Sometime ago, while casually looking in my flying log book for entries involving XH558, a very similar Vulcan tail nu...
29 September 2023
You may have seen a dark blue vintage van parked next to XH558 during our Airside Tours and Engine Ground Runs. ...
28 July 2023
Feature article on part of XH558’s 2013 Winter Service – by Sam Evans, airframe technician.
It’s wh...
1 June 2023
As XH558’s 50th anniversary year approached, funding was an issue once more. During 2009, the Vulcan had flown for so...
27 January 2023
The Vulcan was designed as a ‘safe life’ aircraft, with a well-defined limit on how long it can carry on flying. One ...
22 December 2022
The race was on again to prepare XH558 for the 2009 airshow season. A host of servicing requirements awaited the atte...
25 November 2022
Personal memories from RAF Scampton, by Wing Commander Bill Ramsey
Wing Commander Bill Ramsey, former OC RAFAT (O...
28 October 2022
With funds once again depleted XH558 had to sit patiently in her hangar after her all too brief taste of freedom. It ...
28 October 2022
Thursday 18th October 2007 dawned, a perfect day for flying, and destined to be an unforgettable one. Anticipation wa...
28 September 2022
With funds now in place to take XH558 to first flight the team threw themselves back into the final stages of rectifi...
26 August 2022