Steve Hargreaves - Moderator Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 A most readable book about the Black Buck operation during the Falklands war to bomb Port Stanley airfield. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Amazingly after the sortie (which took 14 hours & used 14 air-to-air refuelling tankers to get one Vulcan from Ascension down to the Falklands) the brass hats asked for ....."...the same again tonight...." Unsurprisingly the request was turned down..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly P Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Read this a few years ago. a really good read. must have another flick through... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete B Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Yes, highly recommended - an awful lot of planning went into these ops! Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broken Prop Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Great read, but I never did understand the refuelling chart. The guy who worked that lot out was a genius! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Wedlake Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Now go and read 'Sea Harriers over the Falklands' by Sharkey Ward, an excellent and outspoken account of the air war in the Falklands, somewhat scathing of the RAF attemps to bomb the airfield.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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