| | 15th Vulcan built by Avro at Woodford, near Manchester.
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10 May 1957 | |
First flight |
BLUE STEEL
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17 May 1957 |
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Aircraft cleared for Blue Steel Trials |
31 May 1957 | |
Delivered to Aeroplane & Armament Experimental Establishment
(A&AEE) at Boscombe Down for modification to bomb doors. |
27 Jan 1958 | |
Returned to Woodford |
19 Apr 1958 | |
Carried Blue Steel for the first time |
4 Jun 1959 | |
Dropped Blue Steel for the first time |
12 Nov 1960 | |
Flown to Edinburgh Airfield, Australia for trials at Woomera range. |
7 Feb 1961 | |
Returned to Woodford |
Olympus 593 Trials (Concorde engine)
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19 Dec 1963 | |
Allocated to Bristol Siddeley, Filton |
3 Jan 1964 | |
Delivered to Filton |
9 Sept 1966 | |
First Flight with the Olympus 593 engine fitted |
1 Oct 1966 | |
Dummies were thrown from the aircraft at 2000 to ensure that the crew
could escape without hitting the engine. |
6 Feb 1970 | |
After a port main undercarriage fire, out of action until Aug 1970 |
21 July 1971 | |
Last Flight on the Concorde programme
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RB199 Trials (Tornado engine)
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4 Aug 1971 | |
Transferred to Marshalls of Cambridge for conversion |
9 Feb 1972 | |
Returned to Filton |
19 Apr 1973 | |
First flight with the RB199 engine fitted |
26 Jul 1973 | |
The RB199 was run up for the first time |
Apr 1974 | |
RB199 re-heat was used for the first time |
1977 | |
Aircraft was totally re-wired |
18 Aug 1978 | |
Completed the RB199 Tornado trials |
Post Service
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8 Nov 1978 | |
Allocated to Farnborough for ground training |
22 Feb 1979 | |
The last flight, from Filton to Farnborough |
19 Jul 1979 | |
Struck off charge |
Sept 1984 | |
Nose section removed and taken to Cardiffs South Wales Aircraft
Museum. The remainder was scrapped at Farnborough. |
4 Feb 1993 | |
Sold to a private owner, and was moved to Sidcup. |
27 Jul 1999 | |
After a change of ownership, it was moved to Wellesbourne Aviation
Museum. Restoration started to replicate the Olympus 593 configuration |
27 Jul 2006 | |
Change of ownership. Retained at Wellesbourne. |
11 Apr 2011 | |
Moved to SW Scotland |