RAF Finningley Vulcan

I sat in the co-pilots seat in the Nimrod AEW when they did full power engine ground runs, what an amazing sound, not too dissimlar to the vulcan noise i thought. Finningley was a massive place that had lots of money spent on it i believe, why they closed it i’m not sure most likely to its second line role, also it didnt have any HAS buildings so it becoming front line again was unlikely. Around South Yorks was rich pickings for RAF bases, Finningley, Lindholme, Bircotes, Worksop, Doncaster, Firbeck, Gamston and Snaith not far away, now all gone Finningley been the last:(

A mate of mine remembers chopping the Vulcon to bits in 88- Still amazes me that they closed Finingley yet left dumps that no one wants to get posted to(thats Marham to you) open. Was’nt it twice the size of Odiham?

What about the nimrod and F4J anything saved from them?

Some of the fuselage of the nimrod ended up at warton for testing. And the phantom was ZE351 which was scrapped in 1995 from memory.

What about the nimrod and F4J anything saved from them?

😮 Just go’s to show my aircraft recognition’s poor it was the Nimrod I remember not a victor parked outside the hanger.

What about the nimrod and F4J anything saved from them?

was defo a vulcan there, was stored at the far side of the airfield, i had a photo from the 88 airshow, now lost:mad: when i did my school work experience during 92 i asked and told she had been scrapped a few years before, just wondered if the cockpit had been saved

It was XJ782 and it survived until 1988 when it was scrapped.

Don’t remember a Vulcan only the Victor that was there. You might find out more from here http://www.avrovulcan.org.uk/