F-14 Intercepts an Avro Vulcan bomber over the USS Nimitz | Mover Clips

[@DawnSky5]

My Dad was an exceptional pilot. He was Vulcan XH558's first pilot in RAF service and flew her many times. He flew many other Vulcans too. B1 and B2. My childhood was unique and very noisy, with Vulcans roaring overhead.. Dad told me many stories. I'm so proud of what he achieved. 🙂

[@tsu8003]

And so you should be as are we all!

[@SpookyFox1000]

How proud you must be !

[@Kingswayfire]

Was at the Scottish Air show Ayr. A few years ago. A Canadian Lancaster was scheduled to join the Battle of Britain flight. Bad weather scuppered that. Gutted. XH saved the day. Flying in from the sea, I could feel her I my chest. Absolutely awesome.

[@JohnSadler-f4z]

Respects to your Dad. I heard that egg sandwiches were standard equipment on the Avro Vulcan. .or did I dream it. Lol. Bloody good for your Dad.

[@MostlyPennyCat]

My dad was a chief ma on invincible, I also had a noisy, dirty and smelly childhood climbing around an aircraft carrier.

[@michaelpickford4294]

One does not “intercept” a Vulcan, one is invited to be humbled in its presence!

[@klausphx]

Ooo Please your Probably British, F-14 one of Best Fighter ever made surprise the Brits can keep a bird in the sky long enough before Electronics start to fail.

[@abritishguy7295]

@@klausphx dont forget the Vulcan bombers nuked america twice, never underestimate a Vulcan

[@stephenobrien1505]

I'm sorry. Did you say, "Humbled"? A U.S. Navy F-14 Tomcat? Humbled? On which alternate plane of existence? The land of unicorns & leprechauns? The honor is to be deemed worthy of interception by a Tomcat. This Brit felt so honored he put down his egg sandwich!! The only Vulcan I never underestimate is Mr. Spock.

[@craigsimons817]

No one intercepts a Vulcan, that is true. To our American friends, the pilots are undoubtedly paying tribute to our beautiful former warbird and are in no way derogatory.

[@muddyrich2008]

@@klausphx calm down babe!

[@timgosling6189]

Even back in the 1980s (the Vulcan retired in early-'84) the V-Bombers had a pretty good ESM suite with a dedicated operator. They'd have known the ship was there and that the F-14s were coming. Nothing wrong with playing it cool, especially over lunch. I was flying up the East Coast one time in an RAF C-130 and we were asked by ATC if we minded being Embellished (intercepted). Anything to liven things up so we agreed. Twenty minutes later a pair of Toms appears, one on each wing tip, about 10 feet separated. Lead comes on 243 and says "Want to see something you can't do?" "Sure". So they sit there, cycling the wings back and forward, perfectly synchronised, still in perfect formation. Fantastic piece of flying. "Awesome says our co-pilot. Want to see something you can't do?" A couple of minutes pass. "So are you gonna do it?" "I am doing it, I'm eating my steak!"

[@boristhebarbarian]

I heard an old story about a B52 and a F4. The F4 also boasting about being able to do something the other guys couldn't: doing acrobatics and of course challenging him to do something better. So the B52 shut down 2 of its 8 engines and jokingly telling the F4 to beat him at that game.

[@nigelgeary7289]

You need to watch some old Farnborough air display especially the one she barrel rolls

[@gommechops]

Lovely.

[@tsu8003]

@@nigelgeary7289 Yeah and after she did the pilot was ordered not to do it again!

[@EternallyDisappointed]

@@tsu8003 That was the Vulcan - apparently determined that it was flying in a manner unbecoming of a strategic bomber. The B52 display pilot that tried similar stuff managed to crash and killed his crew eventually.

[@WMAcadet]

I'm a Yank, but the Vulcan has long been one of my favorites for the ages, whether it's a B.1 or a B.2. Beautiful, just beautiful..... Glad we have the RAF on our side!

[@timmason7430]

Nice of you to say. Stay safe.

[@allanirvine7304]

Glad you are on our side also x

[@thert.hon.thelordnicholson7261]

I'll raise a cup of tea to that, cheers!

[@lloydnaylor6113]

Cheers friend ☕

[@paulchaplin73]

Yes, the Vulcan makes me proud to be British. However, the B1b is just beautiful!!!! Thank you, USA for being our ally! 🇺🇸🇬🇧

[@insideno3tv513]

Let me assure everyone the Vulcan knew you both were there, its called class my friend so glad we could oblige you for a few passes too

[@paulkirkland3263]

The Vulcan and the Tomcat - two of the most beautiful military jets ever built.

[@davewolfy2906]

Inc the F86 and the Hawker Hunter. Hawker Hind for the piston types.

[@paulkirkland3263]

@@davewolfy2906 Absolutely! :)

[@victorsforza4865]

F-111 aardvark

[@apnk_1828]

Tornado n Harrier.

[@nigeh5326]

@@davewolfy2906 my favourite 3 jets, the F86, Hawker Hunter and the English Electric Lightning. Top 3 props the FW190, P51D Mustang and the gorgeous Spitfire.

[@ant2312]

the egg sandwich comment was his polite way of saying yes of course he knew you were there and he wasn't really bothered

[@EternallyDisappointed]

Very much British humour there, I agree.

