Avro Vulcan XL426 High Speed Taxy Run (September 2023) - with MEGA HOWL! 

Good morning everyone That is one BIG tow-bar on XL 426. WELL done all involved with this MIGHTY VULCAN. Awesome photography Awesome sight and sound.

How beautifully filmed. In years gone by this would have been on BBC1 at nine o'clock not hidden away on YT. Good on Southend too.

When I see some of the weird and wonderful arts projects that receive government funding in the name of 'culture' and 'education' - surely the remaining Vulcans should be supported by the UK government!

The old lady is starting to sing again!! And hope for the day the old lady spreads her wing!!

Thank you for keeping her in a live condition. Your all awesome.

Great iconic aircraft! Made back in the day when Britain had an aircraft industry

Brings back many years when I was serving in the RNZAF back in the late 60s. I was volunteered to stand picket duty on one or under one when a Vulcan visited New Zealand. A wonderful umbrella. When the flight crew arrived in the morning I was given a guided tour around and inside her. During her stay at RNZAF base Ohakea she did a few sorties. Never forget the noise. You felt it in your ribs. But one RNZAF officer who could play the bagpipes went up to break the world record altitude for bag pipe playing. This he did play but sadly there was not a Guinness witness, was not recognised. When the Vulcan left the base it flew so low and noisy over our base. Wonderful.

The British have way more than their share of Iconic, Effective and Wicked Looking Combat Aircraft. None more so than the Avro Vulcan. I built a model of one after I saw Thunderball. I want to see these planes Fly Again! Best Wishes From The Sunshine State!

If only XL426, XH558 and XM655 could take to the skies once more😢

Utterly superb video ,one of the best of recent times, in a ideal world get 426 and 558 to Elvington ,one of the longest runways in the UK imagine that , strength in unity both 426 and 558 together .

'FANTASTIC' Just renewed membership of Restoration Trust. Have Volunteered,looking forward to being part of the team involved with this Magnificent Aircraft Look's and sound's AMAZING 👌

I think it’s fantastic that dedicated volunteers keep these old girls going , what a shame they cannot be allowed to fly

Great to see another Vulcan restaured (with XH558 that must be feelin' so alone...), i don't know the reason why, but i always feel "attracted" by this delta famed plane! I'm not at all a nostalgic of the "cold war" era, i'm just a nostalgic of all that jets which accompanied me while i grew up. Just hope to see XL426 to fly soon! A french aviation fan.

Such an iconic and historically important aircraft, i hope one day we will see a Vulcan take to the skies again alongside the Lancaster 🇬🇧

I am ex RAF Scampton from 1967 to 69 (MEAS) and 1971 to 73 (230 OCU) as a Propulsion Fitter and remember XL426 well. Was it really 50 years ago? Happy and unhappy memories. Try doing an engine change or fuel tank change at 11pm in the middle of winter out on the flight line.

In the Summer of 1980 we were at my In law's cottage in the Tay Valley mid way between Killin and Aberfeldy about 3 miles East of Loch Tay, now it was common place to see aircraft any good flying day but this afternoon my son around 18months was in his pram outside when we heard the low rumble of an approaching aircraft, again not unusual. What was taking place was a Vulcan coming up Loch Tay at hedge hopping height then turned nearly 90 degrees to starboard and put the afterburners on to get over the hills. To say the house rattled was an understatement as things fell off the wall and my son was howling nearly as loud as the Vulcan as we were directly in the firing line, something not easily forgotten.

I have been fascinated by the Vulcan bomber ever since I saw "Thunderball" as a kid! 😉

Fantastic video. I hope that eventually I'll get to see this beautiful aircraft fly, as she was meant to.

A Message to King Charles, You need to put one or more of these magnificent aircrafts back in the Air. you have a Hurricane, you have a Spitfire and you have the Lancaster all in the air. Do the people of the U.K. and the World a huge favour and fund one or more of these aircraft back in to the sky its a sign of English pride, when you See, Feel and Hear a Vulcan it makes you proud to be a part the The United Kingdom. Thank you for posting an amazing video Cheers.

A bit late to the party folks but congratulations on the high speed run. Fantastic video. Oh how I long to be at Leuchars. Cheers from Mauritius.

Hope to get to Southend & see 426 one day!!

My Dad worked on these. He spoke about a time when they had to keep them fully armed at the end of the runway, Running & ready to take off 24/7. 4 minute warning times during the Cold War. He rebuilt their engines & tested them. He preferred the Victor. Spent time in Near East Airforces base in Cyprus. I was born there during at that time. I think he was on the Lightning at that time.

Great video and thank you for keeping her alive. 👍

This amazing military aircraft in 1982 attacked Port Stanley when it was occupied by fascist Argentina, my native country: It was a fight for freedom. Great video.

What an awesome and majestic bit of engineering. I too remember seeing the Vulcan in the sky at various places. That howl though.

Excellently presented commentary; very professional. Wonderful to see this venerable old lady stretching her legs! She’s just longing to be set free!

