Falklands' Most Daring Raid - Vulcan bomber - Sun 18 March

[toxicated]

TV Guide said:

The story of the RAF's 1982 mission to bomb Port Stanley's runway and make it inaccessible to Argentine jets - using a single Vulcan aircraft. Told through first-hand accounts, the long-range bombing is recalled, detailing how the crew was forced to employ obsolete skills and scavenge for crucial spare parts in scrapyards to prepare the plane for the task, which was fraught with setbacks and danger from the outset

Channel 4 @ 8.00pm

Can't find a thread on here about this, thought it might be interesting as a heads-up to some.

[omgus]

[essexplumber]

BIT.OF.ME! Cheers for the heads up, may Sky+ it as I'm sure its the lst thing Mrs Plumber would find interesting.

[iva cosworth]

Looks interesting.

Naff all else on tonight

[Ultuous]

Cheers for the heads-up - a mate was coming round to watch a DVD... he can fit in or fk off!

[tim0409]

Can't wait for this having read a book about the raid last year - from what I remember it was massive logistical challenge with lots of refuelling. One of the Vulcans involved is now in an air museum a couple of miles from my house - what a plane!

[onyx39]

tim0409 said:

Can't wait for this having read a book about the raid last year - from what I remember it was massive logistical challenge with lots of refuelling. One of the Vulcans involved is now in an air museum a couple of miles from my house - what a plane!

The Vulcan lacked the range to fly to the Falklands without refuelling several times, as it had been designed for medium-range stand-off nuclear missions in Europe. The RAF's tanker planes were mostly converted Handley Page Victor bombers with similar range, so they too had to be refuelled in the air. Thus, a total of 11 tankers were required for only two Vulcans, a huge logistical effort, given that both the tankers and bombers had to use the same strip.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Black_Buck

[Shaw Tarse]

set to record.

[jason s4]

Using the 'ashtray'

[davepoth]

I don't believe that they didn't think up at least one sexual euphemism for refueling...

[RSGulp]

Thanks for the heads-up. Watching with interest (posting during 1st ad break).

[Tresco]

Fascinating programme, the refuelling schedule!

Doubt it would happen now.

[Streetrod]

The maps!!!!

[davepoth]

Only the British would go to war with cheese sandwiches.

[johnfm]

Heh @ Chariots of fire!

[davepoth]

Very nicely done. There was a lot to wedge in from the book in an hour.

[williamp]

read the book, love that porgramme. Some great aerial imagery/compuetr stuff or whatever it was...

Just before my wife was moaning that there was nothing for her to watch on mothers day. She loved it too

[theironduke]

Little bit of grit in my eye at the end...

[andym1603]

Really enjoyed that. Very interesting and shows the grit the aircrews had.
Could we do it today though?

[davepoth]

williamp said:

read the book, love that porgramme. Some great aerial imagery/compuetr stuff or whatever it was...

Just before my wife was moaning that there was nothing for her to watch on mothers day. She loved it too

Lots of stock footage, probably some new stuff of 558 using the "film it during the day and then paint the film blue" technique often used in old films to make it look like night time.