[@2stroketimebomb]

100% !

[@daveofyorkshire301]

The fact he thinks a British pilot in a military aircraft would have an egg sandwich in his cockpit beggars belief... The joke obvioysly went straight over his head...

[@2stroketimebomb]

@@daveofyorkshire301 Yeah I know, Septics are just so stupid!

[@sophiepaterson7444]

@@daveofyorkshire301 “Through to the keeper,” as one would say.

[@philliphall8792]

The Vulcan performed the longest ever bombing mission in history. "Operation Black Buck" during the Falklands war in 82. The sheer planning and logistics was testament to the RAF's professionalism and ability. Makes me proud to be British 👍🇬🇧

[@kyberwolfuk]

XM607 Is currently being cosmeticly restored at RAF Waddington. She's a primer grey at the moment.

[@Philcoxon]

Think this held by a USAF bomber now.

[@paintedblue1791]

@@Philcoxon Yes a B2 flew from the USA to Afghanistan to bomb a Taliban target not because they had to but because they could. I think that should be noted.

[@nac5901]

@@paintedblue1791 Had support all along the way, though; didn't have to refuel from US bases

[@navnig]

@@Philcoxon Yep, a B-2 Spirit flew from the Philipines, dropped a few JDAM's on a camel in Iraq and went home again :)

[@michaeledwards427]

Great video. My late dad and i went to the royal air tattoo at RAF Fairford in ( i think?) the late 80's. The Vulcan was there, in pre-noise abatement days ( remember them?) they used to do a full blown vertical climb. The Vulcan became a barely visible dot in the sky, but the vibrations from it coming from the ground were incredible. Very happy memories.

[@adriaandeleeuw8339]

Having seen every big US Jet in the US Inventory, in the last 45 years and the Vulcan bomber it was ONLY the Vulcan Bomber that actually got me to go outside specially to watch it. Taking off several miles away it literally shook the building I was in.

[@gabrielsimon7944]

“I’ll just put down my egg sandwich and we’ll do that” That just set me off 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@CWLemoine]

You have to love dry British humor! 😂

[@DylanStahl]

@@CWLemoine Some of the best understatement stories come from the Brits, man.

[@rotyler2177]

I totally, totally want an egg sandwich now.

[@matthewbishop9342]

@@CWLemoine we do have a knack for being dry

[@TheBlacksheep-72]

@@matthewbishop9342 Yup, we're dry - just like our egg sandwiches... XD

[@mickcollins5343]

Trust me ,the Vulcan crew would have known the USS Nimitz was there ,and they were going to be intercepted .

[@rovcanada1]

Indeed!

[@kevinpierce3458]

Of course they knew, the RAF pilot was playing with the intercept aircraft

[@Dave-hu5hr]

An egg sandwich only stays hot for so long..

[@rokhnroll]

Could have been a test by the top brass on both sides to see how each responded.

[@Dave-hu5hr]

@Richard Tattis Try it fried with bacon mate.. Oh yes!

[@stefanniemiec8727]

I love the way 'shoes' manages to sum up the difference between the 'yeehaw' attitude of US military pilots, the complete sang froid of the RAF. Love 'em both!!!

[@davewolfy2906]

That is a bit French pal.

[@MagicM03]

You got an RAF pilot to interrupt his lunch? I'm impressed! ;)

[@bulletproofguy5112]

It was sarcasm.

[@bam-skater]

@@bulletproofguy5112 So was that!

[@solofilmproduction]

No way that was on the weekend! 🤣

[@cuff02]

2:52 - Makes you proud to be British!

[@realMaverickBuckley]

😅😅

[@Chukwillard]

Much love from the US. We stand united!

[@Firespectrum122]

@John C. Same to you, colonial friend. The F-14 is sex with wings.

[@paulgranpop536]

Yes the RAF guys can be really laid back. Just don't mess with them or you will find yourself in trouble.

[@paulefc1971]

@John C. My opinion is that the F-16 is by far the best looking fighter of the last 50 years

[@GopherM]

I was deployed to Sicily back in the late 60s and had the joy of seeing a Vulcan shooting approaches to the base. On their last pass, they did a beautiful barrel roll as they were climbing out.

[@kevinpierce3458]

It was a phenomenal aircraft to see in full flight. Beauty, grace and shattering power

[@glen1555]

A very noisy aircraft. Was working in Leeds, West Yorkshire, heard this noise, looked out the office window and saw a Vulcan fly over the city centre towards Yeadon airport. A week or so later the RAF bombed Stanley Airfield. Never been able to find connection to the two events

[@GopherM]

@@glen1555 Find somewhere that the F-35 is flying if you want to hear a noisy aircraft. I thought the Harrier was bad until we started getting the F-35 in the pattern before I retired.

[@chuckyboy6977]

In the early 80’s a Vulcan did a display over Brands Hatch on the Sunday of the British F1 Grand Prix, the aircraft did a few low passes, a lot lower than would be aloud in today’s elf n safety. On the last pass above the grandstands, the Vulcan lifted the nose to the sky and lit the burners. The sound was fecking incredible, women and kids were screaming, the windows were shaking like speaker cones and loads of them smashed. After the Vulcan had departed everyone was just shocked by the sound and laughing at what just happened.

