Avro Vulcan at finningly

peter · **Posted:** Tue Nov 23, 2004 5:34 pm

Anyone remember this old girl on the gate at finningly? why and when was she scrapped?

andrewman · **Joined:** Sun Nov 28, 2004 11:53 am **Posts:** 22

Hi Peter

I had no idea a Vulcan was ever on the gate at Finingly.

Their was however one at Scampton, XH563 the nose section is now at Brunty.
It moved their last summer from Scotland, the rest of the airframe was scrapped at Scampton in the Mid 80s with the nose section going to Scotland at that time.

Talking of Vulcans I was at Waddo on Thursady and tried to photo XM607 but theirs a bloody fence in the way.

peter · **Posted:** Sun Nov 28, 2004 4:18 pm

Yes apparently she flew in there during an open day and became a display aircraft at the base

andrewman · **Joined:** Sun Nov 28, 2004 11:53 am **Posts:** 22

Oh well looks like I have found out something new today.

Anyway here is a photo of the Waddo Vulcan, move it over to the wave area, hint hint cough cough.

peter · **Posted:** Mon Nov 29, 2004 11:09 am

with very little maintenence done on her and a gutted cockpit I dont hink she is well looked after...

andrewman · **Joined:** Sun Nov 28, 2004 11:53 am **Posts:** 22

Back at the Waddo airshow in June I had a good look at XM607 and it seemed in reasonable condition.

Mike · **Joined:** Tue May 04, 2004 8:54 am **Posts:** 3331

andrewman wrote:

move it over to the wave area, hint hint cough cough.

Not much point now, with the end of ACMI detachments and no more NOMAD exercises, WAVE will be rather quiet in the future.

andrewman · **Joined:** Sun Nov 28, 2004 11:53 am **Posts:** 22

Yes Waddo could get very quiet from now on, that said it will still be worth spending the odd hour their.

With the Awacks and Nimrods still their you might just get a good day

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