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Old 09-15-09, 02:14 PM   #12
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Originally Posted by ABBAFAN View Post
I saw the Vulcan from my Narrowboat on the Shropshire union canal.
About a year or two ago I was driving home from the grocery store with my wife. I heard a loud rumble a jet engine but this one sounded different.

All of a sudden from accross the lake it burst into view flying at maybe 200 feet and scorching across the landscape. I nearly crapped myself and slammed on the brakes.

A B1B flew accross the road not 100 yards in front of us at very low altitude. Loud and proud. "Do you know what the hell that was !" I asked my wife..."OMG its WW3"

Turns out they were doing flyovers for a football game.
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