The first Vulcan test flight took place in late August 1952, piloted by Wing Commander Roland "Roly" John Falk. According to BAE systems, it was quite the showing, with the aircraft demonstrating ...

Vulcan restoration project 2007-08-15T00:00:00+01:00 The Vulcan To the Sky Trust (VTST) is concerned with the restoration and preservation of the Avro Vulcan G-VLCN ( XH558).

The new Avro Vulcan XH558 is a Class 37 diesel-electric locomotive. It was bought in 2015 by freight operating company Direct Rail Services, which has refurbished the locomotive at a depot in Derby.

The XH558 model is the only airworthy example of the 134 Avro Vulcan bombers operated by the Royal Air Force from 1953 to 1984. It has taken 15 years and hundreds of hours to restore, costing over ...