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**Mike Mackenzie** · July 26th 12, 11:25 AM posted to alt.binaries.pictures.aviation

"Indrek" no wrote (in part):

"Joseph Testagrose" wrote in message ...

This reminds me of a display at Farnborough in the early sixties when four Vulcans did a simulated scramble. The idea was that with a four minute warning of a soviet missile launch, the retaliatory force should be well out of harms way. The stream takeoff was a sight and sound to behold. The four aircraft smoked their way upwards at a steep angle and disappeared into the distance. A short time later they flew back at 40,000 feet over the airfield. Very impressive!

Some years ago I saw a video of this simulated scramble, after the
Vulcan had been fitted with Olympus engines. The first three took
off as described above, but the last one used up a lot of runway, then
stayed low for a kilometre or two before heading skywards in a near
vertical climb. Apparently, when they hit the start buttons (or
whatever they used) two of the engines failed to start, so they took
off on the other two and air-started the failed ones!

Mike

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