Very OT Bt how do you take a Vulcan apart?
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With the sale of the Vulcan at Blackpool I thought some of you may be interested in these pics.
Vulcan B2 XL318 was dismantled in 1982 at RAF Scampton prior to road delivery to the RAF Museum at Hendon. This rare sequence of photographs by Bruce Woodruff shows 318 being reduced to road-transportable components.
And then she went to Hendon by road!
Vulcan B2 XL318 was dismantled in 1982 at RAF Scampton prior to road delivery to the RAF Museum at Hendon. This rare sequence of photographs by Bruce Woodruff shows 318 being reduced to road-transportable components.
And then she went to Hendon by road!
Even dismantled to that level the parts are enormous. Would have been interesting to see that little lot on the road! 
607 is in a bit of a mess! I was there a few years ago, when I was in the RAF and I took a good look around her.
She is kept well away fron the puclic, although they can still have a good view from the roadside.
She is often out for the Waddington Airshow, and every year is meant to be her last.
She is kept well away fron the puclic, although they can still have a good view from the roadside.
She is often out for the Waddington Airshow, and every year is meant to be her last.
williamp said:
Great photos. few questions and observations:
-On the 6th photo down it shows the fuselarge with an upper and lower decks. Is this what it seems, or is one the bomb bay, the other the crew compartment?
-Sherpa van. Nice!
-I never appreciated the scale until I saw thes ephotos (although I knew it was big). How heavy was it?
-Where can I get 2m high axle stands? Always wanted to work on my car without bending down AT ALL!!!
Once again, great photos. Many thanks for posting them
This pic show the cockpit section, with the radar at the front, removed. The part behind with the possible 'crew compartment' is infact the nose gear and No1 tank section.
The lower part is where the nose gear stows after take off. Also in there you have the Air con packs, radios and the main Aircraft Battery. Above this you have the most forward fuel tanks No1's. These are the largest of 15 tanks, an odd number due to the AAPP having its own fuel tank. You can have more than 15 tanks when you fit 'saddle' tanks on the weapons bay. Most Vulcans had a forward C type saddle tank in there, with the tankers having another two behind.
Oh BTW those Number 1 tanks are big enough for you to get in and stand up, with out being able to touch the top. I know I have done it!
Father Ted, like the pic of XL427. I work on XL426 which is at Southend Airport, the engines still run every month and she taxi's about 12 times a year. I really must sort out a PH photo call!
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