The Vulcan.

[JohnP]

It's a shame the Vulcan is now grounded but all good things come to an end eventually, when it was flying I was a member of 'The Vulcan To The Sky Club' and I made quite a few donations to help keep it flying. Members had a chance to visit the hanger, after being on the waiting list for several months my chance came on the 14th February 2010, at that time her home was an hanger at RAF Lyneham in Wiltshire. Because it was an active RAF base there was a lot of security, one could not just drive up to the gate to get in. Cars had to be left in nearby Wooton Bassett and members were bused to Lyneham, we even had to have passports with us.

The Bomb Bay.

[Denis]

Airshows just are not the same without this magnificent piece of British design and engineering gracing the sky anymore.

A really good set of photographs of a live aircraft resting in a hangar, not the same now its almost lifeless and trapped at Robin hood airport. I think she should have gone to Bruntingthorpe, where at least it could have flexed its muscles down the main runway under her own awesome power like the collections other cold war Jets do a few times a year!

[JamesT]

2 hours ago, JohnP said:

at that time her home was an hanger at RAF Lyneham in Wiltshire

That would explain why I saw it on the way to (or from, I don't remember which way) the Diamond Jubilee flypast. I heard a very heavy jet, and looked out of the kitchen window, unfortunately any cameras were in the sitting room and the camera on a Nexus4 with Ubports takes at least 20s to bring up!.

[Clicker]

What a super set John ...of historic value now as well .. I  filmed her flying at the Cosworth Airshow  on that final year... what a magnificent sight .. yes I agree Denis ...  shows just aren't the same without  this iconic  aeroplane...

[colinb]

On 29/08/2019 at 20:11, Denis said:

Airshows just are not the same without this magnificent piece of British design and engineering gracing the sky anymore.

A really good set of photographs of a live aircraft resting in a hangar, not the same now its almost lifeless and trapped at Robin hood airport. I think she should have gone to Bruntingthorpe, where at least it could have flexed its muscles down the main runway under her own awesome power like the collections other cold war Jets do a few times a year!

100% agree with you there Denis, I grew up in the 60's and 70's with the sound and howl living under RAF Waddington., such a shame we no longer hear her.

[Gonzo]

Love to see it fly again.......flanked by two English Electric Lightnings.........what a sight and sound that would be.

[Hatter]

On 30/08/2019 at 01:51, Clicker said:

I  filmed her flying at the Cosworth Airshow  on that final year...

When did it stop flying?  I caught it twice (Windermere and Bournemouth) in 2009.

 

[JohnP]

The last flight was on 28 October 2015.

[Hatter]

1 minute ago, JohnP said:

The last flight was on 28 October 2015.

Thanks, John.