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Mr Bones wrote: ↑Thu Jan 31, 2019 10:52 pm I love that plane. Beautiful and majestic.

And I got to work on them

A real privilege. Ever get to fly in one?

There is one at the Transport Museum Sunderland.

Been in several but never made it into the air.

See the guys lovingly restoring the one at Sunderland.

At Beamish Museum.

Mr Bones wrote: ↑Tue Feb 19, 2019 8:28 pm A real privilege. Ever get to fly in one?

Good Lord no. This was the cold war and access to the cockpit was restricted anyway unless you had a job ticket. Bombed up ones on QRA duty were guarded day and night by military police with a gun and a dog. I think the logic there was if the cop's gun failed to go off the dog bit you!

Seriously though, even after the nuke deterrent was passed to the navy, I don't remember anyone other than the five crew and sometimes a crew chief getting to sit on the dicky seat. Very cramped and poor visibility so wouldn't have been much fun.

Palma - Soller Train, Palma

At Beamish Museum.

Foremarke Hall. Not the greatest photo's, but not bad for a mobile phone...