Vulcan XH558 RAF Leuchars Airshow 2009

Avro Vulcan XH558 was the last Vulcan to leave RAF service, flying on from 1986 to 1993 as the single RAF Display Vulcan, a career of 33 years. Her final flight was on 23rd March 1993 to Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome in Leicestershire, having been sold off by the Ministry of Defence to C Walton Ltd, a family firm who purchased and maintained her, with the thought that one day, she might be returned to fight. In 1997, a small team headed by Dr Robert Pleming started to put together an audacious plan to return her to flight, but it was clear from the start that the project would be technically challenging & enormously expensive. Never deterred, the team set off down the path that led to XH558's return to the air.

Copyright © 2009 Malcolm Auld

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[TheAppleturnovers]

R.I.P RAF Leuchars :( fuck you Liam fox

[danielu2501]

Excellent video! I love the camera work and edit. Deserves 100 times more views than current counter.

[BBQFanNo1]

I would love to have an Air Show with these flying displays in their order:

1) 7 squadron F-101 Voodoos

2) 7 squadron F-4 Phantoms

3) CF130 Hercules doing close up JATO demo

4) F-14 Tomcat

5) Olympus afterburning engine Vulcan which was retired in 1965

6) The Valkyrie which retired in 1969

7) B1 Lancer

8) SR-71 Blackbird

9) British Airways Concorde to close off the Air Show with the best and loudest

[smeato09]

I was there it did do a roll on take off it was so cool good camera work nice shots

[mrcarpcrew]

this machine is a dream

i thought it was going to do a roll on take off

[scwarzewaffe85]

there was a nice b52 at that airshow from new hampshire.awesome pirce of engineering

[huevparolbla]

Infinite excellent

[trainguydave]

Outstanding job on the video, and of course everyone who's helped bring this wonderful machine back to the skies! Keep up the fine work!

[granskare]

the V bombers were splendid aircraft, you had this while we had to make do with B52:)

[QIQrrr]

BTW: Do you have access to clips of the Armstrong Whitworth A.W.52 (not the glider, but the one equipped with Derwent engines) and/or the Horten Ho 229?