Avro Vulcan XH558- Your Best Shots

by **MRTT** on Wed 28 Oct 2015, 4:22 pm

Thought I would start this thread after todays final flight, Farewell 558! :sad:

Avro Vulcan B2 XH558- RIAT 2015 by P Brake, on Flickr

Vulcan To The Sky Trust- Avro Vulcan B2 XH558 by P Brake, on Flickr

by **AviationNewbie** on Wed 28 Oct 2015, 5:05 pm

This seems like a good place for my first post! :-)

This is my favourite shot of the day of the first and last time I ever saw XH558 in flight, at the Shuttleworth Uncovered Airshow

by **buccs2b** on Wed 28 Oct 2015, 5:22 pm

That Saturday take off from RIAT 2015

_MG_8943 by Buccs2b, on Flickr

by **Airwolfhound** on Wed 28 Oct 2015, 6:23 pm

She will be missed :-

Vulcan - RIAT 2015 by Tim Felce, on Flickr

Vulcan & B-52 - RIAT 2009 by Tim Felce, on Flickr

Vulcan - RIAT 2009 (reworked) by Tim Felce, on Flickr

Vulcan - RIAT 2010 by Tim Felce, on Flickr

by **THUNDERFACTORY** on Thu 29 Oct 2015, 3:22 am

"GLORIOUS BRITAIN!" - I Saw 2 ladies with a Union Jack at Totterdown on Sunday and waited for the right moment.

by **PhilEAF92** on Thu 29 Oct 2015, 10:00 am

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by **Maisie** on Thu 29 Oct 2015, 11:33 am

All from RIAT '15 (Sunday)

Vulcan + Reds by Radleigh Bushell, on Flickr

Vulcan by Radleigh Bushell, on Flickr

Vulcan & Red Arrows at RIAT 2015 by Radleigh Bushell, on Flickr

Vulcan at RIAT 2015 by Radleigh Bushell, on Flickr

and my fav...

Smokey and the Bandits. by Radleigh Bushell, on Flickr

by **KyleG** on Thu 29 Oct 2015, 7:04 pm

I never got too many decent shots of XH558, but this one is one of the few that came out well

Avro Vulcan B.2 | G-VLCN (XH558) | Vulcan to the Sky Trust by Kyle Greet, on Flickr

by **Niallxg** on Thu 29 Oct 2015, 10:30 pm

Wouldn't win any contest but I always liked this shot of XH558 low over the Irish Sea as see displayed at the Newcastle, Co. Down, Airshow back in 2013, a throwback to a time when the Vulcan had a maritime strike role.

Maritime strike by Niall Grant, on Flickr

by **Russ** on Thu 29 Oct 2015, 11:12 pm

My favourite shots of the old Lady, all post restoration. Biggest regrets was never getting pics of her down in the valleys or from Beachy Head.

by **Pringles** on Sat 31 Oct 2015, 1:48 pm

XH558 passing over XM655 as part of her V-Force Salute:

010 by Alexander Prins, on Flickr

Coming back around:

011 by Alexander Prins, on Flickr

Leaving her sister for the penultimate time:

015 by Alexander Prins, on Flickr

Kev Rumens on Saturday at RIAT and his legendary take-off!:

Vulcan "THAT Take-off" by Alexander Prins, on Flickr

My favourite moment from that Saturday at RIAT was having XH558 pass low over my head with her bomb-bay open :rock:

Vulcan XH558 by Alexander Prins, on Flickr

Red Arrows and Vulcan by Alexander Prins, on Flickr

RIAT Sunday on-site was much better for photography :biggrin:

Vulcan XH558 by Alexander Prins, on Flickr

Best of British by Alexander Prins, on Flickr

One last RIAT appearence

Best of British by Alexander Prins, on Flickr

by **FarnboroJohn** on Mon 02 Nov 2015, 5:15 pm

My tribute:

Farnborough_Airshow_2012 (49) by John Dixon, on Flickr

2014_07_19_Vulcan_Farnborough (2) by John Dixon, on Flickr

20150718 (64)_Vulcan_XH558 by John Dixon, on Flickr

20150814 (27)_XH558_Avro_Vulcan_B2 by John Dixon, on Flickr

20150822 (64)_XH558_Avro_Vulcan_B2 by John Dixon, on Flickr

Well done old girl, and all who sailed in you.

John

by **zoomer** on Thu 05 Nov 2015, 1:08 pm

This one's just become a rejected submission from an online photo library cos 'they've got enough Vulcan material' (shame most of it's junk but hey-ho) so might as well pop it in this thread...

Vulcan XH558 climbout by Phil Royal, on Flickr