On Sunday I went to Coventry airport's fly-in day. The main attractions were the only airworthy Avro Vulcan XH558, plus a Tornado GR4.
The Vulcan and Tornado were in the air at the same time, the Vulcan made a terrific low approach and go-around, during which time the Tornado landed, followed shortly by the Vulcan. Both aircraft parked up in the same area near where I was standing. Simply awesome!
A few more pics on my flickr. In reality I took hundreds of pictures. The guy stood next to me with a similar camera probably took about 5 pictures total, I had the Canon on continuous shooting mode firing off shots like a machine gun!
In some places, the crowd was several rows deep at the safety fence. It's amazing that an aircraft like this has such clear public interest. It will be a huge disappointment to many if the trust cannot find the required funds to keep it operating.
I also bought some XH558 merchandise in the Vulcan to the Sky tent. According to the tannoy bloke, the Vulcan pilot is the same guy that flew in the Black Buck mission in 1982 over the Falklands.
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