XH558 - was Re: using new technology etc

[Mike Stein]

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> On 18 June 2015 at 06:06, Pete Turnbull 
> <pete at dunnington.plus.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
>> I'd have directed you to 
>> http://www.vulcantothesky.org/ if Rob hadn't
>> already.  Sometimes, though, it flies near 
>> places not on the official
> list -
>> for example, I've seen it fly almost over our 
>> house (we live near
> Elvington)
>> on two different Fridays in the last month or 
>> so.  Presumably in transit
> to
>> some other show.
>>
> Very neat. It's too bad it's never flown to 
> Canada before. Then again, why
> would it? I feel kind of miffed that I've not 
> really gotten the chance to
> see any really "cool planes" flying. (I'd have 
> loved to see the SR-71 in
> flight, or to see an SR-71 up close at all; the 
> latter is still possible
> but I don't quite have the money for it...)

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As a matter of fact, both the Vulcan and the 
Blackbird have appeared at the Canadian 
International Air Show here in Toronto in past 
years:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_International_Air_Show

Saw them both; Awesome!

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