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VULCAN XH558 LARGE DOUBLE SIDED POSTER
FAREWELL
CELEBRATING THE WORLD’S
MOST POWERFUL WARBIRD
XH558’s
BOW-OUT
TOUR
Emotional
marathon to
end an era
CROWD
PLEASER
The ‘Vulcan Effect’
COLD WAR
WARRIOR
XH558’s RAF career
RESTORATION
TO FLY
WHAT NEXT
FOR XH558?
Looking back on an epic project
PROTOTYPE
TEST PILOT
‘Roly’ Falk
£5.99
VULCANS
IN WHITE
Special
Plans for the future revealed
Archive images
PLUS
- Units, Weapons and Survivors
Publication
A trio of Vulcan B.1s in the guise that the type first entered frontline service during 1957. From then, Avro’s
mighty delta served until the K.2 tankers of 50 Squadron were paid off in March 1984. After that, the Vulcan
enjoyed eight years displaying to appreciative audiences all over Britain until September 1992, when the
RAF called it a day. The Vulcan to the Sky Trust determined that the type still had life in it, this time as a
civilian: this special publication tells the story of that incredible achievement.
KEY COLLECTION
VULCAN
FAREWELL 2015
3
VULCAN
Contents
Coverand
these pages:
During the weekend
of August 22/23,
XH558 faced a busy
schedule of displays
along the south and
southwest coasts
of England.
JOHN DIBBS © 2015
6 55 YEARS, 8 SEASONS
Dr Robert Pleming has been
part of the Vulcan project from
its inception. Ken Ellis talked
to him about the world’s most
powerful warbird.
26 DELTA WEAPONRY
30 DELTA HERALDRY
A portfolio of the Vulcan B.2’s
arsenal.
Charting Vulcan B.2 units and
markings.
Extant Vulcans, Victors and
Valiants.
Vulcan XH558 was the first B.2
to enter service with the RAF –
33 years later it started civilian
life.
With the much-improved
Vulcan B.2 coming on strength,
the RAF was keen to show off its
new bomber.
50 VULCAN TO THE SKY
10 LIFE AND TIMES
OF A COLD WAR WARRIOR
A timeline of the Vulcan and
its place in aviation and world
history.
The first man to pilot the Vulcan
was the dapper ‘Roly’ Falk –
famed for flying in a business
suit.
Inside XH558’s cockpit.
34 LAST OF THE V-FORCE
How do you take a redundant
V-bomber and turn it into
a civilian warbird? Ken Ellis
explains how thousands of
supporters, individual and
corporate, combined to achieve
the Vulcan’s return to flight.
Hugh Trevor describes XH558’s
crowd-pulling flying seasons.
Everyone knew the delta dream
had to come to an end – Hugh
Trevor reviews the emotional last
season.
A new career awaits XH558 at
Robin Hood Airport – learn how
you can help support it.
62 THE VULCAN ‘EFFECT’
72 FINAL COUNTDOWN
20 SUITED PIONEER
36 FIRST AND LAST – TWICE!
24 FORE AND AFT
44 SHOW OF FORCE
78 DOWN BUT NOT OUT
Edited by:
Ken Ellis,
with thanks to Nigel Price and Steve Beebee
Contributing Author:
Hugh Trevor
With thanks to:
The Vulcan to the Sky Team, especially
Richard Clarke, Ian Homer, Michael Trotter and Dr Robert
Pleming
Art Editor:
Mike Carr
Chief Designer:
Steve Donovan
Production Editor:
Sue Blunt
Deputy Production Editor:
Carol Randall
Production Manager:
Janet Watkins
Advertisement Manager:
Alison Sanders
Advertising Production:
Debi McGowan
Group Advertisement Manager:
Brodie Baxter
Marketing Executive:
Shaun Binnington
Marketing Manager:
Martin Steele
Commercial Director:
Ann Saundry
Managing Director and Publisher:
Adrian Cox
Executive Chairman:
Richard Cox
Contacts
Key Publishing Ltd, PO Box 100, Stamford, Lincs, PE9 1XQ.
Tel 01780 755131
Email flypast@keypublishing.com
www.keypublishing.com
Distribution:
Seymour Distribution Ltd, 2 Poultry
Avenue, London EC1A 9PP. Tel 020 74294000
Printed by:
Warners (Midland) plc, The Maltings,
Bourne, Lincs, PE10 9PH
The entire contents of
Vulcan Farewell
is
copyright
© 2015.
No part of it may be reproduced in any form or
stored on any form of retrieval system without the prior
permission of the publisher.
Published by:
Key Publishing Ltd – see above
Printed in England

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