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  2. Avro Vulcan XH558 - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. List of surviving Avro Vulcans - Wikipedia

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    Performed its last flight (and last of the 617 as a Vulcan unit) on 11 December 1981, filmed for Yorkshire Television's 617-The Last Days of a Vulcan Squadron. Withdrawn and allocated to the RAF Museum on 4 January 1982, delivered by road from Scampton to Hendon in sections, being reassembled in the Bomber Command Museum (now Bomber Hall) by ...

  4. Avro Vulcan - Wikipedia

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    The last aircraft from the first batch of 25 aircraft had been delivered by the end of 1957 to 101 Squadron. [118] To increase the mission range and flight time for Vulcan operations, in-flight refuelling capabilities were added from 1959 onwards; several Valiant bombers were refurbished as tankers to refuel the Vulcans. [137]

  5. Avro Vulcan XM655 - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Avro Vulcan XL426 - Wikipedia

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    XL426 gave dozens of display flights from 1984 to 1986 as part of the Vulcan Historical Flight (later Vulcan Display Flight). However, as its flying hours were running out before needing a major service, its role as a display flight aircraft was transferred to XH558, which had been retrieved from a fire dump at RAF Marham. XL426's final display ...

  7. Operation Black Buck - Wikipedia

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    The primary aircraft was a Vulcan flown by Squadron Leader Neil McDougall and his crew from No. 50 Squadron that arrived at Wideawake on 27 May, with Montgomery flying the reserve aircraft. The mission was scheduled for 28 May, but was also cancelled, but only some five hours after they had taken off.

  8. List of surviving examples of mass-produced aircraft - Wikipedia

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    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. Finally grounded in 2015. Douglas DC-7B N836D ...

  9. Doncaster Sheffield Airport - Wikipedia

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    In 2011, the Vulcan to the Sky Trust flew Avro Vulcan XH558 to the airport, its former operational base. It was the last airworthy example of the Vulcan bomber fleet, restored to flight by the trust in 2007. [37] XH558's final flight was a display over the airport, on 28 October 2015. [38]