Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The last airworthy Vulcan (XH558) was restored to flying condition by the Vulcan to the Sky Trust. The first post-restoration flight, which lasted 34 minutes, took place on 18 October 2007. [1] [2] After performing displays every season from 2008 until 2015 inclusive, XH558 last flew on 28 October 2015. [3]
Avro Vulcan XH558 (military serial XH558, civil aircraft registration G-VLCN) Spirit of Great Britain was the last remaining airworthy example of the 134 Avro Vulcan jet-powered delta winged strategic nuclear bomber aircraft operated by the Royal Air Force during the Cold War. It was the last Vulcan in military service, and the last to fly at ...
Avro's submission in May 1960 was the Phase 6 Vulcan, which would have been the Vulcan B.3. The aircraft was fitted with an enlarged wing of 121 ft (37 m) span with increased fuel capacity; additional fuel tanks in a dorsal spine; a new main undercarriage to carry an all-up-weight of 339,000 lb (154,000 kg); and reheated Olympus 301s of 30,000 ...
Avro Lancaster PA474: Avro Lancaster: Bomber Royal Air Force: 1945- One of only two Lancasters in flying condition in the world. Avro Vulcan XH558, aka Spirit of Great Britain: Avro Vulcan: Bomber Vulcan To The Sky Trust 1960-1993; 2007-2015 The only Cold War/Falklands War-era Vulcan bomber to fly after 1986. Restored to flight in 2007.
Avro Vulcan XL426 is one of three remaining taxiable Avro Vulcan strategic bombers, the other two being XH558 and XM655. It has been owned and maintained by the Southend-on-Sea -based registered charity the Vulcan Restoration Trust since 1993 and carries out regular taxi runs at London Southend Airport . [ 1 ]
Avro Vulcan XM655 is one of three remaining taxiable Avro Vulcan strategic bombers, the other two being XH558 and XL426. XM655 is currently owned by Wellesbourne Mountford Airfield and has been maintained by the 655 Maintenance & Preservation Society since 1998, [ 1 ] : 205 who keep the aircraft in a taxiable condition.
VX770 was the first prototype Vulcan. It had first flown with Avon engines, and had later been fitted with Sapphires. More recently, it had been fitted with Rolls-Royce Conway engines; on the day of the accident it was flying from the Rolls-Royce airfield at Hucknall to test the Conways. The four crew on board included a flight test engineer ...
Woodford Aerodrome (ICAO: EGCD) is a former airfield and aircraft factory at Woodford, Greater Manchester, England, 6 NM (11 km; 6.9 mi) north of Macclesfield.It was opened by the Avro company after the First World War and became an important production centre for military aircraft in the Second World War.