Death of a Victor gate guard

[LTNman]

Time-lapse video shows RAF bomber being dismantled https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-56104311

[POBJOY]

A fine machine from Freds Shed, the real star of Black Buck.

[chevvron]

World's first supersonic bomber; just think of the money the yanks spent developing the B58 which had a much shorter in service life.
Wonder how loud the 'boom' was compared to Concorde.

[Herod]

I know she had to go, but filming it seems to border on the pornographic.

[Jhieminga]

I have to agree that it seems a bit rude, but I was surprised at how the airframe was sectioned and carried away. It looked neater and more respectable than just scrapping it into unrecognisable flakes of aluminium.

[Fareastdriver]

more respectable than just scrapping it into unrecognisable flakes of aluminium.

That comes later.

[LTNman]

Originally Posted by chevvron

World's first supersonic bomber; just think of the money the yanks spent developing the B58 which had a much shorter in service life.
Wonder how loud the 'boom' was compared to Concorde.

The aircraft went supersonic in a dive and was noted for the first person to go supersonic while facing backwards.

[Preon]

Maybe it was carefully separated to be a useful spares source for the few surviving HP Victor and the cockpit section a possible restoration project?
Fingers and toes crossed!