[@0utcastAussie]

@@GopherM I'm a Lorry driver and our depot was just over the road from RAF Wittering (No.1 Squadron - The home of the Harrier) Buggers used to hover over our depot whilst we were refuelling. Talk about melt ya brains !! Also... The Bosses Brother (Head of Workshops) was first on the scene after a Harrier binned it in the woods next to the Workshops. He actually got arrested for going to help. Something to do with Official Secrets Act Pc Howard is the truck company (bottom left) goo.gl/maps/DPB1iFBP2ouXQzDx9

[@bryanpropp2179]

IFF would have told the Nimitz they were Brits, this was CIC using an opportunity to test the crews’ response. The Vulcan pilots knew and so did the bosses in the Nimitz. Good story anyway.

[@Dimpyz]

My friend was a Vulcan pilot, and on an exercise bounced a US carrier and 'sunk' it, much to the fury of the Americans. He snook up on it by flying low and using an island to cover him, popped over it and there was the carrier! He got in a bit of trouble as a low-level attack was not supposed to be part of the exercise - but after the 'telling off' by his commanders was invited to sample a glass of champagne. He tells the story better than I!

[@taffman1]

Yes, the Brit officers would have taken pleasure in reminding the Americans how their carrier was sunk.

[@stevetheduck1425]

It's the tradition now called 'having the best dits', it means 'this is a story I'll tell once for all my mates to know, but I'll hope for the day I can meet a chap who served on that carrier back then.'

[@jacktattis]

That also happened with the Buccaneer

[@toohottie001]

@@jacktattis Buccaneer pilots were a different breed, some of the things that were reported about their flying is almost like from a video game. Some very good books out there!

[@Gravlar]

Vulcans used to fly over my house for an air show. The noise was terrific, never forget that howl.

[@hailhydra7959]

Rodan has awoken

[@raphwalker9123]

Yeah it sets the car alarms off its nuts.

[@abritishguy7295]

i live 10 minutes away from doncaster airport so it used to fly over me regularly

[@mickl8212]

@@abritishguy7295 same here. They still run the engine on it some days and the noise is deafening.

[@billnotley3193]

@@mickl8212 just like the saying jet noise the sound of freedom

[@px1_]

Both planes are amazing. But the vulcN will always have a special place in my heart

[@Aviation18]

Ah yes, the caps lock key being located so close to the A key is a pain...

[@Kingswayfire]

Thanks for that great post C.W. Was fortunate to witness one of the Vulcans last flights. You don't listen to a Vulcan, you feel it!! We built some damn fine aircraft in those days ✈✈.

[@anon8429]

This was the best 2 hour interview I've ever listened to!!! Thanks Mover and Shoes for this.

[@CWLemoine]

My favorite to date! TOMCATS!

[@anon8429]

TOMCATS!!!

[@ianjackson8643]

the Greatest feeling in the world is standing beneath a Vulcan flying overhead as it goes into a vertical climb and the ground feels like it is moving 6 in up and down and hearing that Vulcan Howl. i have seen many different aircraft in my time in the RAF and nothing came close

[@ianjackson8643]

@Bill McQ i have worked with Lightnings they do not compare lol

[@roadie3124]

8 Vulcan bombers took part in both HUGE US air defence exercises in 1960 and 1961. Their ECM systems were so good that 7 out of the 8 got through to launch their nukes both times. Once the world had gone past the age of nuclear bombers and was into ICBMs, the Vulcans weren't kept 100% up to date.

[@baf_mcnab3065]

One of them even had the temerity to land at a New York air base too, that part makes me smile every time I am reminded of it.

[@interceptor-ss8kb]

They were so far advanced for their time as was the handley page victor

[@user-he4ed9os2j]

Operation Skyshield

[@whiteyaksha7232]

The fact that the US believed their air defences to be 99% successful makes it all the more humbling....but then again Americans make a habit of underestimating others.

[@Teatimeted]

​@@whiteyaksha7232 To be fair to the US (as a Yorkshireman), they have so much landmass, population and industrial base, they could afford to loose a few cities in a nuclear exchange (which was no doubt factored in to their strategy). We glass a couple of their cities on the Eastern seaboard, they glass the entirety of the UK. Luckily, the Yanks are quite friendly these days, they appear to have forgiven us for that one time we burned their capital.

[@Scoobydcs]

The vulcan 1st flew in 1952! And stl looks like a spaceship today! Glorious machines

[@ianwilkinson4602]

The Handley- Page Victor was a more impressive aircraft than the Vulcan, but both were beautiful.

[@Scoobydcs]

@@ianwilkinson4602 if batman had a bomber it would be the victor, both still look like spaceships almost 70 years later!

[@ianwilkinson4602]

@@Scoobydcs Have you ever seen the "baby" Vulcan, the Gloucester Javelin, a nice aircraft. Have a great Christmas, cheers.

[@Scoobydcs]

@@ianwilkinson4602 the javelin was a pig it was replaced by the monstroous lightning

[@derekheeps1244]

@@ianwilkinson4602 Also don't forget its 'big brother' : Concorde .

[@house89147]

"Didn't know you were there" if anyone ever needed proof Americans dont get sarcasm this would be it.

