Vulcans sixty year anniversary tour and where it isn't going..
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Vulcans sixty year anniversary tour and where it isn't going..
Cannot feel like agreeing with the comments.... Scampton, Waddington etc are NOT on the list
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The route for Saturday's tour has been posted up.
From the VTTS website.
Quote:
This Saturday afternoon 29th September, providing weather conditions and aircraft serviceability allow, XH558 will take off on a 3-hour sortie to commemorate Sixty Glorious Years of the Avro Vulcan as she makes a tour of various airports near to sites that played a significant part in their development or service life.
The route
1. Doncaster
- Bitteswell
2. Coventry Airport
3. Birmingham Airport
4. RAF Cosford
5. Gloucester (Staverton)
- Cheltenham
6. Filton
7. Cardiff Airport
8. St. Athan
9. Ross-on-Wye (Memorial)
10. RAF Halton
So, no Woodford, Farnborough, Waddington, Scampton, Bruntingthorpe; places I would thought had a larger claim to having a more significant role than some mentioned above.
Anyway, there you have it.
From the VTTS website.
Quote:
This Saturday afternoon 29th September, providing weather conditions and aircraft serviceability allow, XH558 will take off on a 3-hour sortie to commemorate Sixty Glorious Years of the Avro Vulcan as she makes a tour of various airports near to sites that played a significant part in their development or service life.
The route
1. Doncaster
- Bitteswell
2. Coventry Airport
3. Birmingham Airport
4. RAF Cosford
5. Gloucester (Staverton)
- Cheltenham
6. Filton
7. Cardiff Airport
8. St. Athan
9. Ross-on-Wye (Memorial)
10. RAF Halton
So, no Woodford, Farnborough, Waddington, Scampton, Bruntingthorpe; places I would thought had a larger claim to having a more significant role than some mentioned above.
Anyway, there you have it.
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Coningsby, Cottesmore, Boscombe Down, any dispersal airfield, High Wycombe, Heathrow
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Yep, strange, very strange, Lincolnshire which was the home of the Vulcan does not appear to even get a look in...
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Halton would be because most of the Engineers of the time would have gone through there I suppose, but that then says why no Cranners.
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Big bits of her were built at Chadderton, but they were assembled at Woodford into aeroplanes and then flown for the first time (every one of 'em). But the tour doesn't go there, the birthplace of the Vulcan.
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It was there the other week though.... Except they didn't tell anyone till after..
Vulcans landed on RAF Halton's grass runway on no less than 3 seperate occasions - quite an achievement when you consider it's length. Also, John "Cat's Eyes" Cunningham as DH's Chf Test Pilot flew in a couple of Comets.
Here's a picture of 2 of the 3 Vulcans at Halton for Apprentice Trg...
Here's a picture of 2 of the 3 Vulcans at Halton for Apprentice Trg...
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They have added in Cottesmore, Waddington and Scampton.
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Better, still it looks like East Mids will get a look in again, slight stagger could do Derby for RR and Bruntingthorpe for retirement and restoration.
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