Aaah, the Buccaneer. No aircraft quite like it, before or since.
RAF (formerly RNAS) Lossiemouth - the home of the Buccaneer on and off for well over thirty years - is just three miles from where I type, as a result I knew this magnificent aircraft for all of its service life.
LONGER - FURTHER - FASTER
Overheard in the Officer's Mess, RAF Lossiemouth, on the eve of the Bucc's retirement............."With what do you replace the Buccaneer".............the reply was simple..........."another Buccaneer".
In reality, it takes 4 Tornados to accomplish the task of 1 Buccaneer on most missions, I have that first hand from several ex-Buccaneer aircrew now on Tornados - all would go back to flying the Bucc tomorrow.
I have a heap of Buccaneer pix, but all on print film including loads of close-up cockpit shots - I must get scanning.
