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Survivor XL361

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B.2 XL361 - Goose Bay, Canada

Vulcan B.2 XL361 at Goose Bay, June 1988; Tom McGhee

Now, the one and only Vulcan preserved in Canada! XL361 ended up there after a serious in-flight malfunction. It would have cost too much to repair her so instead of scrapping her, it was decided to turn the airframe into a gate guard for the RAF Support Unit based at Goose Bay. Soon after it was gifted to the local community of Happy Valley as a mark of the bond between the RAF and the local inhabitants.

Information on this page current as of 01/2005

Find other photos of XL361 on the following sites:

Air-Britain - Airliners.net - Airplane-Pictures.net - flickr.com - WorldAirPics.com - JetPhotos.net - PlanePictures.net

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Terry Luckhurst MBE from Grantham	Posted at 9:46pm on Wednesday, August 26th, 2020
I was OC Aircraft Repair Control Flight (ARCF) of Repair & Salvage Sqn (RSS) RAF Abingdon at the time of XL361's in-flight fire incident. In response to a "Request for Aircraft Assessment", ie damage categorisation we sent a small party to Goose Bay who undertook a series of hardness tests of primary structure within and surrounding the source of the fire to assess structural integrity from heat damage. If I recall, the source was a fuel leak from the Rover APU and the fire spread into No 3 en... read more »read more »
Douglas Ogle from Toronto	Posted at 4:26pm on Saturday, December 18th, 2010
I am happy that you support this site with a photo of the Vulcan gate guardian. I have read before that a Vulcan was preserved in Canada, now I know where and how. Cheers, Douglas Ogle

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