[@rodgeyd6728]

Love it 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@copferthat]

The Vulcan is the loudest aircraft I've ever heard. My uncle used to work on them and we went to family day at the factory, where they always did a flypast. It was initially a Chadwick design, the man who designed the Lancaster bomber. Amazing to think Britain went from the piston driven Lancaster to that amazing delta wing jet bomber in a few short years.

[@anandmorris]

Yes!! I was 4 years old at RAF Finningley in 1987. I've never heard or seen anything like it since.

[@morganplatt6762]

"HE HAD NO IDEA THAT I WAS THERE". REALLY!!!!! Got to love our American cousins. Great story though.

[@thehighlander959]

@@bobdylan7120 The Vulcan pilot already had the US carrier on their radar. They would also have seen the F-14 launch..

[@perriwenplays9215]

"I'm a Tomcat...you will fear me....RAWR!" "Blood hell, yank. I'm trying to eat my lunch."

[@g8ymw]

Vulcan pilot "Call that a roar?" Opens up the engines, pulls a sharp turn. "Now THAT'S a roar"

[@timmason7430]

Tomcat; RAWR! Vulcan; Hold my Cuppa. HHUUUUAAAARRRRRR!

[@paulmiles3750]

The Vulcan crew would've known you were there, no worries about that 😘

[@jacktattis]

yes indeed they were not fools and the knew the Nimitz was around as wel. I would not be surprised if the real story was that the Vulcan was in cohoots with the Nimitz a bit of live practice.

[@1WillyK]

Right after the Falklands war two Vulcans flew into Nellis AFB for a few days. The way the cockpit blister sits on top of the fuselage always makes me think that they built the aircraft, stood back and looked at it and said, "Bloody hell, we forgot to put a cockpit in it"! Anyway, one day while they were visiting there was a news story about many complaints of aircraft breaking the sound barrier right over Las Vegas early one morning. The Air Force truthfully replied that we had no aircraft in the air at that time. They just neglected to say that the Brits were up that morning.

[@abarratt8869]

Martin Withers has it that they also descended into and flew along the Grand Canyon, not realising it was off limits. They did the same on departure too, knowing that they'd not be coming back to get a bollocking any time soon!

[@timgosling6189]

@@abarratt8869 for us Nellis old-timers I think it was called the Sun 1 departure. Less impressive than you might think because the Grand Canyon is so big, but very picturesque.

[@davidioanhedges]

@@Tipo-F120b It is however very very loud ...

[@davidioanhedges]

@@Tipo-F120b The fixed versions that didn't howl .. But was was quoted by many military jet pilots as the only aircraft they wanted to try and catch, as given 30 minutes headstart Concorde cold outfly all of them ...

[@foxstrangler]

Mach 0.98, Machmeter goes up to Mach 1.4. However, when testing the Blue Steel, Avro stuck a rocket motor in the tail and the Vulcan left the test article in it's exhaust. The test Blue Steel was Mach 1.2 at the time. Not recommended as the airframe was not stressed for it.@@Tipo-F120b

[@Ubique2927]

The Vulcan probably had them on radar the second they took off.

[@soulsphere9242]

The Vulcan didn't have an air search radar...

[@Ubique2927]

​@@soulsphere9242 but it did have lots of other sensors.

[@BMH1965]

My father was a service tech for the Vulcan in 1962! You really have no idea how close to nuclear war it was during the Cuba 'crisis' - the engines were turning at the end of the runway for over 2 weeks on a 10 second call with NO RECALL. He later put one of the then new Concord engines under the centre of the Vulcan as part of the testing routine - it nearly flipped the Vulcan when they powered it up.

[@anduuhar]

Watched the whole interview...great stuff!

[@Frostie3672]

Really miss seeing and hearing!! XH558 flying at airshows here in the uk, there is absolutely nothing else flying that looks & sounds as bloody fantastic as the avro vulcan bomber. The few times I attended the Yeovilton Air show was the highlight for me as you saw the vulcan take off & land, man that howl, you had to hear that sound in person to understand how awesome it sounded.

[@folksinger2100]

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[@Streaky100001]

What a truly wonderful, beautiful aeroplane, and the F-14s not too bad either. I've seen the Vulcan fly at airshows, and man the noise that thing makes is unreal, the Vulcan how they call it, it's like no other noise I've heard from an aircraft. It's a shame the last airworthy Vulcan ceased flying in 2015, would love to see it flying again!

[@neilharrison9144]

I refuelled one once at Woodford. Such an awesome plane and the sound full throttle vertical climb was just something else.

[@XxXchinatigerXxX]

Such a fantastic and heart warming story. So glad you guys had the opportunity to exchange, enjoy each others flight prowess and continue your missions with a smile on your faces. The Tomcat has always been a fave of mine and it's great to hear a story that includes it. Likewise, the Avro Vulcan is one of the goliaths of cold war bomber history. I miss them both, F14 and the Vulcan. Still, things move on I guess. We now have the F22 and F35. Keep smiling guys, we're with you!

[@oldgreggscreamybaileys6618]

I love the Vulcan bomber, there’s one at my local airport and I’ve been in it when I was a kid and it was one of the best days. When they used to taxi it up and down the runway you would hear it from miles away and if you was near the airport you would feel it. Such a beautiful aeroplane and the howl it makes is terrifying.

[@finchy4781]

This story was told just as we found out about chuck earlier today.

[@MrFarnanonical]

rip

[@DaggerOneMike]

Chuck Yeager died?!

