The Falklands | Waddington Visit
WOW! I’ve got a treat today. I have been listening to an amazing audio book at work (I drive alot), it’s a book by Roland White called Vulcan 607 and I definitely recommend it to anyone that has an interest in history, military and aviation. It’s a story about the incredible and amazing undertaking by The Royal Air Force and Royal Navy in their actions in defending The Falkland Islands against the Argentine Invasasion. Using what remained of The RAF’s Victor and Vulcan forces and the largest transport operation ever undertaken. All these operations operated from Ascension Island, who’s airfield; Wideawake became busier than O’Hare INTL airport.
Today I have booked the aircraft (G-BLPS) into the Cessna Service Centre at Stuttgart under an arrangement as the Conquest has been discontinued for some while, whilst on my way down there I spoke to the Station Commander at RAF Waddington, Group Captain Steve Kilvington BSc (HONS) MA RAF, otherwise known to me as ‘Sir’. He has allowed me to take a look through the library and archives relating to Operation Black Buck. I am really looking forward to this. I have booked out alot of books and information and Group Capt Kilvington has given me a design that I will be putting on the aircraft for the start of the trip.
