AirACES present "Flying a Vulcan - A Personal Perspective"

Flying higher than airliners at nearly the speed of sound, manoeuvring at 5 times the force of gravity, and under radar at heights lower than a church tower, Sqn Ldr Joe Marsden burning 1,000 gallons of fuel per hour in iconic "V" bombers, flew through nuclear fall-out. He has a wealth of facts and anecdotes of his 29 years in the RAF during the Cold War period. His talk will concentrate on the Vulcan – illustrated by photographs and film clips to show its capabilities.
Joe will briefly cover the history of the Vulcan but mainly talk about the personal aspects of flying this famous aircraft. He will cover the responsibility of the crew members, and preparation of the various roles in which he was involved, without missing the more light-hearted aspects of the job, in a journey which took him from Cyprus to test the Russian response. In all Sqn Ldr Marsden flew 34 different Vulcan aircraft