[@tscott6843]

Very sad. A true American hero. They really don’t make em like that anymore.

[@nigeh5326]

A WW2 Ace, a top rate test pilot, first man to break the sound barrier and an American icon. I really enjoyed reading about his life in his autobiography Yeager. RIP Chuck Yeager from a British admirer

[@richardm2661]

The Vulcan is a stunner, great design

[@derekheeps1244]

Roy Chadwick - say no more

[@Zero6BravoZ6B]

Just watched this whilst eating an Egg & Bacon Sandwich oh yeah, and having a cup of tea. Peace and love from the UK to my US friends.

[@winchestermodel7044]

Has there ever been a greater friendship between two countries? Especially with how it started with a war between us.

[@williamjordan5554]

@@winchestermodel7044 us and canada

[@winchestermodel7044]

@@williamjordan5554 true!

[@brianthesnail2460]

we have brexit thank god we need to pull together now 👍🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@brianthesnail2460]

@@williamjordan5554 all the old country’s 😀👍

[@px1_]

I just read the spectre series. And i have to say. Its incredible. Although a few plot points are a bit cliche it is still fantastic

[@ianglasse809]

Of course the Vulcan crew knew you guys were there. They targeted the Nimitz in full knowledge that their presence would get a response from the ship's onboard aircraft. The fact being that the Vulcan was not presenting the ship's radar with a definitive 'echo' proves that a British Built 1940's designed Nuclear Bomber had stealth properties that still apply tom this day. The egg sandwich reference was the Vulcan crew's way of saying "what kept you?"

[@weimaranerdad]

The Vulcan bomber was the first aircraft I ever sat in. Still one of my favorites to this day!

[@picard714]

Egg sandwich? Lol ...as if we didn't have enough reasons to love the Brits...

[@mickcollins5343]

I bet that cockpit stank though ,there is not a lot of room in a Vulcan cockpit .

[@picard714]

@mug wump 😂😂

[@agnostic47]

@@mickcollins5343 You're never popular with an egg sandwich.

[@ynotnilknarf39]

@mug wump Egg-actly, forget phosgene, eggy farts FTW

[@sizzler2462]

"No idea we were there" search for when Britain nuked America twice

[@ianbriggs3821]

That story was floating about in early 80s about Vulcan nuking America, we got moved surrounded by police in a Hillman avenger and a Vauxhall chevette I was 8 yrs old my dad and my uncle was clicking away with their cameras ,and I could see a land rover on the inside perimeter fence making it's way to the Emergency gate at the bottom of the runway I kept shouting we have to go we 've got to go ,before you know it I've got my dad's camera and we are walking away with a royal air force land rover with yellow markings stopped at the Emergency gate lol I was shitting bricks when we walking, in the afternoon my dad and my uncle was walking back over the fields when the above turned up ,it always sticks in my mind to this day that was the end of day waddington runway ,when waddington was on high alert during the Falklands war my uncle and dad seen the bombs being loaded.😂👍

[@brin3535]

Which American got nuked?

[@sizzler2462]

@@brin3535 fixed it 😁

[@zodsmuffin2369]

@@brin3535 the U.S.A got nuked they had right egg on there face and by Vulcans

[@zodsmuffin2369]

@@brin3535 kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y4jbZ6GmqZllZ8U

[@bigpuppy9923]

Back in the late 50's, my dad was flying the Vulcan to do a bombing run over a restricted area in the sea off England. He found an aircraft carrier in that zone, so he woke them up by pretending to come in to land on the carrier, before breaking away. Dad got a 'dressing down' for doing that, but then got a pat on the back for shaking up the Navy boys.

[@navnig]

Vulcan had a pretty good ESM suite for the time. It was one of the things that were upgraded frequently during its time in the RAF, to counter the Russian SAM threat. They'd have known they were being looked at or being painted. :)

[@tectorama]

"He had no idea we were there" Yeah, right!

[@shamteal8614]

Exactly what I thought.

[@jeffsergeant]

Maybe the AEO was the one making the tea and sandwiches.

[@Gippetos]

Was thinking the same thing, but wondering if they fly without the radar active...it's an emitter and perhaps could be detected more easily than it can "find" something...sort of like announcing your presence ahead of time...maybe. My experience with radar being basically SFA.

[@jeffsergeant]

@@Gippetos The Nimitz knew they were there, therefore they had radar targeted at them, the rest of the carrier fleet was probably scanning them with radar, fire control systems, etc. Unless they were asleep the Vulcan crew knew that someone with big teeth was out there.

[@GraemeMurphy]

We knew they were there, we just played with them.

[@alexx86hater]

Gotta love British 60th designs: Vulcan, Victor, Nimrod, Buccaneer...

[@Sophie-ly5jn]

How could you mention Vulcan and Victor but totally miss Valliant? Tsk Tsk shame on you 😉 Totally agree on the Buccaneer and Nimrod

[@clyneheretic]

The Vulcan was designed in the 1940s - by the same guy who designed the Lancaster!

[@alexx86hater]

@@Sophie-ly5jn Valiant is more "conventional" looking of the bunch. basically well in line with other early Cold War bomber like B-47, Canberra and M-4... Ok. Gotta run and dodge all the tomatoes now...

