When we moved XW986 from West Freugh in the late nineties we had to remove the tail plane, outer wings and nose cone to fit onto the truck. We had ground power and a hydraulic rig connected and once the airframe was lifted off the deck we selected wheels up and retracted the gear. The airframe was then lowered into a couple of cradles on the trailer and then twisted round to about 35 degrees so we could get the correct width needed for road transport. Happy days indeed

The airfield is owned by the family and each member owns their own bit. Not all the family share the same views regarding selling up and indeed support the airfields activities and 655. You could move the aircraft but it wouldn’t run again.

I think I read somewhere that there was a mod to Lanc elevators which involved adding more ribs to the internal structure to stop them ballooning under certain conditions.

A dry motor is simply spinning the engine over on its starter without fuel. A wet cycle is when you spin the engine and add fuel but no ignition thus it doesn’t start. I would imagine the guys will do a number of dry and wet cycles before attempting starting the engines so they can check oil and fuel pressures etc.

I think she is fitted with a Lincoln tail wheel if my memory serves me well.

Who’s nicked 648’s scanner then!

Back in the day it was said that would be returned to cold war standard at the end of display flying. However that would of course ground it for good.

558 was converted to a tanker in 82 and had all of its ECM gear removed to accommodate the house drum unit and also had many systems deleted during the restoration back to flight so she is a bit of a dog when it comes to originality in my view and no longer represents a cold war era Vulcan. Her only claim is that she was the first B2 delivered to the RAF but thats about it really. If it can be moved it should be done sooner rather than later or I fear it may well end up in the bin when the trust folds due to lack of funds.

[QUOTE=SADSACK;2363290]I though XL318 was the only Vulcan to be moved? Any idea how they moved this one?

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I don’t think it was broken down for transport more than likely just towed there as the Vulcan is quite small compared to most of the American bombers of the day.