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Latest newsletter regarding this weekends V-Force flypasses -

This image is hidden for guests. Please log in or register to see it. The Salute to the V-Force tour was inspired by an idea that emerged from the British Aviation Preservation Council, whose membership includes the museums over which XH558 will be flying this weekend. This image is hidden for guests. Please log in or register to see it. SIX-HOURS OF FLYING TO GIVE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE CHANCE TO SEE XH558 THIS WEEKEND Image courtesy of Jim Calow. This image is hidden for guests. Please log in or register to see it. - LATEST NEWS - XH558 DECLARED FULLY SERVICEABLE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST SEEMS FAVOURABLE FOR SATURDAY AT THE TIME OF ISSUE – TOUR IS SCHEDULED TO GO! WATCH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS & ‘LATEST NEWS’ ON OUR WEB SITE EACH MORNING FOR FINAL CALL OF INTENTION TO LAUNCH AHEAD OF YOU LEAVING FOR LOCATIONS. Make sure you are following us; a decision on weather will be made by 12noon. FIND OUR DEDICATED V-FORCE TOUR PAGE HERE – PLEASE BOOKMARK This image is hidden for guests. Please log in or register to see it. This image is hidden for guests. Please log in or register to see it. As well as weather, the tour relies on a fully serviceable aircraft ahead of departure. Please watch for updates ahead of launch.

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This image is hidden for guests. Please log in or register to see it. Please note: We apologise for a corrupted file reproduced in Tuesday’s newsletter. Here is the definitive list of viewing sites and the approximate time of arrival overhead. SAT 27th JUNE SUN 28th JUNE Doncaster Airport T/O 1300 Doncaster Airport T/O 1300 Elvington 1310 Bruntingthorpe 1317 Scarborough 1323 Coventry 1325 Sunderland Museum 1343 Wellesbourne 1334 East Fortune 1408 RAF Museum Hendon 1400 Carlisle Airport 1423 Duxford 1408 Barton Aerodrome 1500 Southend Airport 1426 Manchester Airport* 1505 Norwich Airport 1453 Woodford 1509 RAF Marham 1510 RAF Cosford 1523 RAF Waddington 1525 East Midlands 1537 Cleethorpes 1537 Newark Museum 1545 Doncaster Airport 1602 Doncaster Airport 1558 All times are local (BST) You can still click on the locations to make a donation by 'JustGiving'. SATURDAY – NORTHERN ROUTE SUNDAY – SOUTHERN ROUTE This image is hidden for guests. Please log in or register to see it. This image is hidden for guests. Please log in or register to see it. CLICK EACH MAP TO BE TAKEN TO THE DEDICATED SCALEABLE VERSION

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This image is hidden for guests. Please log in or register to see it. If you study the maps, you will see various waypoints and turning points that XH558 might visit. We would stress that there is no guarantee of these away from the designated V-Force sites, as weather or ATC instructions may cause the crew to choose alternative routes. Here is a quick list of the added possibilities that you may like to consider. Saturday: Scarborough – for Armed Forces Day celebrations. Whitby – coastal route. Lake Windermere – transit route from Carlisle to Manchester area. Barton Aerodrome – turning point ahead of Manchester airspace. Manchester Airport – potential fly through. *(subject to operational clearance) Sunday: Newark – transit overhead. Cottesmore – transit overhead. Silverstone Race Circuit – transit overhead. Leavesden – transit overhead enroute Hendon. Metheringham Airfield – transit overhead. Cleethorpes – Armed Forces Day celebrations. Follow our social media feeds and monitor broadcasts to hear if XH558 might be near to you

I think it's fair to say that this weekends V-Force Tour has been a huge success. The Police stated that 15,000 turned up on the perimeter of Woodford to see her. The roads around EMA where packed on Saturday as was the Aero Park see pic below -

Bruntingthorpe was packed with a big crowd as well today despite the grim weather. The two Brunty V-Bomber sisters re-unite for one last time:cry: -


Steve

Nice pic of the two there Steve.

Good to catch up with you and James today at Brunty.

Cheers mate.

