it may have played in the "end of all days". So sad to see it go but thank God for all of us that they retired without ever having to take that last one way mission.

i can't believe i'm just now discovering the marvelous aircraft

wow,what a great looks this plane have. All praise to its crew and designers.

such a beautiful plane

A very unusual looking aircraft, I have always thought they have sort of a "Jules Verne" look about them. Futuristic and other worldly. I have to assume the air-frame was cut to transport it to it's final resting place. Once that's done there's no way to repair the damage. A nice addition to the museum to say the least, but sad in the sense it wouldn't be able to fly again.

@blueucloud5431

7 жыл бұрын

Tinsby couldn't have said it better myself

@Tinsby

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I was fortunate to see one years ago at an airshow in Harrisburg, Pa. It was on static display as I remember, along with a fighter plane from a RAF squadron that had Roman Numerals on the tail, not English numbers. We were told that it was the only squadron that was using that numbering scheme. Sorry I don't recall which one it was, I'd love to know and I forget why they used them! They flew back to the UK in darkness so I never got to see the Victor fly. I have photos of it, yes. Lord knows where they are needless to say they are pre-digital!

it's heartning to find it retiring once for ever.

This is beautiful

B-52 came out in 1952 same era as Victor I think. B-47 around 1947.The Harrier was very unique and perfect for Marines use lots were built here in a number of variants. Canberras were again unique but I only saw one flying.

so cosmic design. Looks like a CG animation from the Avatar movie.

Bom dia !!!! Aeronave fantástica. Uma pena não estar mais nos Céus..... Muito obrigado pelo vídeo e parabéns pelo canal. Abraço do Brasil.....

One of the most strikingly beautiful aircraft ever built yet it looks so purposeful. We must all be thankful it never carried out for real it's one way primary mission.

I don't believe I have ever laid my eyes on an aircraft as beautiful as this. Not even close!

The most evil looking plane in history. Somehow, looks a bit like a distant cousin of the Daleks

"Old warriors never die they just fade away". D.McArthur

Worked with Tankers at RAF Marham. My favourite military aircraft closely followed by the F4 Phantom

this bomber look more like a star war space ship more than airplane.

Remnants of a former highly developed civilization ........

The cockpit window arrangement gives the aircraft a special look.

Still a head Turner in 2022..so futuristic and beautiful. 😢

Belongs in Thunderbirds...she is gorgeous..

Why do they scrap such wonderful aircraft. Isn't it better for aviation history to maintain them in flying condition? Its like destroying a monument.

@helmethead72

8 жыл бұрын

+Louis Kriel An act or criminally short sighted vandalism. Like the grounding of the Concorde fleet, I swore after that I'd never fly BA again. Promise kept.

@helmethead72

8 жыл бұрын

MichaelKingsfordGray The national lottery has raked in billions since it began. It wouldn't take much to save our aviation heritage for posterity.

@helmethead72

8 жыл бұрын

Oh I think it could be done for a lot less than you're claiming. Where there's a will there's a way-unless the bean counters and desk jockeys have anything to do with it.

@sarahjones641

7 жыл бұрын

Totally agree keep at least one out of respect for the engineering design and the planefor what it is.

@scottrider8445

6 жыл бұрын

It's pretty easy and inexpensive to maintain a document. You can't say the same about an obsolete plane.

Its incredible to have a design like this in 1947

An old family friend -Jock Still- was a test pilot for Handley Page. He flew Victors. Also Hurricanes and Spits operationally during WW2 and (at the end of his career) Lightnings as part of a service contract for Saudi Arabia.

You wouldn't knock down a historical castle for stones to build a pavement; so why do they scrap old planes to be made into cans?

@untrust2033

4 жыл бұрын

Or even worse flown up in the sky and shot down

@Jabber-ig3iw

3 жыл бұрын

PMOL QRCD that’s literally what happened to every castle on the planet, once they were deemed obsolete and stopped being used people used the stone to build their houses. Who is supposed to pay for all these obsolete aircraft to be preserved?

@realMaverickBuckley

3 жыл бұрын

@@Jabber-ig3iw Charity. If it cant be funded then fair enough but they don't even give us the choice most of the time. Im pretty sure we've not used castles to build houses. In the UK anyway.

These beautiful bombers don't belong in a scrap heap!

First flight in 1952 ! Development started around 1947 Replaced the Avro Lancaster, what a leap. in technology.

How beautiful yet awesomely threatening it looks.

What a crying shame to loose a big part of our history...We{UK) save historic homes..Why not shave historic planes.

@Streaky100001

9 жыл бұрын

agedflier Not quite that easy, sadly most of these aircraft are nearing the end of their airframes lifespan, meaning that regardless of what we do those aircraft's flying days are over.

@johnatkinson6759

9 жыл бұрын

Streaky100001 As Ray Hansen said..The B-52 was built around the same time and it's still flying. I agree in general what you are saying but isn't there a term called "preventative maintenance"?? I'm sure there are pattern molds stashed away somewhere and can be remanufactured.

@Streaky100001

9 жыл бұрын

John Atkinson Yeah, there is preventative maintance, and this can extend the airframes life but even so fatigue builds up and sooner or later you have to retire the airctaft, I'm sure the same B-52s haven't been flying all this time, many have likely been retired and replaced. And yes, I'm sure if you dug around you'd likely find pattern molds, but we don't have the industrial infrastructure for it anymore.

@yahatinda

8 жыл бұрын

+agedflier Scrapping is a horror surely at least one nice example can be kept indoors in good flying condition.?

@Oldbmwr100rs

8 жыл бұрын

+Ray Hansen I wish they could have brought a few to the states for our air museums. The Hanford California air force museum at least has a Vulcan on display, a Victor would fit in with their bomber oriented museum.

totally agree. Beautiful design. Youve got to wonder why they dont design modern jet aircraft like this.

@zero_meercat8624

4 жыл бұрын

Steve Vincent aero dynamics and fuel efficiency

Such an obscure looking machine. Beautiful.

This is in my opinion the most beautiful airplane ever made....❤