There probably won't be a lamp in sight but I thought there may be some people who would be interested anyway. Every year at the Wellesbourne airfield near Stratford upon Avon they open it up and have a car and plane show. I went along year before last as it's only up the road and with beautiful weather it was a very enjoyable day out. They have the XM655 Vulcan bomber which they fire up and taxi down the run way and include a battle of britain memorial fly over, when I went, it was the Spitfire, Hurricane and Lancaster bomber, this year it will be the dakota. If you are close by and can make it I think it's worth a visit, it's on the 16th of June, weekend after Newark. Here are some pics from last time and a link to the website. There is more to see than I have pictures of including vintage cars, planes and ex military vehicles. Link
I love the Vulcan, it's by far my favourite plane... I think I must have been to at least 15 "Last Flight Of The Vulcan" events over the years!
Incredable to imagine the Vulcan bomber flying all the way to the Falkland isles and back again . Its test circuit is around York . I have often seen it flying low over the country side for free ! mick
I would love to see this vulcan fly but unfortunately it is destined to spend the rest of it's years grounded. I believe that it was landed at the airfield in wellesbourne but the runway is not long enough for a take off. Although I reckon it could if they tried.
I really like the Lancasters, to me, they look like the last of the "Victorian" bombers....graceful lines and excellent visibility from the cockpit....
Must be another one. The one who was around when all those Victorian Tilley lamps were being made. Info from the eBay historical society. ::Neil::
Well I'm working on the theory that Fred Tilley was, in fact, a Timelord who endowed his lamps with the ability to travel back and forth through time as easily as we mere mortals travel hither and thither through space. For some, as yet, unknown reason, this ability seems to be inversely proportional to the distance from a film or television studio. Anyway, perhaps the Avro Lancaster was an early evolution of what we now know as the TARDIS. It makes you think, doesn't it... 8)
The Vulcan bomber is on the list to view this month in Sunderland. One flew over my mother so low at a camp we lived on when I was a kid it made her fall over! A lot of Vulcans in museums are missing parts used to get the ones that headed for the Falklands airworthy!
XH558 Vulcan went over our house 5 minutes ago at about 500 feet heading due west. Nearly fell off my chair. I think he was transiting from the Manston air show to the Weston-Super-Mare air show. Great sight and sound. Terry
