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XH558 and the RAFAT Red Arrows
RIAT 2015, one of the last times that I will see XH558 The Vulcan flying at an airshow
Vulcan XH558 ex V Bomber, retired from the RAF had a ÂŁ7m+ restoration to fly again but eventually had to retire from display flying in 2015.
Taken in May 2011, XH558 the Vulcan inbound to Bruntingthorpe for the Cold War Jets Open day that weekend.
This aircraft is now retired again!
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Aston Martin Vulcan, 1/3 in the United States, and 2/3 in Cleveland, Ohio.
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A Timeline Events photo charter with the Avro Vulcan XM655 which was third from last of the Vulcan bombers produced for the Royal Air Force, being delivered in late 1964, and was part of the UK’s nuclear deterrent force throughout the 1960s and 1970s. It is now owned by Wellesbourne Airfield, and is looked after by 655 Maintenance and Preservation Society (655MaPS) which is a volunteer organisation of Vulcan enthusiasts.
The Vulcan Bomber XM655 taken at night during a recent photoshoot at Wellesbourne airfield in the UK. Avro Vulcan XM655 was third from last of the Vulcan bombers produced for the Royal Air Force, being delivered in late 1964, and was part of the UK's nuclear deterrent force throughout the 1960s and 1970s.
This is the only ground running Vulcan left that has the most powerful of the engine variants (Bristol Olympus 301s)
It is now owned by Wellesbourne Airfield, and is looked after by 655 Maintenance and Preservation Society (655MaPS) which is a volunteer organisation of Vulcan enthusiasts.
Vulcan Bomber XH558 flies over Southport with the Red Arrows,photographed at the Southport Airshow on 19/09/2015
View from highway TF-21 on Teide
(28°12'36.6"N 16°38'41.4"W)
Modified Canon 20D, Canon EF 17-40 f/4L
XH558 pulling up and out of low level following a stunning display at the Windermere Air Festival 2011
As iconic a machine of the cold war age as can be imagined : While she is a marvellous sight to see flying...and she is in her last year of display, also being the last example of the "V Bombers" still flying...isn't it a fabulous thing that she never had to deliver the payload she was capable of...the hydrogen bomb. I am currently reading "The Untold History of the United States", by Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick : I have learnt from this the incredible importance of not only JFK but also Kruschev in keeping this world still spinning. They were great, great men....surrounded on both sides by terrifying people who wanted to start...and finish, instantly...WW Three.
God bless and rest them both.
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Avro Vulcan XH558 on its last Air Show display at The Shuttleworth Collection Air Show 04/10/2015.
Avro Vulcan XH558, The Spirit of Great Britain is the only airworthy example of the 134 Avro Vulcan “V” bombers that were operated by the Royal Air Force from 1953 until 1985.
This is the last air show season (2015) that the Vulcan will be seen flying.
Cosford Air Museum 17th January 2017.
Utilising the museum's dramatic lighting!
One of my favourite photos because of the lighting.
engine Elizabeth a diesel engine which was built by Vulcan in 1949 pictured below a German Range finder bunker locally known in Alderney as the Odeon
Taken on 11 October 2015 and uploaded 28 November 2024.
The Avro Vulcan was one of 3 "V-Bombers" operated by the Royal Airforce until 1984, but built as part of the UK's "nuclear deterrent" in the 1950s.
The company, Avro, was part of a group of companies, Hawker Siddeley; Hawker was the name of a company founded by Tommy Sopwith, who was bankrupted following WW1 due to anti-profiteering taxes: Sopwith was the company that built the Sopwith Camel fighter...
The various companies mentioned so far - Sopwith, Avro, Hawker - designed and built aircraft like the Camel, the Hurricane, the Lancaster and the Vulcan (and many others, including the Harrier...).
The Vulcan here was the last flying example and was making a series of final flights before being 'retired'.
I saw Vulcans a number of times and heard the famous "howl" of its engines. I have (very poor) photos of a Vulcan at an air show, getting ready to take off and, with its engines powered up, throwing debris from the ground behind it into the air. The "howl" was popular whenever the aeroplane flew in public and was terrifying. It was a fabulous thing to see and hear. Graceful and quite sinister.
For better or worse, the Vulcan is a part of UK history along with its predecessors.
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A trio of Vulcan locomotives line up at Waterloo 50001 Dreadnought, 73112 & 50005 Collingwood as a railman casually strolls by. Both of the Hoovers would eventually be scrapped whilst the Ed remains in service with GBRf as 73213.
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Vulcan’s Anvil rises from the river bed. The Anvil, named after Vulcan the Roman God of fire and metalworking, is a volcanic neck that juts out of the river 60 feet and signals river runners they will soon be at the head of Lava Falls Rapids.
Royal Air Force 'Vulcan Display Flight' Hawker-Siddeley (Avro) Vulcan B.2 XL426, makes a spirited 'Scramble' type departure during the rather damp 1983 RAF Mildenhall 'Air Fete'
XL426 was the VDF's mount until the now famous XH558 replaced her
The type was officially retired from RAF service but both live on - permanently grounded, XH558/G-VLCN at Robin Hood Airport with XL426 aka G-VJET, at Southend Airport
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