[@tsu8003]

Vampire, Hunter, Lightning, Harrier... Hold our beers and all the others on the way too!

[@g8ymw]

@@tsu8003 Definitely the EE Lightning Look up Mark Felton's vid of Lightnings taking on a Concorde and U2

[@More-Space-In-Ear]

You can’t beat our sense of humour....and the delta did us proud, we only get to see her on special occasions now....

[@davidmarsh5337]

Nice to see a picture of two of my favourite aircraft together 😊

[@michaelkennedy5803]

The Vulcan, one of the most beautiful aircraft to fly, alongside the Tomcat, another of the most beautiful aircraft to fly. And British humour. Frickin egg sandwich!!! Shocking!!!

[@trig]

Yep, one Vulcan goes high and the other three go low.

[@FallenPhoenix86]

Reminds me of Jurassic Park: "Clever girl"

[@doofus02]

Well if I'm the bloke who has to go high against a real target, it'd have to be a bloody good egg sandwich.

[@SuperDiablo101]

Mark Felton told us about that tactic

[@trespire]

@Michael Tricker Trick worked twice.

[@trig]

@@trespire I would say we have evidence for a third time. Just guessing but this could have been a simulated attack, or the Vulcan was packed with electronics and was on a spying mission?

[@thomasT4083]

Love how he didnt see that the egg sandwich comment was him stating how easy it was gor a bomber of that magnitude to get that close undetected haha

[@sgtrpcommand3778]

Two beautiful jets. Gotta love the Egg Sandwich.

[@CommomsenseSmith]

Love the Sound of the Vulcan

[@64blip]

That sounds like British humour to me (as a Brit). I sincerely doubt he was actually eating an egg sandwich. It was his way of saying we've been having a thoroughly boring time and that sounds like a lot more fun. Egg sandwiches are a kind of symbol of formal politeness and tedium in the UK. Along with cucumber sandwiches. What brought me here was as a kid I saw a Vulcan fly low over my town from the nearby Church Fenton air show (long since ended). What a striking machine. Thanks for the story.

[@bobkendomowitz9534]

I think they're aware he was making a joke, when shoes tells him "you cant make this up" I dont think he was refering to the fact that the pilot may have been eating an egg sandwich, but probably the fact that he was flying over a US aircraft carrier and completely unaware (something you dont want to do ever)

[@FallenPhoenix86]

@@bobkendomowitz9534 He probably knew exactly what was infront of him, we used Vulcans for maritme reconnaissance as a secondary role once the nuclear mission passed to the RN's SSBN's. Pretty sure the Nimitz group was being probed.

[@rovcanada1]

@@FallenPhoenix86 You: Pretty sure ... Me: Undoubtedly ...

[@garymcalea3815]

@@FallenPhoenix86 well the picture shows a 27 Sqn Vulcan which was employed in the MRR role, so yeah he had already sniffed out the Nimitz battle group, recorded all the comms, and electronic signals, but the time of he alert 5 was launched he was down to recording times and weapon electronic data

[@peterd8525]

The Vulcan would have known full well that two Tomcats had joined in a threesome. Their radars would have tracked them in from miles away, known full well also the position of the Nimitz below. Speaking as ex RAF, who worked on Victors.

[@threepot5874]

No,the Space Shuttle is like the Vulcan!😊

[@timmason7430]

And BOTH are like Concord.

[@another3997]

@@timmason7430 The Vulcan came first. Concorde came later. Both were very advanced for their time, and both were very loud. 🙂

[@timmason7430]

@@another3997 My bad, got my dates mixed up.

[@scarecrow108productions7]

@@another3997 yeah, the engines for the Concorde (Bristol-Siddley/SNECMA Olympus 593 MK610 Turbojet) were actually derrived from the Vulcan B.1 Engines. Modified with an advanced air intake system and the reheat/afterburner system.

[@tsu8003]

@@scarecrow108productions7 And the engine was actually tested on a Vulcan too.

[@Nickcooper625]

Saw the last flying Vulcan a few years back at one of her last public displays. The highlight was her doing a low pass over the runway, then standing on tail, setting off what sounded like the alarms of every attendees' parked car.

[@aarondavis1604]

Mover, how about an interview with Brian Shul. SR-71 pilot. Man has an amazing story. They told him no and he said "we'll see about that"

[@kerpixel6211]

I wanna say we all appreciate and love you man. Hopefully one day I can live up to your name man. Great Vid

[@rickystephens7354]

He may have known he was possibly seconds from death, still going to finish his lunch though.

[@NatWhilc1963]

Just two of my all time favourite airplanes. These are among the planes that define my youth, my world and my love of aviation 😀

[@vespelian5769]

I wonder when that was, obviously sometime between Nimitz' commissioning in 1976 and the Vulcan's decommissioning in 1983 but the Vulcan's original EWC were quite formidable in its heyday - 1950s and 60s, when it could quite easily have approached a carrier group undetected.

