Twenty five years ago today at 1.30pm [Monday 7th February 1983] Vulcan bomber XM594 was flown in to the Newark Air Museum – in so doing it became the largest aircraft to land on Winthorpe’s former wartime runways.
Noted from the museum website just for today – “Celebrations to mark the 25th Anniversary of Vulcan XM594 being flown in to Winthorpe Airfield; FREE admission to the Vulcan cockpit on this day for anyone who pays to visit the museum”.
By: TwinOtter23 - 8th February 2008 at 19:49
Good evening Pontius Nav,
I know the person who organises the talks – if you send me a PM with contact details I will let him have them.
Alternatively why not drop them an email via their website
By: Pontius Nav - 8th February 2008 at 10:42
TO,
I do a talk too on the V-Force Operational Mission in the Cold War. Never been asked by Newark AM though.
By: TwinOtter23 - 7th February 2008 at 16:42
Hello Pontius Nav,
I see Newark also have some Vulcan talks lined up later on in the year, which starts with the following
“A series of talks based on the Avro Vulcan during five decades of service with the RAF has been arranged at the Holy Trinity Community Centre, Boundary Road, Newark, NG24 4AU.
22 May 2008 @ 2000 hours – Flying the Vulcan – by Group Captain John Laycock.”
One of the museum guys – Cockpitfest organiser I think, has done a lot of research on 594’s service history.
I also hear that they are trying to establish contact with some missing members of the delivery crew for a 45th Anniversary event later in the summer.
By: Pontius Nav - 7th February 2008 at 15:33
Shame, however I never flew in 594. For a long time it was a ‘missing’ aircraft.
Our set started with 597. In the Command stats one of the largest number of Vulcans were listed under ADA rather than on the active bomber wings. Others were under CWP or Major but I never found out what or where ADA was.
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February 7, 2008 at 9:03 am