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Photo ID: 2116424 Views: 4036 Aircraft Location & Date UK - Air Force Avro 698 Vulcan B1 Farnborough (FAB / EGLF) UK - England, September 9, 1962 Remark Photographer XA894 Test bed for the powerful Olympus 22R engine flying a spirited display which included some very low passes. One of two Vulcans used as engine test beds. Jerry Hughes Contact Link to me! FIT SCR View Large Photo View Similar Photos Add to Album Send as Postcard Correct information Cross data search Photo ID: 1970053 Views: 3985 Aircraft Location & Date UK - Air Force Avro 698 Vulcan B1 Farnborough (FAB / EGLF) UK - England, September 1962 Remark Photographer XA894 Used as a flying test bed for the Olympus Engine destined for the TSR2, the aircraft was destroyed in a fire in December 1962, but the legacy lived on to aid Concorde develpment. Graham Dives Contact Link to me! FIT SCR View Large Photo View Similar Photos Add to Album Send as Postcard Correct information Cross data search Photo ID: 0765721 Views: 44973 Aircraft Location & Date UK - Air Force Avro 698 Vulcan B1 Farnborough (FAB / EGLF) UK - England, September 1962 Remark Photographer XA894 Olympus engines designed for use in the TSR2 were tested on this Vulcan. In July 1960, the airframe was modified to carry the engine, an Olympus 22R in a central nacelle. At Farnborough in September 1962, it did several low level passes with reheat on which were quite spectacular. On the 3rd December 1962, the aircraft was completly destroyed by a massive fire following a engine explosion on the ground. The crew all survived. John Myers Contact Link to me! FIT SCR View Large Photo View Similar Photos Add to Album Send as Postcard Correct information Cross data search

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