The East Fortune Vulcan Bomber...

Yep that's the Jeep parked under the East Fortune Vulcan Bomber!, A Cold War Era Jeep next to an Iconic Cold War aircraft.

Last month when friends P and A were up on holiday we went for a drive in the Jeep across to Scotlands National Museum Of Flight here at East Fortune In East Lothian, 

G had contacted the Museum to ask if we could get a picture under the Vulcan and  the Museum said no problem and an arranged time and date was made and having bought entrance tickets online we were straight in and parked up under the Vulcan for pictures before parking at the regular car parking to take a walk around the museum,

When this aircraft arrived in 1984 my Dad said I was taking the day off school and we drove across to near the Airfield in the Landrover to watch as this was not to be missed!. 

Here is footage I found on YouTube of that day...

As you may know I used to live on the doorstep of the Airfield and from my old living room could just see the top of the Vulcan, It is a true fascinating part of Military Aviation history, and this one in particular is the very one that after taking part in a Bombing raid in the Falklands War had to do a detour return flight landing at Rio de Janeiro Airport, which caused a bit of a fuss!...

Mark Felton films on YouTube are superb and here he did a film on the Missing Vulcan, this very plane and the unreal mission they did...

Never again will a Vulcan Bomber ever take to the skies due to technical difficulties obtaining the needed parts and skilled mechanics to keep them flying safely...

With pictures done we parked up and headed into the Concorde hanger via the shop...

And straight away I found another Jeep!

Another aviation icon...

Going supersonic..

Drinking Gin and Tonic...

Heading out across the Airfield to the next hanger past Airfield relics...

The Military Hanger is my favourite...

Top gun is an Hispano, what fired the large WW2 cartridges we pick up along the coastline...

Steeped in Aviation history East Fortune is...

A few more pics...

An ace day out with friends...

More soon...

Tool Time; £5000 Tool kit for £500 on YouTube...

I`m 50 years old now and been collecting tools since I started to fix my own push bikes around the age of 12, and many of these tools I still have because there great quality, many I did kind of borrow from my Dad and they kind of ended up in my tool box as the collection grew I picked up used tools at anywhere from Jumble sales to Car Boot sales to things in the local paper, and I am back to using ex Miltary Ammo boxes to store them again like I did when I started for their different jobs.   And I still spend £20 - £30 a month every pay day getting a few more small cheap things which make working on something easier...

And decent tools have never been cheaper to by I have discovered buying stuff for working on my Willys Jeep in the last year with many companies offering a lifetime guarantee, it's not just expensive stuff like Snap On that does so...

And I say this about starting on anything new be it Mountain bikes,  Fatbike, parts for these bikes, or camping stuff, there is loads of cheaper options out there just as good as the new big brand stuff, 

My advice is don't be brand snob with everything when you spend your hard earned cash...

I follow this guys channel on YouTube and like many folk I follow you learn a lot from how they fix things, and if your starting out fixing your own bikes or old motors etc, or starting a professional career in the Auto industry you should definitely watch this by Lord Muck...

More soon...