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flyingheritage · **Joined:** Thu Jan 22, 2009 5:00 am **Posts:** 349

http://forum.planetalk.net/viewtopic.php?t=7691

Just screams for more doesnt she..... like wind under her wings...

PJ · **Posted:** Fri Mar 27, 2009 4:30 am

Saw one of these at the Dayton Airshow around 1990. I like the shape and cockpit glass.

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flyingheritage · **Joined:** Thu Jan 22, 2009 5:00 am **Posts:** 349

Ok interesting question here - if you had $14m or spent it all - which of the V bombers would be most deserving to get a restore to flight?

Valiant?
Victor?
Vulcan?

I feel the Valiant just doesnt cut it ... the Victor and Vulcan tho look and need to fly.
The Victor if im right is more powerful and better than the Vulcan if thrown around in flight?

Glyn · **Joined:** Mon Feb 14, 2005 12:23 am **Posts:** 321

They all had their strengths and weaknesses. Don't under-rate the Valiant. It was superior to the B-47 in virtually every respect. The stratojet had the advantage of looking fast even when parked up!
Picking between the Vulcan and Victor is hard. They were in their true element when high and fast.

the330thbg · **Joined:** Wed Nov 14, 2007 3:06 pm **Posts:** 2713

A Valkyrie!!!

http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/usa/bomber/b-70.htm

EXPAT0149 · **Joined:** Fri Nov 18, 2005 9:44 am **Posts:** 163

''The Victor if im right is more powerful and better than the Vulcan if thrown around in flight?''

You obviously havent seen the Vulcan at an airshow

tom d. friedman · **Posted:** Sat Mar 28, 2009 2:01 pm

i didn't know they were still in service!! walter soplata has a cockpit section of a victor at the front of his property. no clue how he aquired it :?:

Glyn · **Joined:** Mon Feb 14, 2005 12:23 am **Posts:** 321

No Tom. They were withdrawn from service years ago.

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