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Samcat

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505 posts

252 months

Wednesday 11th February 2009
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Just flicking through 'The Engineer' magazine, on the back page there is a feature about Nissan in Sunderland, there is an arial photo of the plant and at the bottom of the picture is a Vulcan bomber:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&a...

These things get everywhere! there also looks like a Canberra as well.

SeanyD

3,447 posts

229 months

Wednesday 11th February 2009
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Thats because the factory was built on what used to be Sunderland airport, the aircraft including the vulcan were moved to what is now a museum (IIRC)

Nobody You Know

8,422 posts

222 months

Wednesday 11th February 2009
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Go here for loads of other cool stuff.

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...