Kevin and I were determined to see the last remaining flying Vulcan bomber when it gave its display at Goodwood today. Unlike the Red Arrows, split second timing can’t always be relied upon with the Vulcan so I kept an eye on the Twitter feed for XH558 during the morning for updates. As soon as it was announced that the crew were aboard and had started their engines we did our own RAF type scramble into the car and headed for Goodwood! When we got there it was evident that a lot of folks had been doing the same thing and we only just managed to find a prime viewing spot on the edge of the hill among all the other plane spotters. Sadly the Vulcan’s flightpath took it around the hill rather than over the top of us (unlike the Red Arrows yesterday) so I struggled to get close enough with only 280mm of lens. However, I made the best of a bad job (with a bit of judicious cropping on the computer) and it was still well worth the effort to see it in flight again. More information about the Vulcan and the efforts to keep air airworthy can be found here.

Works for me, too. Nice shot. pdsdville · 2011-07-03: 10:56

you did a great job, works for me too:) Eiram · 2011-07-03: 11:12

Works for me too and going into my favourites must be the only one of this type in my favs usually flowers , landscapes etc. MoMac · 2011-07-03: 11:47

looks good to me Lynda · 2011-07-03: 12:00

Mist certainly, but you must be blessed by the gods Helen to have managed to hang on the light haloing the cabin josy63 · 2011-07-03: 13:28

Cool, that was one of my favourite models when I was a kid :) yellodog · 2011-07-03: 13:32

Cool capture well done looks like its just hanging in the skies mystic1 · 2011-07-03: 13:45

An absolutely breath-taking shot Helen. I guess you can pull some G's in that baby??? danrav · 2011-07-03: 14:01

Nicely done...fabulous shot! LAZYWASP · 2011-07-03: 15:28

I'm so glad you got to see it. It's magnificent isn't it. Jarvo · 2011-07-03: 20:24

Amazing aircraft, we spotted it out of the blue when we were travelling on the A1 to St Neots and it flew really low right over out car... they must have been moving it as there were no airshows on at the time, I guess we were just lucky. Sadly we had no time to photograph it. You were lucky to see it in action, and that is a great photograph... well done! Annbramwell · 2011-07-04: 03:34

must have been great to be there slowpete · 2011-07-04: 07:34

Good effort - looks like you bagged a great spot davids · 2011-07-04: 13:13

Yes, love the shot....it's got a certain feel to it....maybe the haze does it. All comes together for a great image! lookagain · 2011-07-05: 08:40

Fantastic! pandka · 2011-07-06: 15:06

Nice Capture !! catdad · 2011-07-06: 15:13

Way cool! Nice shot! lukesmom · 2011-07-06: 21:34

perfect for me! pumacat · 2011-07-06: 23:59

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