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On This Day 4th March 1996.

XL318, Avro 698 Vulcan B.2, Royal Air Force, on display at the RAF Museum, Hendon, 4th March 1996.

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Show threadCitoyen européen Ray Hindle ✔️
@mancavgeek That's not a real Vulcan, it's not painted overall anti-flash white! 😂
Mar 5 at 9:07amWeb
Show threadManc AvGeek - See new accountMar 5
@rayhindle I think the only white one I've seen spent the whole time I knew it as a rain shelter during the annual torrential downpours that masqueraded as air shows!
(XM603 at Woodford)
Show threadCitoyen européen Ray Hindle ✔️Mar 6
@mancavgeek Nack in the day they were all "all white."
Show threadswggrkllr3rdMar 28
@rayhindle @mancavgeek Vulcan, they opened the british response in the Falkland war 1982. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iU2IB-9q5sQ
Operations Black Buck Falklands' Most Daring Raid

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Show threadManc AvGeek - See new accountMar 28
@swggrkllr3rd @rayhindle And they were brought out of retirement for it!
Show threadCitoyen européen Ray Hindle ✔️Mar 28
@mancavgeek @swggrkllr3rd Just think though, before they became tankers the Victors could carry two Tallboys and a Grand Slam apiece. Thats 46,000lbs of HE.