Botanic Squirrel wrote:It was great stuff. Watching last night, I never thought I'd get nostalgic for the days of worrying about being atomically vapourised by the Russians...
The Vulcan was and is a thing of beauty, especially in anti-flash white.
I was puzzled that there was no mention of the Kestrel/Harrier though. I would have said that was the final flourish of all-British aviation, rather than the TSR-2.
The Kestrel/Harrier was a British innovation, though it was quickly taken up by the US Marine Corps with involvement from McDonnell Douglas. It would have warranted inclusion in the program for all of those RAF Harriers stationed in Germany, I think, but maybe the program makers thought it too much associated with the South Atlantic. Anyway, I was lost to the world for the hour that it was on, somewhere back in the seventies.
Santa, I'd like an F.6 for Crimble, please. Or a pair of blowtorches and a pair of roller-skates.