Vulcan – Post your Photos here

Ahh yes, watching Vulcans being dismantled is a grim business. XM652 ended her days in a Sheffield scrap yard. I went over to take a look and the whole aircraft was laid there in a crumpled heap, some guy hacking it to bits with a saw. I often wonder what happened to the engines as they were on a trolley all safely bagged-up, which suggests that they might have had some hours left on them. Pity they didn’t find their way to XH558, although I guess fitting them might have been tricky, given that they were 300 series engines.

XJ825 being ‘dismantled’ at Waddington in Jan 1992. Taken by Peter Quicke.

Ah yes, lovingly massaged to death by the friendly JCB!! Good thing I wasn’t home when this happened as I Would have been screaming from the fenceline!

A few More.

Vulcan with wingtip restored
Plus, one of my pics from Rainy Waddington 2008

Nice one, thanks. That pics been bugging me for years, just hope I can repeat
it this year, once again thank you.
Phil.

Vulcan with wingtip restored

Plus, one of my pics from Rainy Waddington 2008

Superb shot, really does embody the beauty and serenity of all out stand-off nuclear combat

😉

pardon my ignorance but, is there anyother way to keep XH558 flying? could a company without destroying the charachtaristics of the vulcan, use it as test and evaluation aircraft? wouldnt that keep her flying?

A couple from through my lens……

Black Buck Vulcan XM607 in the static at the 1982 RAF Abingdon BofB show in September 1982 only a few months after returning from Assension Island.

Have recently started to scan my pictures and this is one of my first (halfway decent, anyway), taken at RAF GAydon Air Display 17 August 1974. Unfortunately I didn’t always manage to get serials in those days (still manage to miss them these days too 😮 )

XJ825 being ‘dismantled’ at Waddington in Jan 1992. Taken by Peter Quicke.

I assume it’s the A15 with traffic

Yep, that’s the place – before they built that hideous fence! 🙂

Wow………….that picture is stunning! Is there a higher resolution version anywhere?:cool::)

Loving the third one there Tim, one of the best pics i’ve seen! I like the shadow on the field below! I assume it’s the A15 with traffic stopped below as she lands at Waddo?

Three of my oldies:-

Here’s mine from her birthplace…

Still a cracking shot.;) what’s a wingtip among friends.:)

thanks, but what I really need is some Photoshop wizard to have a go filling in the missing tip:rolleyes:

Still a cracking shot.;) what’s a wingtip among friends.:)