By: Derbyhaven - 29th January 2014 at 16:59
Thanks go to my Maltese contacts who have identified the site as Hal Far and confirmed that the aircraft is VX770 on high temperature trials. I wondered if it might be Hal Far, because I think the fire tender and Land Rover are RN designs, and HF was a Royal Naval Air Station. I didn’t recognise the trees as being Maltese but I am assured they are carob trees which are commonly seen in Malta. The things you learn on here!
By: Firebex - 27th January 2014 at 19:49
believe it or not that 6 wheel fire vehicle and the mobile control tower still exist to this day
in storage in MALTA.
By: Thunderbird167 - 27th January 2014 at 15:04
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/mongsoft/images/Vulcan_B.1_Malta_1957.JPG
The aircraft was out in Malta in 1957
Regards
Dave
By: pogno - 27th January 2014 at 13:24
It looks like it is VX770-the lack of a bomb-aimer’s blister under the nose is a give-away. If so it would have to predate 14/09/1957 when VX770 was lost during an air display…
Just a small point but I think the crash happened on the 20th of September 1958.
Richard
By: Tin Triangle - 27th January 2014 at 11:16
It looks like it is VX770-the lack of a bomb-aimer’s blister under the nose is a give-away. If so it would have to predate 14/09/1957 when VX770 was lost during an air display…
By: Consul - 26th January 2014 at 22:32
From the serial position and scheme it could be VX770 the prototype – could it be a trials visit?
Tim
By: fana - 26th January 2014 at 22:17
Looks a bit like Malta. Luqa??
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