[@abarratt8869]

Well, the real intent of the EW suite on Vulcan wasn't to avoid detection - as a target or jammed radar you'd know very well it was there! The point was that there'd be not a lot you could do about it, because you'd not know exactly where 'there' was, other than 'too damn close, time to start running'. I often wonder how good, stealth-wise, an updated Vulcan would be. From the front it's got a lot of quite good shape characteristics, probably the engine inlets are the biggest problem. The side - that enormous tail would be a problem. Had we decided that a new heavy long range strategic bomber (a.k.a. let's be able to do Black Buck, but more easily this time!), a Vulcan 3 would probably have been pretty awesome and difficult to pick up. Talking about "knowing it's there, but not where", one thing I'd picked up was how much the SAM site crews in Red Flag liked the Vulcan. They'd be out there in the desert, manning the "enemy" SAM radar, in the pitch black, everything deathly quiet. Then they could hear the Vulcan coming - in the distance, howling in the night as it manoeuvred, but so low it'd not be seen on the radar set. And then, all of a sudden, 70tons of delta wing and bombs would scream past 2ft above your head at 600mph and roar off into the night, pulling a cloud of dust, spiders, and freshly trimmed shrubbery along behind it. Apparently, that was quite life affirming!

[@tonysansom]

As a brit 'I'll just put down my egg sandwich and do that' is going to be my default response from now. 😂

[@Toysrme]

His entire interview was just fantastic!

[@matthewhall6288]

I hope "I'll just put down my egg sandwich and we'll do that" becomes a meme in DCS.

[@FlankerTanker]

As a Brit - I always have my Egg Sandwiches with me :-), Oh and my father was a Vulcan pilot based at RAF Waddington and RAF Akrotiri during the cold war - he even took part in about 4 Red Flag events - also flew from Goose bay in Canada.... I had a great child hood growing up on bases as a military brat....we got posted to a new location every 3 years...

[@davidb1038]

Peace and love to all in the us from the u k.

[@Equinoxliveson]

The fact the Vulcan got within 12 miles of the Nimitz should make you crap your pants

[@jimspc07]

If the Vulcan had not wanted to be found it most likely would not have been. Just remember the Vulcan Nuked the USA on 2 occasions in the early 1960s. Most Vulcans in both episodes were never seen by the USA defence systems. Some say because of superior electronics on the Vulcan.

[@timmasters61]

That's one of the best things I've heard for a long time. Absolutely brilliant!

[@macpdm]

Just finished my cuppa tea 😀 Love & Respect to the USAF from the UK 🇬🇧🇺🇸

[@teescottageguyproductions]

The Vulcan that was on the photo is XH563. Only the cockpit survives of it. It’s now at the Moravia air museum. I saw it when it was privately owned at a farm near me in Darlington (UK)

[@alexfuller4202]

Best bomber the world has ever seen, could carry nuclear bombs and could move like a fighter jet...

[@johnharris6655]

Hold my Beer, the B-58 Hustler, when it was not crashing.

[@alexfuller4202]

To be honest the B-58 looks like a fighter, the vulcan noway looked like a fighter, it could fly like a fighter, barrel roll, even before it retired it was pulling moves a moden bomber wouldn't do. I see it bank sideways allmost upside down on steep climb at an airshow.. watch some of the videos on it

[@johnharris6655]

@Richard Tattis Because the Air Force would have grounded the pilot. I don't recall the Vulcan doing Mach 2

[@johnharris6655]

The Vulcan and B-58 were used in movies but for nefarious reasons. Although the B-58 pilot in Fail Safe thought he had been given a legal order to Bomb Moscow.

[@johnharris6655]

@Richard Tattis US Air Force, 1960 to 1970. Ten years scaring the piss out of the Soviets that we had a fast deep penetration bomber they could not catch. And the Vulcan dropped bombs on a runway and nearly missed.

[@camarocarl7130]

I was onboard Nimitz at the time, the shipboard closed circuit TV played Bond movies non stop, day and night. They were very popular with the crew. I remember when this happened!

[@kenmayfield3739]

In reality the Vulcan pilot probably said “...I’ll just finish my egg sandwich..”. Let’s not rush things, eh?

[@watchthesky.]

Yeh,he didnt know you were there,i call bs on that.

[@MrBabylon]

USS Nimitz crew got to hear the howl of those engines, sound like the 4 horsemen of the apocalypse! Interesting bit of trivia, Concord engineers went to Rolls Royce to source engines for their new plane, at the time the Vulcan engines were the most powerful produced but weren't quite good enough for the shiny new beauty, so they rebuilt the engines to produce double the power for Concord.

[@percyprune7548]

Bristol Olympus (taken over by Rolls Royce) was originally intended for the TSR2 as the primary airframe it was to fit inside.

[@bobsurgranny]

Love these stories. Wonder if they had a cuppa splosh up in the Vulcan.

[@delboy01]

Love it.

[@timmason7430]

Most probably, especially with an egg sandwich.

[@spiritdancer1699]

Yes maybe some biscuits or scones

[@grinningpinhead3961]

Nice avatar 👍🏻

[@Adam-jk5ql]

There's a food / liquid heater (same as in the tanks) for each crew member in the Vulcan, so it's entirely possible!

[@sirjames26]

A fighter pilot who could not ID a very well known Allied aircraft ??? The intercept at such short range?

[@tscott6843]

I literally laughed out loud. “Egg Sandwich.”

[@SgtSteel1]

Well, it wouldn't have been an 'Egg Sandwich', as a Brit I know that he would have been talking about a scrambled egg sandwich mixed with mayonnaise and watercress. Trust me. They don't sound great but they are popular over here.

