Avro Vulcan
Survivor XL445
XL445 - Blyth Valley Aviation Collection, Walpole, Suffolk
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Vulcan K.2 XL445 at Walpole, 3rd December 2001; Paul Hartley
XL445 is now the only Vulcan nose at Walpole. Mounted on a (somewhat makeshift) frame so that the cockpit access hatch can be opened and you can go inside, XL445 (service nickname - Fireball XL445 - of course!) is the only K.2 in existence (unless you count XH558 which was a K.2 before being converted back to near-B.2 status. The rear cockpit is in pretty good condition with only a few missing instruments; the pilot's panels are being worked on to restore that area - apparently RAF personnel did a lot of souvenir hunting while XL445 waited to be scrapped, and most of the instruments along with the joysticks were forcibly removed. She's in desperate need of a clean or repaint!
Information on this page current as of 2003 |
Find other photos of XL445 on the following sites:
Air-Britain - Airliners.net - Airplane-Pictures.net - flickr.com - IrishAirPics.com - JetPhotos.net - PlanePictures.net
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Garry O'Keefe from London
Posted at 5:19pm on Tuesday, April 30th, 2013
Hello Damien,
NEW PICTURES
I know youâre busy, but..................
XL445
She is still showing as being on display at Walpole Suffolk which is very outdated after being at Flixton now since July 2005. Like â160 she was also refurbished externally and repainted thanks to the great efforts of Flixton staff in 2009/10 and I sent the picture attached 2 years ago, but it has not been uploaded while the new location has mot mentioned, so if you can address this sometime soon I will be mo... read more »read more »
David W from Essex
Posted at 3:15pm on Friday, January 14th, 2011
The XL445 cockpit is now at the Norfolk & Suffolk Aviation Museum, and in far better condition than when at Blyth Valley.