Having spent a lot of time at air displays over the years, I've been lucky enough to have seen a mock 4 ship scramble of Vulcans with a super low level break just after take off. When you see these big birds do a high angle turn on full power low to the ground, you can't fail to be impressed. Shame, it's now lost in time , like tears in the rain!

I have a certain affinity with the Vulcan. As a ten year old, I was playing AT THAT TIME that XM645 ploughed into the ground in Zabbar, Malta... My parents had taken me for a dental checkup, thus skipping school. My mates (not very school savvy) noticed the plane coming down and we scarpered. Part of the fuel tank fell into my grandma's yard, and I remember the carnage it had left behind... These days there is just a small plaque to remember the tragedy.

All Vulcans are special as all V Bombers but this one will alway have a place in my heart ❤❤

40:00 engines up to full power (testing), premature ejaculation of parachute 😂, followed by trundle back to the apron. Can't wait to see her fly again. 😍 She's a beaut!

Absolutely great coverage. So many camera's!

Fantastic Footage and Edit 💪🏻 comms is spot-on 🎙️

So sad that it's not up in the air where it belongs. ✌️😎

God she’s still so beautiful- I saw the last public flight of the Vulcan at Swansea air show and against the Swansea bay backdrop it was simply stunning and sounded incredible because the bay echoed its engines - I’ll never forget it 👍🏻👏🏻🍻🥃

Really excellent restoration.

Must be about 20 years ago, but visited the Vulcan at Norwich with my children. For a small fee we got to climb inside. The crew space in the middle was essentially a bare metal box. Only the active pilots got a view and a comfy seat! Amazing the engineering Britain could do in the olden days, and how long it lasted.

I got got to witness one of these airborne at the Abbotsford Airshow, BC, Canada back in the early 80s. Very awesome indeed!

Amazing video! Just subscribed to your awesome channel. Keep up your great work! ✈️ 👍

I saw it appear in the sky of the Clark Philippines Airport two to three months ago. I was so excited to see it and hard to believe I could see it in my time.

I remember growing up in Southend going to see this Vulcan. I was amazed at the size of it. I’m sure one year at the air show there was one of these do a fly past.

Wonderful video. I saw a Vulcan fly 40-44 years ago when I was a little kid. The flight was at Loring AFB in Limestone Maine. I remember it banking and seeing the unusual shape of it and the smoke trailing out of the exhaust. I also remember a Nimrod at the same airshow and do recall walking through it. I wish I had pictures.

You mention that you must go through the full 'pre flight' checklist, even though it is your intent to perform what you term "an abortive take-off". The proof of why this is essential is where the Handley Page Victor accidentally became airborne, when, of course, it was essential for all the flight controls to be functioning correctly in order to get the Victor safely back onto the ground. Just imagine if they'd been reckless and not bothered servicing that Victor's flight controls?!! Great video that actually shows us more of the pre-flight workings than your typical Vulcan in-flight videos. We can especially appreciate just how tiny in that Vulcan cockpit. Thanks for producing this.

Was great to see her last flight at an air show some years back sounds a monster 👍

Roger Roger, clearance Clarence, what's our vector Victor? Awesome Airplane reference!

I was proud to have been serving in the RAF as an airframe tech in the cold war when the mighty V bombers were in service. We were waiting to cross the runway at Waddington in an old RAF coach and they called QRA. (Quick Reaction Alert) so they stopped us at the threshold crossing. So the driver turned the engine off and we sat and watched as the crews ran out to FOUR Vulcans and scrambled aboard did a group start and all of them taxied out within a few minutes and lined up. How I wish in the 70's they had mobile phones as 16 MIGHTY OLYMPUS engines HOWLED and woke the neighbours up early as they all did steep climb outs into the sky! The coach SHOOK and we had our fingers in our ears but OH BOY we will never forget that. If only someone could had shot video of a QRA scramble that would be worth its weight in gold! That airport is a bit smaller than Waddington crikey she only just fits on the taxiway! The Cherokee could taxi UNDER the Vulcan LOL

ALWAYS loved seeing this bird at the Toronto Interactional Air Show along with the Voodoo, they were the entire show

I saw this beautiful aircraft parked at Southend Airport back in 2012 before boarding a flight to Amsterdam on easyjet. My Mum lived not far away in Prittlewell, so I walked to the airport. Sure looks impressive and nice to hear that famous howl.

This is so awesome they keep this going. I do understand why it's not possible to keep such a complicated plane like this certified to fly it's great they keep it at the highest level possible. One day it'll be silent.. but until then!

I remember as a kid going past Scampton and seeing seven or eight , at least , Vulcans taking off one after the other . That was probably late fifties early sixties .

This is an excellent video and really good to watch. I was a volunteer involved with the Victor at Bruntingthorpe for many years and miss these open days when the aircraft did their fast taxy runs down the runway to the crowd's delight. Alas, the Victor, Nimrod and Comet are sitting rotting in what is effectively a scrapyard whilst the airield is now full of cars. Just out of interest, who packs your chutes? We had the safety equippers from Coningsby come and show us how to pack the chutes. The Typhoon one is just a smaller version of the Victor/Vulcan one with a few little differences. The shackle on the Vulcan is different, but they are essentially the same chute.

