Avro Vulcan
Survivor XM573
XM573 - Strategic Air and Space Museum, Ashland, Nebraska, USA
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Vulcan B.2 XM573 at Ashland, July 2005; Scott Pinkerton
XM573 was retired to the USA in 1982 and, like most of the collection at the former Strategic Air Command museum at Offutt AFB was outside for many years in the harsh weather conditions typical of Nebraska (summer highs around 30-35C and Winter lows that can be well below -10C) and shows the effects of being exposed to those extremes. Happily with the Museum's move to a new facility at Ashland, she is now indoors and the dedicated restoration facility there will no doubt move on to her in due course.
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Find other photos of XM573 on the following sites:
Air-Britain - Airliners.net - Airplane-Pictures.net - flickr.com - IrishAirPics.com - JetPhotos.net - PlanePictures.net
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Brian Lee from Ipswich
Posted at 10:39pm on Friday, August 10th, 2012
I served with the Royal Air Force as an Aircraft Electrician at Offutt AFB from Jan 1971 to Sept 1973. We serviced up t 4 Vulcans and assorted other RAF aircraft per week. Great work and a good overseas posting.
Ray Stewart from lincolnshire, england
Posted at 8:17pm on Friday, August 19th, 2011
was an aiframe mech. at Scampton, worked on xm573, even got to Offut air base in a vulcan from scampton, cant remember what No. of a/c though, maybe 361?