An extra update from us this weekend as our volunteers didn’t have a Sunday lie in… Instead, we were busy at the pan prepping the aircraft for some wet and dry cycles on the engines.
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30th June 2018
The little bit of cloud that was around to greet us soon gave way to a beautiful sunny day and XM655 looked stunning under the clear blue sky on Armed Forces Day, which we marked by flying a flag on the pan.
Your Vulcan appearing on Forces TV News!
Vulcan XM655 was recently featured in an article on Forces TV News. To view this excellent video containing footage of the aircraft and an interview with Wing Commander (Ret’d) Mike Pollitt, please click on the link in this article
23rd June 2018
A glorious start to our day with 655. The lovely weather played host to a group visit by the Douglas motorcycle owners club with people (and dogs!) from all over the country coming along with their beautiful bikes.
16th June 2018
Back to a grey start but that didn’t deter a couple of small pre booked tours, a good number of visitors or our volunteers…
9TH JUNE 2018
Another grey and gloomy start to the day, which also brought some rather chilly winds (as can be seen by the (sometimes unseasonal) headwear! But despite this, we had a number of pre booked visits, including the AC owners club.
2nd June 2018
Well, what started as a grey morning developed into a very sunny and productive day.
Those Magnificent Men …
…or perhaps more appropriately, Those Magnificent Machines, when the Triumph Trophy Owners Club arrived with 17 of those beautiful British motorcycles. Wg Cdr Mike Pollitt (RAF Retd.) came over to give all the cockpit tours. As a keen motorcyclist himself, we suspect that Mike was as interested in the bikes as our visitors were in the Vulcan!
Spice Group Visit
Our first group visit of 2016 saw 15 hardy members of the Spice Group eager to see XM655, despite the bone-chilling easterly wind.
