Vulcan XL426 marks 25 Years at Southend Airport!

 

19 December 2011 is the 25th anniversary of Vulcan XL426's arrival at Southend Airport. This iconic (well, for us anyway) photo from the Evening Echo sees our Vulcan low over Southend's Runway 24 threshold only seconds away from her final touchdown.

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XL426 at Full Power in December Engine Run

The sound of XL426's four Olympus engines echoed across Southend on Saturday 10 December as we carried out our first (and only) full power run of 2011.

Work on the Return to Power  programme and our workshop move earlier in the year (see separate articles) meant we were unable to carry out a power run earlier in the year. The run was also delayed whilst we awaited new engine running regulations at Southend Airport which came into force in early December.

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