The year 1944, the month June, the day the 6th. The commencement of the invasion of Europe with Operation Neptune to ...
24 November 2023
Born in 1942, I obviously have few memories of WWII but one remains vivid. It is also the first distinct memory I hav...
23 August 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
Barnes Wallis
The concept for the Dambusters raid was first proposed early in World War II by aeronauti...
31 March 2023
Valiant Bomber 249 Squadron.
Ejection Seat chain of events.
I completed Boy Entrant training as an armourer...
28 September 2022
Test beds
Aside from regular duties, several Vulcan airframes were put to use in test and development roles. XA894...
25 February 2022
On 2 April 1982, Argentina invaded and occupied the Falkland Islands. It was the beginning of a ten-week conflict tha...
22 February 2022
From the time of their arrival into service at the Operational Conversion Unit (OCU), all the Vulcans were painted si...
27 January 2022
William Penney, the man in charge of Britain’s bomb design, William Cook, his deputy, and the scientists at the Atomi...
29 October 2021
It was a bright, sunny day at the Wroughton Airshow, the day Dr Robert Pleming first laid eyes on Vulcan XH558 in the...
26 February 2021