Thanks; XL391, I have spent about 8 years assembling a list of first flights of protortypes and first production aircraft and relevant data, which now reside on my computer, on CDs as back-up and also filling 5 binders – I haven’t counted, but there must be 10,000 or more dates in my list! All culled from reference books and magazines. This is my main hobby, apart from being a voluntary guide at the underground Aeroseum here in Gothenburg. I work full time, so it is a very sporadic task!
Here is the entry for the Vulcan B.2:
August 19, 1958
Woodford, Manchester, UK
4-jet bomber
Sources:
Text: AV pp. 78, 171; BB p. 384; JE W99 p. 26; MCA11 pp. 58, 62
Illn: Avro Vulcan B2 XH533
1st of 6 pre-production and development aircraft, Avro Set 1
4 x 17 000 lb st Rolls-Royce Olympus 201 turbojets
Designer: Stuart Davies, Chief designer
Flew at SBAC Show Farnborough, September 1-7, 1958.
Delivered March 26, 1959. Transferred to Controller (Aircraft).
Broken up at St Athan in 1970.
Details I am still looking for concerning this aircraft are the crew on board during the first flight, and a thumbnail photo of the aircraft itself, along with the rest of its service history.
Happy New year!
Papa Lima
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