Corgi 1/144 Vulcan XH558 Worlds only flying example based at Bruntingthorpe Leics (AA31206)

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Corgi 1/144 Vulcan XH558 Worlds only flying example based at Bruntingthorpe Leics (AA31206)

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The preserved RAF Vulcan bomber has made her first flight in 14 years after a restoration project said to be “probably one of the longest and costliest” in the history of British aviation. The Cold War bomber left RAF service in 1984 but XH558 is now the only flying Vulcan in the world. Based at Bruntingthorpe Airfield near Leicester, she made a spectacular 40 minute flight before returning home with a textbook landing. The restoration by the Vulcan to the Sky Trust (VST) was completed in the 25th anniversary year of the Falklands Conflict. The only time they were used in a combat situation, Vulcans flew the longest bombing mission in history to put Port Stanley Airfield out of action in order to deny its use to Argentine invaders in 1982. The destruction of the airfield and supporting air defence assets around the islands as a precursor to UK forces retaking the Islands prevented Argentine forces from re-supplying and forced their aircraft to operate against the British task force at the limit of their endurance and only from the Argentine mainland. The brief flight yesterday over the Leicester countryside paves the way for the Vulcan Operating Co (VOC) applying for a display licence to star at airshows from next year. Pilot Al McDicken said after he touched down: “Everything worked and she flew like a dream. We rose to 2,000ft at 200 knots and tested the undercarriage. Then we increase speed to 250 knots and carried out a few more tests. Before we knew it it is was time to touchdown.”

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