Vulcan flight over West Coast

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Can anyone remember when a Vulcan bomber flew down the coast and did loops around the various towns. Think 1967 or 1968. Remember it being during the middle of the day.Date of PhotoBetween 1st January 1950 and 31st December 1969ContributorDonald Mathias

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CommentsYvonne Lawson Used to go to that milk bar to get milk for afternoon tea. They would put milk in a small bottle for us. Prob a cream bottle. Cost about 2cents.
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Elaine Bolitho Anyone interested in reading about the uranium hunt on the Coast might like to read Chapter 7 of my 'Reefton School of Mines-Stories of Jim Bolitho' book recently republished by Friends of Waiuta. It includes the story of Paddy Corcoran who found samp…See More
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Donald Mathias
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Hi Everyone.
Can anyone remember when a Vulcan bomber flew down the coast and did loops around the various towns. Think 1967 or 1968. Remember it being during the middle of the day.
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Viv Green https://youtu.be/Td6HBnC0Nls
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Avro Vulcan 'V-Bomber' display in Nelson, New Zealand - 1971
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Viv Green https://youtu.be/R3iMw7Q7H68
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Avro Vulcan Near-crash Landing
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Peter Robertson
Peter Robertson It was a beauty aircraft
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Geoffrey King
Geoffrey King Donald think it was the mid 50's, 1953 /4 after the great air race from UK to ChCh NZ
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Geoffrey King there u have it Viv Green has posted the video.
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Wendy Bruce
Wendy Bruce Yep, I was at my sisters on Preston Rd in Blaketown - possibly wagged school that day. The sonic boom was incredible after it flew flat over Greymouth then an almost vertical climb. Think thsts when my ‘plane spotting’ started. Love living in Auckland under the flight path

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