[@Jklopoppcorn]

@@SgtSteel1tbh that sounds great, like eggs on toast but better

[@poppedweasel]

When you're really in the mood for one, nothing beats an egg and cress sandwich. Just gotta hope your copilot likes the smell of them too.

[@bulletproofguy5112]

Egg and mayo

[@blitz21]

Been with the Air Force a long time, these stories are golden.

[@jimmcloughlin]

A moment of bewildering aerodynamics is a Vulcan glide mode, not a sound until touchdown then the roar of the engines to take off. Goose bump time.

[@Dave-hu5hr]

They was designed to penetrate deep into Russian airspace and deliver a package 1st class to the Kremlin.. He knew what was below him but egg sandwich innit.

[@garyfleming5156]

The Vulcan was a beautiful aircraft. She came into service with the RAF in 1956 and continued the legacy of what the Lancaster bomber had done for the Brits in WW2. Like the Harrier Jump Jet, she was way ahead of her time and holds the record for the longest bombing run in history which occurred in the Falklands War. The Brits always see to come up with great aircraft designs. You have to say the American B1 bombers has a lot of similarities to the Vulcan. Pity the Brits don't make Bombers anymore but they are talking about a new fighter jet called the Tempest. From all reports she has a good chance of maintaining the reputation of such fighter aircraft as the Spitfire, the Hurricane, the Harrier and the Tornado. The Americans have had great aircraft too. I particularly love the P51 Mustang which came into service late in WW2. Based a lot on the Spitfire, she was one beautiful plane. She did have a Royal Royce engine though!

[@Mulberry2000]

The american bombers has that record now.

[@dougle03]

It's a different world than the one that birthed the Vulcan. Too many committees involved...

[@garyfleming5156]

@@dougle03 Agreed!

[@phil9617]

Same Vulcan that mocked Nuked America twice when we blocked your radars

[@philipkay8116]

Not only the radar. Pretty much the entire east coast television service too. The Vulcan's ecm suite was incredible powerful.

[@vinyltapelover]

Great and funny interview. Thank you Mover. RIP Chuck Yeager.

[@mariospanu159]

He got 15 miles from your carrier and you guys are doing victory rolls? Not getting it.

[@tsangarisjohn]

Best interview yet Mover

[@mpainter22]

You should try to get hold of Martin Withers or Barry Masefield both ex Vulcan aircrew and flew Red Flag as well as being involved in the "Black Buck" missions over the Falklands

[@howardchambers9679]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y4jbZ6GmqZllZ8U

[@howardchambers9679]

That time the vulcan "bombed" the USA. Twice

[@magnumbi77]

Good Selection of Final Countdown Clips Mover. Thanks for the video!

[@mrnorthernspitfire3067]

That is a really cool story and the shot of the F-14 and the Vulcan was the icing on the cake, two absolute beauties of the sky flying side by side although I prefer the Vulcan. Nothing against the Tomcat, it is a gorgeous aircraft and Top Gun one of the films that ignited my love of aviation, Its just that I'm being biased as fuck because of the following reasons 1. I'm a Brit 2. I'm a fan of Star Trek 3. They were built in my neck of the woods (Cheshire UK, not that far from Burtonwood which was a massive USAAF airbase in WW2)

[@DesMen-i9z]

Hey Mover. Should have invited the Vulcan pilot for a chat here. Would’ve been nice to hear his story as well.

[@CWLemoine]

How in the world would I do that? 😂

[@Daimo83]

I'm so familiar with the Vulcan that its similarity to the space shuttle never occurred to me. Nice

[@leifvejby8023]

Amen! When we had one over to Denmark during an exercise, it took off in over the city, and a little old lady called the base, and told that "that Draken flew far too low and made way too much noise!"

[@stevetheduck1425]

The Space Shuttle's 'ogival' wing is more alike to the wings on Concorde, though. The Vulcan has an adapted 'cranked' delta wing. Look up Vulcan prototype or Mark 1, and you'll see a triangular wing. This changed on the Vulcan Mark 2.

[@sithticklefingers7255]

Gotta love the Brits.

[@gavinward5448]

More about the Vulcan - very advanced in its time: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y4jbZ6GmqZllZ8U and 20 years on, Operation Black Buck: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q2mpdqCCi614ldk ( also includes sandwiches! if you have the attention span - shorter versions are available )

[@jagsdomain203]

How did the bomber get that close without being seen?

[@orlock20]

The admiral probably knew that bomber was there and had the captain of the ship set up the alert scenario. Everyone else was in the dark.

[@Nyx_2142]

@@orlock20 Not the most dangerous practice the Navy has done. Just look at how they trained gunnery in WW2, targeted friendly ships and offset the targeting by a few degrees and fired live shells and then did the math based on the splashes and how much they offset the targeting. Just had to hope the machine and sailor doing the math was good at their job.

[@andrewmorgan1819]

Because the Vulcan had one of the best electronic warfare suites around at that time. USS Enterprise considered herself undetectable. The RAF easily found her and treated her to a VERY low pass..

[@jagsdomain203]

@@andrewmorgan1819 given the shape i wonder how stealthy it would have been.

[@andrewmorgan1819]

@@jagsdomain203 her electronics package was one of the best, if not THE best around. USN once declared that Enterprise could be completely hidden, the RAF proved them wrong.