XH558 is the ONLY flying Vulcan in the world and there will never be another. If you haven’t seen it display then you really must, aviation history personified! Due to engine life and fatigue to its airframe I suspect it will only be flying for another two possibly three seasons before finally being permanently grounded. She is now based at Doncaster airport and runs almost completely on charitable donations, checkout the website, http://www.vulcantothesky.org for more info!

Trevor.

If you want to see a Vulcan in flight whenever you want, just build your own…

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxtd77EsaxY&feature=relmfu[/video]

Okay, it’s a scale model, but WOW!

Vulcan at Leuchars [video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFoKAKkFGj4[/video]

The Chinook was my fave 8) I did’nt know helo’s could do things like that without breaking up 😯 [video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RihcJR0zvfM[/video]

D.

I also experienced the Vulcan fypast at Carfest, it was spine tingling what a noise. i was actually stood near a load of Portaloo’s at the time (not sure what the plural for Portaloos is) And at the first pass it was amazing to see all the doors swing open, and a dozen people with a whoooaaahh WTF was that sort of expression 🙂

Can someone redirect one of them over Bridgend for me preferably at about 150ft off the ground?

I love the one at Cosford. Wish I could see one flying.

However, if you’ve never been combat proven it probably means that you’ve done your job, ie – scared off the opposition.

Precisely 😉

Seen this when I was golfing on Saturday – came in very slowly from over the sea, took about 3-4 minutes and loads of smoke was coming out and we thought it had a problem!

Then we realised what it was – it must have been doing a little fly by for the guys at RAF Boulmer though as the course is right beside it, it circled it and shot off. What a noise when the pilot opened it up!

We were on a road ride during the air show, the Vulcan came past on our way back, a couple of miles outside of St Andrews. It made us all stop and look, what a beast of a plane. Cant say I know much about them, but it was seriously impressive.

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