Bluewavestudios

After many years of battle and hard work, The Vulcan Flies again !! The only one in the World too !!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/l...re/7049694.stm

There is a video link there too.

I used to see these quite regularly over here right up until the Falklands Conflict in 1982 and then never saw them again.

A real credit to all those who have worked hard to restore her and raise funds for her.

Regards.....Mark.

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rjwood_uk

bloody excellent!!!

thanks for sharing that mark. they are right, it does make you feel a bit patriotic and proud to be british dosnt it. i think it dam well should open the olympics!!!

who thinks airfix's next new release or re-release will be this bird with the new paint scheme?

alan2525

Wow! Thats an amazing acheivment! I'd love to see and hear that aircraft in flight again!

Thanks for the update!

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AerynPk

That is wonderful. Congratualtions to the people who built her, and i agree with the person that said it should be used for the opening of the olympics. I always loved the Vulcan and there is one situated at Southend Airport which my dad joined a club for and saw it is such a wonderful plane.

rjwood_uk

you can beat the sound of those engines now can you!

new to trains

i have paid into this trust on a couple of occaisions, its great to see her up up and away again, sadly i was dissapointed not to see her at RIAT 2007 but lets hope shes around in 2008 on the dispalys circuit......
great to see her flying again !

wonwinglo

The most expensive restoration to fly yet,with zero houred engines she should be set to fly for quite some time,lets see this and the Red Arrows,plus the lovely Lancaster open the Olympics and show the world what British engineering was like before we became a nation of assemblers,lets be proud of these things instead of all this silly political correctness nonsense.

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alan2525

Does anyone know when the Vulcan will fly again at a public airshow? It was supposed to make it's maiden appearance (post restoration) at Duxford on the Airshow this weekend 18th-19th May but it's appearance there been cancelled.

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Spyderman_uk

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Danuleson

Just a slight correction, the Vulcan was not due to appear at the Duxford May Airshow. However, there was originally planned a Friends of the Vulcan day at Duxford on 1st June 2008 but this was cancelled due to lack of funds. The first airshow of the season with the Vulcan officially listed as a possible flying participant is the R.A.F Waddington Airshow 5th-6th July. But this is all dependant on funds, weather and most importantly of all, aircraft serviceability. The only other listed flying appearances by the Vulcan this year will be R.A.F Fairford RIAT 2008 12th-13th July, and Jersey International Air Display 11th Sept 2008. However, Any Appearance By XH558 Is Subject To Serviceability, Weather And Other Considerations. Hope this helps.