Avro 698 Vulcan B.2 (XL426) Open day, Southend

Richard Flagg Photography

12th August 2006

SOUTHEND / ROCHFORD AIRFIELD

Date:
12th August 2006

Event:
Vulcan Restoration Trust Open Day

Location:
Southend
Essex
United Kingdom

ICAO / IATA Code:
EGMC / SEN

USAAF Station Number:
=

Known as:
= Southend
= Rochford

Google Earth Co-ordinates:
51°34'21.20"N 0°41'53.09"E

Opened:
Early 1915

Closed:
n/a

Runways:
NE/SW = 3900 ft (wartime grass area)
E/W = 3300 ft (wartime grass area)
06/24 = 5265 ft (current runway)
15/33 = 3710 ft (now a taxiway)

Related Website Links:

The Vulcan Restoration Trust

Avro Vulcan - The Delta Lady

Vulcans in Camera

London Southend Airport

Australia's First Jet Airliner

Qantas Foundation Memorial

Network Rail

Notes:
A rather damp day but standing in the rain is something worth doing to listen to the mighty roar of a Vulcan as it blasts its way down the runway.

One of the pilots today was Bruce Dickinson, lead singer of Iron Maiden who regularly flies as a pilot with Astraeus Airlines, who I used to work for.

Aerospatiale AS-355F-2 Ecureuil II (G-NTWK) - 12th August 2006	Avro 698 Vulcan B.2 (XL426 / G-VJET) #01 - Bomb Bay - 12th August 2006	Avro 698 Vulcan B.2 (XL426 / G-VJET) #02 - 12th August 2006
Avro 698 Vulcan B.2 (XL426 / G-VJET) #03 - 12th August 2006	Avro 698 Vulcan B.2 (XL426 / G-VJET) #04 - 12th August 2006	Avro 698 Vulcan B.2 (XL426 / G-VJET) #05 - 12th August 2006
Avro 698 Vulcan B.2 (XL426 / G-VJET) #06 - 12th August 2006	Avro 698 Vulcan B.2 (XL426 / G-VJET) #07 - 12th August 2006	Avro 698 Vulcan B.2 (XL426 / G-VJET) #08 - 12th August 2006
Avro 698 Vulcan B.2 (XL426 / G-VJET) #09 - 12th August 2006	Avro 698 Vulcan B.2 (XL426 / G-VJET) #10 - 12th August 2006	Avro 698 Vulcan B.2 (XL426 / G-VJET) #11 - 12th August 2006
Avro 698 Vulcan B.2 (XL426 / G-VJET) #12 - 12th August 2006	Avro 698 Vulcan B.2 (XL426 / G-VJET) #13 - 12th August 2006	Avro 698 Vulcan B.2 (XL426 / G-VJET) #14 - 12th August 2006
Avro 698 Vulcan B.2 (XL426 / G-VJET) #15 - 12th August 2006	Avro 698 Vulcan B.2 (XL426 / G-VJET) #16 - 12th August 2006	Avro 698 Vulcan B.2 (XL426 / G-VJET) #17 - 12th August 2006
Avro 698 Vulcan B.2 (XL426 / G-VJET) #18 - 12th August 2006	Avro 698 Vulcan B.2 (XL426 / G-VJET) #19 - 12th August 2006	Avro 698 Vulcan B.2 (XL426 / G-VJET) #20 - 12th August 2006
Avro 698 Vulcan B.2 (XL426 / G-VJET) #21 - 12th August 2006	Avro 698 Vulcan B.2 (XL426 / G-VJET) #22 - 12th August 2006	Avro 698 Vulcan B.2 (XL426 / G-VJET) #23 - 12th August 2006
Avro 698 Vulcan B.2 (XL426 / G-VJET) #24 - 12th August 2006	Avro 698 Vulcan B.2 (XL426 / G-VJET) #25 - 12th August 2006	Avro 698 Vulcan B.2 (XL426 / G-VJET) #26 - 12th August 2006
Avro 698 Vulcan B.2 (XL426 / G-VJET) #27 - 12th August 2006	Avro Vulcan Crew, Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden is second from right - 12th August 2006	Boeing 707-138 (VH-XBA) - 12th August 2006
British Aerospace BAe ATP (G-MANE) #01 - 12th August 2006	British Aerospace BAe ATP (G-MANE) #02 - 12th August 2006	British Aerospace BAe-146-100 (B-632L) #01 - 12th August 2006
British Aerospace BAe-146-100 (B-632L) #02 - 12th August 2006	British Aerospace BAe-146-100 (B-632L) #03 - 12th August 2006	Left: British Aerospace BAe-146-100 (B-632L) Middle: Boeing 737-322 (N361UA) Right: Boeing 737-210C (TF-ELL) - 12th August 2006
Piper PA-28R-180 Cherokee Arrow (G-NELI) - 12th August 2006