Avro Vulcan Bomber

 

Avro Vulcan B2 G-VLCN/XH558. Photo by Iain Campbell of PlanesTV.com

 

The prototype Vulcan first flew of the 30th August 1952. The Royal Air Force (RAF) received its first aircraft, XA897 in September 1956. A total of 134 production Vulcans were manufactured (45 B.1's and 89 B.2's), the last aircraft being delivered in January 1965. The RAF's last airworthy Vulcan XH558 was retired on the 21st March 1993 to her new home at Bruntingthorpe airfield in Leicestershire.

After many years of restoration XH558 took to the skies once again on the 18th October 2007.

 

Vulcan to the sky Website - Help support Avro Vulcan B2 G-VLCN/XH558

 

Images courtesy of Bob Franklin, Ian Bracegirdle, Iain Campbell of PlanesTV.com, Ross Cannon and Wayne Willday