I don't know if it's reassuring that the efficient deployment of the British nuclear deterrent depended on a Standard Ensign estate car starting first time.
On one QRA Vulcan practice the Vanguard which was plugged into a charging point and as the crew set off the plug stayed put and ripped the cable out the wall causing a fire which enveloped the building and caused a blackout .
Wouldn't it have been simpler to have the "alert crews" in closer proximity to their aircraft rather than requiring a vehicle, no less, to get them there?
It all depended on what level of alert they were at .... During the Cuban Missile Crisis the crews were actually sat in the aircraft at other times they'd be outside the aircraft in a caravan or hut
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I don't know if it's reassuring that the efficient deployment of the British nuclear deterrent depended on a Standard Ensign estate car starting first time.
Well, it did, because it was the De Luxe model. They were as reliable as a Ferguson tractor.
On one QRA Vulcan practice the Vanguard which was plugged into a charging point and as the crew set off the plug stayed put and ripped the cable out the wall causing a fire which enveloped the building and caused a blackout .
Historical goldust. Thanx
Lovely to see the RAF Standard saloon & estate cars.
Hi, do you know which make and model the saloon car is?
I want to model one.
Thanks in advance,
Ian
Anyone else hearing strong elements of Ron Goodwin's 633Squadron (released 1964) theme?
A strong resemblance !
"Much ado (and brav - ado) about nithing"! 😅😂
Excellent, agreed. And...where are they, and what's left of the RAF, now? One lives not far from me. Nice guy, likes dahlias.
+Colin McNamee i don't get the part you said "what's left of the RAF"
hi, love the AEC truck with a bomb on it,
Funny how one of the crewmen walked into the doorknob lol clumsy😅
pretty sure the drive of that car didn't fill out the ATUD before setting off! he should be sent to MT control
Wouldn't it have been simpler to have the "alert crews" in closer proximity
to their aircraft rather than requiring a vehicle, no less, to get them there?
It all depended on what level of alert they were at .... During the Cuban Missile Crisis the crews were actually sat in the aircraft at other times they'd be outside the aircraft in a caravan or hut