Avro Vulcan B.2 XH558

[Big John]

Per Aviation Week 22 Oct issue.

XH558 made a 34 minute flight on Oct 18 at Bruntingthorpe,
Leicestershire, England, the goal of years of work by volunteers and
contractors at the Vulcan Operating Co. XH558 is the first large
restored military jet to achieve this milestone.

Big John

[Jay Honeck]

> XH558 made a 34 minute flight on Oct 18 at Bruntingthorpe,
> Leicestershire, England, the goal of years of work by volunteers and
> contractors at the Vulcan Operating Co. XH558 is the first large
> restored military jet to achieve this milestone.

Yep, that is VERY cool.

Strangely, I've not seen any video of this milestone flight. Anyone
got a link?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[Flydive]

Jay Honeck wrote:
> Yep, that is VERY cool.
>
> Strangely, I've not seen any video of this milestone flight. Anyone
> got a link?
> --
> Jay Honeck
> Iowa City, IA
> Pathfinder N56993
> www.AlexisParkInn.com
> "Your Aviation Destination"
>

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8LVRobNHm8

Few others there too.

[Big John]

Some tid bits on bird.

Vulcan could fly above 60,000 ft.

They found four brand new engines and installed them. Said that the
service life of these engines would exceed the airframe for the short
flights it would be flown for exibition.

Big John

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On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:37:14 -0500, Big John >
wrote:

>Per Aviation Week 22 Oct issue.
>
>XH558 made a 34 minute flight on Oct 18 at Bruntingthorpe,
>Leicestershire, England, the goal of years of work by volunteers and
>contractors at the Vulcan Operating Co. XH558 is the first large
>restored military jet to achieve this milestone.
>
>Big John