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Heads up for those interested, there is apparently to be a piece on the Vulcan on the BBC 6 O'Clock News tonight.

Somewhat after the fact, but I thought I'd share a video from my trip to Church Fenton last month. As with the photos this was taken by my partner and shows the final pass of XH558 before her departure, complete with the legendary 'Vulcan Howl'. Enjoy. :thumbsup: 0xdc9ALptq4

Yep, that definitely must have been it. :wink: I'll send you a PM, and if you like I'm happy to send you a selection of pics from when my partner and I did a hangar tour around her in return - gives you a bit of a different view of her. :smile:

Great photo. :thumbsup:

How was yesterday jakarta?

It was indeed a great show - we had more of an issue with the traffic getting in than getting out, but that may be because we deliberately hung around for a while after the flying ended to let the crowds thin out. It worked out quite nicely as well because we got to see the MiG, Meteor and JP...

Also worth nothing, on the subject of the Valiant, that the V-Force was initially intended to be our nuclear bomb delivery system, but the Valiant was the only one of the three ever to drop any nuclear bombs.

Yep, and XH558 is the last flying example of any of them anywhere in the world. There are a couple of Vulcans and Victors (at least one of each to my knowledge) still capable of doing fast taxi runs as well as a few more on static display in museums. As far as the Valiant goes, however...

In fairness I should point out that my partner took them rather than me - I barely know one end of a camera from the other. They came out rather well though I thought. :thumbsup:

Slightly late, but some photos from Saturday as promised. :smile:

Perfect weather, great overall display and XH558 was bang on form. Started by doing a formation with two Gnats including a tribute to the Gnat pilot killed at the Chris Evans event a couple of months back. Once that was done, the Gnats landed and it was full-on Vulcan time. She looked and...

Heading to Church Fenton, just outside Leeds, today for the Yorkshire Air Show. Weather forecast is looking good, so fingers crossed for one last chance to see her. :thumbsup:

I'm going to the Yorkshire Air Show on the 26th of this month - fingers crossed I'll get to see her one last time.