Sometime ago, while casually looking in my flying log book for entries involving XH558, a very similar Vulcan tail nu...
29 September 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
A fresh appeal was launched in March 2004 to reach the Trust’s commitment of 29% of the funding total, required befor...
28 July 2022
In 1993 XH558 became the last Vulcan to leave RAF service, after a career of 33 years. At around 10am on the 23rd Mar...
23 June 2022
No. 27 Squadron flew the last Scampton Vulcan Sortie on the 31st March 1982, disbandment day, and handed over the mar...
27 May 2022
A complete change in the role of the V- Bomber came about during 1963, when it became clear that in the absence of a ...
25 March 2022
Test beds
Aside from regular duties, several Vulcan airframes were put to use in test and development roles. XA894...
25 February 2022
In March 1959 I was posted to Headquarters Bomber Command (HWBC) at High Wycombe. At the time I was a Flight Lieutena...
27 January 2022
From the time of their arrival into service at the Operational Conversion Unit (OCU), all the Vulcans were painted si...
27 January 2022