There's some stunning photos of the tour in the UKAR forums in the link below. (MUCH better than mine ). Including a few good ones looking across the building site that was once Woodford -

forums.airshows.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=67811

Steve

Some terrific shots on there Steve .love the one with the Victor . thanks for posting them up mate !!
Regards ,
Bomber .

stevie;161663 wrote:

Cheers mate.

There's some stunning photos of the tour in the UKAR forums in the link below. (MUCH better than mine ). Including a few good ones looking across the building site that was once Woodford -

forums.airshows.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=67811

Steve

I followed that link Steve and nearly fell off the chair when I read that some people "hate" XH558 and VTTS.......... Seriously?

Today is the 55th anniversary of '558 being delivered to the RAF (courtesy of the VTTS newsletter).

This image is hidden for guests. Please log in or register to see it. XH558 on her delivery flight from Woodford to RAF Waddington – taken on 1st July 1960 – 55 years ago today. You can see that when the picture was taken, the Ram Air Turbine (RAT) was deployed - visible just underneath the port intake. Several weeks ago we acknowledged the first flight of XH558, (what we termed her actual 55th Birthday), as she began a series of air-tests to prove all her systems were working. On Friday 1st July 1960, Tony Blackman climbed into the cockpit and began a flight that is recorded as lasting 1hour and 40 minutes, during which the RAF conducted an air-to-air photography sortie that resulted in the above picture. XH558 was the first Vulcan B Mk.2 to enter service, joining B flight of 230 Operational Conversion Unit. In a similar fashion to the existing B Mk.1s operating with A flight, 230 OCU, the City of Lincoln coat of arms was then applied to her tail fin. It is still there to this day, although of course, XH558 has been repainted several times since! Even though XH558 is now based at another of the V-Force's former bases of RAF Finningley in Yorkshire, we have no plans to ever remove these original markings. For those in Yorkshire, here is a picture of XH558 a little later in June 1961, clearly showing the Yorkshire Rose on the tail, when 230 OCU moved to operate from RAF Finningley, now of course, Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield. This image is hidden for guests. Please log in or register to see it.

www.eadt.co.uk/news/could_lakenheath_com..._last_time_1_4133376

Now THAT would have been the perfect thing to happen on my wedding day:lol: (Courtesy of Scarborough News) -

Vulcan photobombs Scarborough couple’s wedding


Pictured - Jonny Smith on his wedding day, getting photo bombed by the Vulcan.

These amazing pictures show the startling moment a Vulcan Bomber PHOTOBOMBED a wedding. The Cold-War icon upstaged the bride for just a moment as the distinctive aeroplane - one of the greatest achievements of British aerospace engineering - flew past iconic Scarborough Spa during one of the final tours of the skies of Britain before it is grounded forever. The Vulcan XH558 was on a Salute the V Force Tour on Saturday when it flew over Jonny and Emily Smith's ceremony at 1.23pm.

The legendary Cold-War plane upstaged bride Emily Smith on one of its last-ever flights.
The Vulcan XH558 was on a Salute the V Force Tour last Saturday - Armed Forces Day - when it roared over Emily’s open-air wedding to groom Jonny.

A hundred guests saw the flypast just as Emily, 29, was about to walk down the aisle at the Scarborough Spa.

GP Emily said: “I’m pleased to say the plane flew over as my bridesmaids walked down the aisle.
“It disappeared and then came back as I stepped on to the altar, so I did get some of the attention.
“Everybody was laughing at what we were seeing. It flew right through Scarborough Bay, it was pretty spectacular.”
Town planner Jonny, 30, said: “The registrar told us in the morning that the Vulcan would be flying over. We feel very very lucky to have had that at our wedding“Luckily it was all at the beginning of the ceremony so it didn’t affect anything. It was very loud.
“It flew overhead, it was pretty impressive. Not everyone can say they’ve had a flypast at their wedding.
“It became a special feature of our wedding, everybody was talking about it all day and I’m sure it will be something that nobody will forget.”
Emily and Jonny grew up in Scarborough but now live in Birmingham.
The trustees of the Vulcan to the Sky Trust, the charity that kept the Vulcan airborne, announced this year would be the final flying season for the Vulcan XH558 which saw active service between 1960-1984.
The decision came after three crucial engineering backers decided to end their support for the aircraft and CAA regulations meant it could not be flown past 2015.

Brilliant sight over RIAT last weekend -



Steve