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Vulkan Bomber makes escape run

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Old 17th Sep 2022, 20:07
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Vulkan Bomber makes escape run
A Vulcan Nuclear Bomber has overshot the runway at Wellsbourne in UK, after it applied takeoff power for two seconds too long during taxi tests. It went over the loose soil area at the end of the runway, and almost made it on to the local road network..
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Already being discussed here: Vulcan tried to escape from Wellesbourne, 16th Sept 2022
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