Don’t live too far from Southend and have flown from this great little airport in the past. I have seen the plane but honestly thought it was static only, excited to see this is not the case. Now need to track this and hopefully visit should they do this again.

👍👍👍 Brilliant, Absolutely Brilliant

It is good to see her back to her original state, other Airworthiness. I remember seeing her in a pretty poor state sat out at the edge of Southend Airport. Great to see her able to move under her own steam. My Dad used to Work on Vulcans when he was at Scampton. not sure if she was one of the ones that he worked on the engines, as I don't know were to look for her Squadron History.

Lottery moneyshould be allocated for their return to the skies 💯👍

Saw one in 71 at Barksdale.(Canadian)

A real nice looking plane."

The word is 'TAXI', not "taxy".

My late Brother in Law was an avionics technician on the Vulcans.

AS a lad i use to watch 6/7/8 Vulcans take off , From Scampton , Spridlington, the ground shook and the ears rang for a while after the Vulcan Howl.

It was always TAXI that planes did when I was at school . . .

I lived at a Vulcan Training Base when I was a young lad. RAF Finninlgey in early 70s.

I fly the Vulcan in VR....Downloaded it for about 40 quid. Done a hundred hours already!

I have seen the VULCAN flying and it is amazing aircraft also i have been inside the cockpit of 558 when i was a RAF cadet and it is a massive aircraft with a tiny cockpit shame they don't fly anymore

I used to watch them fly over us with their escorts in Peterlee ( north east ) during the late 60's and 70's and was off school when one plane went down in Wingate due to engine failure. The pilots landed on the A19 roundabout, they were heading out to sea but turned it around and controlled the crash into an open area of farmers fields, presumably as it was not armed those higher up decided to have it crash on land so the cause of the engine failure could be found.

Меня особенно поразил 80 тонный бомбардировщик великолепно выполнял фигуры высшего пилотажа вот это маневренность.

is that puff of steam at the landing gear the nitrogen discharge as the brakes are relaeased ? by the way you guys need a fireproof Kenny Everet lycra onesee !!

Fly it!!!!

Good to see one still moving. What is the latest on XH558?

Taxy is spelt taxi for your assistance 😊

Great video for us 'geeks'. One question, why is there a Mach indicator since the Vulcan was subsonic?

They should fly it once in awhile !! Such a beautiful aircraft.!! They should of kept at least one squadron of them operational to deliver cruise missiles conventional or nukes.

Watched this livestreamed from the audience on another channel, that also managed to raise £162 for the trust during the stream.

Remember the sounds from late 70s early 80s while stationed at raf Scampton while in the raf

Magnífico avión, combatió en la guerra de malvinas .. De lado nuestro los CANBERRA . Todos made in UK.. Saludos desde mar del plata Argentina 👋👋🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷.

At 41.24 what was the smoke near the rear right undercarriage?

When you look out of the back window of your Cherokee and you have a boing following you could be a little scary, Imagine how the pilot feels at 30:45, with a Vulcan bomber behind him, 🇬🇧😎👍🏼

I hope this wonderful airplane will be back into the air some day for demonstration on airshows!

Great video.Excuse my ignorance but why don’t they fly it?

TAXI !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If only they would be allowed to take of and do a circuit of the airfield before landing, When I lived in England I used to live to go and watch aircraft taking off and landing, and more often than not the landings were more impressive than the take offs.

Full throttle and take off!

Play 'Let me Fly' by Mike and the Mechanics' and sod the Authorities !!.

I thought we will have at least get an airborne display here, so what exactly did this air team accomplished?

I remember as a teenager in Yorkshire the v bombers would pass over our farm night and day. The Vulcan had an unusual howl, I loved to hear that sound it made people feel safer from the ussr. I love the Vulcan it’s a terrible shame that the raf don’t keep at least keep two flying. That howl is the sound of freedom.

Only critique, you can't select audio channel while using the mobile app

That was excellent but for those of us watching on YT there wasn't much difference in the audio levels between the narrator and the cockpit audio. Very hard to understand either the narrator or the cockpit crew.

Is it possible to get a license for it to fly again?

After XH558 last flew, they said no Vulcan will ever fly again due to the huge complexity, huge costs, lack of spares, old age, and difficulty meeting regulations. On one of XH558’s last flights the front undercarriage jammed at 45 degrees, the pilot remedied it by “jiggling the plane”. If it had stayed jammed, they would have had to bail and ditch the plane. It was a warning to say “don’t play with exotic engineering when it’s old”.

will this one get to fly once again please ?

What's the fuel/oil cost for this?

the way things are going we may need to get it back in the R A F

TAXI

be nice to go for full flight

You’d think the Vulcan Restoration Trust of all people could spell ‘Taxi’ correctly!

Will this ever fly again?

Be fun to do this with Concorde.

Awesome. If allowed, could 426 actually fly? or is it not in airworthy state?

Лучший средний бомбардировщик 60-70 годов.

UNRETIRE BUDDY

It’s a shame they don’t do this with Concorde also. Actually there are lots of old planes it would be great to see them at least power up.