Britain’s Nuclear Deterrent Development – Part 9
On 3 October 1952, Britain detonated their first atomic bomb. Due to the small size and high-density population of Britain there were no suitable sites
While the current situation with DSA is uncertain, we have been told that Vulcan XH558 can remain on site until June 2023. Our pre-booked events for the remainder of this year are all sold out and will continue to take place. We also plan to hold further events in early 2023, including a final engine ground-run, before we relocate XH558.
On Sunday 20 November, XH558 carried out her eighteenth ground-run session of the year. With DSA winding down operations, this may be the final time that the Fire and Ops teams at the airport will see and hear XH558 in action. VTST would like to thank the teams for all their support over the years.
These photos from the day are all courtesy of Andy Hellen, VTST volunteer and Freelance Photographer. You can see more of Andy’s work at flikr.com.
This Saturday 26 November, XH558 will ‘howl’ in a special event to thank our army of volunteers for all their efforts this year in the difficult and uncertain circumstances that we have faced.
Without our volunteer team we would not be able to achieve our aims and provide as much access to XH558 for her supporters.
We’ll share news of that event and events for the remainder of this year in next month’s newsletter.
On 3 October 1952, Britain detonated their first atomic bomb. Due to the small size and high-density population of Britain there were no suitable sites
Barry Masefield was the Air Electronics Officer (AEO) for Vulcan XH558 and had flown in this iconic aircraft for over 30 years, also being a key
In 1993 XH558 became the last Vulcan to leave RAF service, after a career of 33 years. At around 10am on the 23rd March she
From the time of their arrival into service at the Operational Conversion Unit (OCU), all the Vulcans were painted silver, but in April 1957 the