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Constructed as a Vulcan B.2. |
1 July 1960 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n XH558. |
From 1960 to 1968 |
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Transferred to 230 OCU, RAF Finningley, Doncaster, South Yorkshire. |
17 August 1973 |
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Converted to a Vulcan B.2(MRR). |
From 6 November 1975 to 18 October 1976 |
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Damaged. |
From 30 June 1982 to 12 October 1985 |
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Converted to a Vulcan K.2. |
Circa 1983 |
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Transferred to 50 Squadron, RAF Waddington.
Noted at Greenham Common IAT 83. |
1985 |
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Converted to a Vulcan B.2.
Reverted to B2 standard. |
1985 |
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Photographer: Unknown |
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Transferred to Vulcan Display Team, RAF Waddington. |
6 August 1986 |
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Photographer: Robert Nichols
Notes: at RAF St Mawgan Airshow |
1988 |
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Photographer: Chris Redford
Notes: Avro Vulcan B.2 XH558, North Weald 1988 |
1988 |
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Photographer: Chris Redford
Notes: Avro Vulcan B.2 XH558, Mildenhall 1988 |
August 1989 |
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Photographer: Unknown |
August 1989 |
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Photographer: Unknown |
28 April 1990 |
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Photographer: Ken Videan
Notes: At the Waddington photocall. |
9 June 1990 |
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Photographer: Peter Nicholson
Notes: Vulcan B.2, callsign Vulcan 01, of the Vulcan Display Flight on the flight-line at the 1990 Boscombe Down Battle of Britain 50th Anniversary Airshow. |
20 July 1991 |
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Photographer: Peter Nicholson
Notes: The Vulcan flown by the Vulcan Display Team was on display at the 1991 International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire. |
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Photographer: Unknown |
18 March 1993 |
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Sold. |
23 March 1993 |
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Ferry flight.
To Bruntingthorpe. |
From 6 February 1995 to 7 April 2005 |
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To C Walton Ltd with new c/r G-VLCN. |
7 April 2005 |
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To Vulcan To The Sky Trust, Hinckley keeping c/r G-VLCN. |
18 October 2007 |
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First post-restoration Flight. |
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To Vulcan to the Sky Trust, DN9 3GF, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England.
 View the Location Dossier |
5 July 2008 |
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Photographer: john bilcliffe
Notes: Shot landing at RAF Waddington, after a few years missing after some deep maintenance at Bruntingthorpe. XM607 from the Black Buck raids in the Falklands of 1982 is just seen below it. |
18 July 2008 |
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Photographer: Ken Videan
Notes: On display at Farnborough International 2008. |
20 June 2009 |
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Photographer: Ronald van der Valk
Notes: G-VLCN/XH558 at the RNLAF Open Day at Volkel AB. This appearance was the sole non-UK display by the Vulcan to the Sky Trust. |
20 June 2009 |
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Photographer: Ronald van der Valk
Notes: G-VLCN/XH558 in formation with F-16AM J-015 Orange Lion and Dutch Hawker Hunter F.6A G-KAXF/N-295 at the RNLAF Open Day at Volkel AB. This appearance was the sole non-UK display by the Vulcan to the Sky Trust. |
20 June 2009 |
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Photographer: Ronald van der Valk
Notes: G-VLCN/XH558 attracting the public at the RNLAF Open Day at Volkel AB. This appearance was the sole non-UK display by the Vulcan to the Sky Trust. |
11 July 2014 |
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At Farnborough, UK. |
19 July 2015 |
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Photographer: Thomas Delvoye
Notes: RAF Fairford, UK |
5 September 2015 |
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Photographer: Lewis Grant
Notes: Making the last ever landing by a Vulcan in Scotland after displaying at Scottish Air Show. This followed a 30-minute spell of holding while the crew tried to get the nose u/c to extend and lock securely. |
28 October 2015 |
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Last flight.
Flown at Robin Hood Airport (formerly RAF Finningley). |
19 August 2017 |
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Civil registration, G-VLCN, cancelled. |
