Tuesday Talk - Vulcan Aircraft - 19 November
Published 12:00 on 2 Nov 2024
On Tuesday 19 November at 20:00, there will be a talk in the Clubhouse by Joe Marsden - Station Training officer for the Gosport National Coastwatch Institution
Last year Joe gave a short background history of the Falklands and how life has developed in the Islands since the conflict of 1982.
Joe's talk this time will concentrate on the Vulcan - illustrated by photos and film clips to show its capability. He will briefly cover the history of the Vulcan but will mainly talk about the personal aspects of flying this famous aircraft. He will cover crew responsibilities, preparation and the practicalities of the various roles he was involved in without missing the more light-hearted aspects of the job in a journey which took him from Cyprus in the East to Midway Island and Alaska in the West as well as up into the Arctic Circle to test Russian response.
Flying higher than airliners at nearly the speed of sound, manoeuvring at five times the force of gravity, and under radar at heights lower than a church tower - Squadron Leader Joe Marsden burned 1,000 gallons of fuel per hour in iconic Vulcan bombers and flew through nuclear fall-out. He was shot at by the Army, RAF and Royal Navy and lived to tell the tale. He has a wealth of facts and anecdotes of his 29 years in the Royal Air Force during the Cold War period.
In all Joe has flown 34 different Vulcan aircraft including XH558 which was flying until 2016, and XL426 which is at Southend Airport being kept in ground-running condition and taxied on occasions
Bring a little cash with you! We will have a charity collection during the evening, either going to our speaker's preferred charity or to our own club charity for this year being the Hampshire and IoW Air Ambulance.
Bar open from 19.30 and the talk starts promptly at 20.00.
Please register your intention to attend via WebCollect. There is no Charge.
If anyone requires any further information, please contact Viv, our Social Secretary
Last updated 13:02 on 9 February 2025