Chance to see retiring Vulcan bomber ahead of final flight

As the final few flights approach, local residents will have another chance to see the last flying Vulcan bomber this weekend as it take to the skies over Cheshire and Greater Manchester.

The former RAF bomber, registered as XH558, will embark on her cross-country celebration tour on Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th October.

On Saturday afternoon the 1960 Avro Vulcan XH558 will take-off on a large orbital tour of the north and is expected to fly over Wilmslow and Alderley Edge as she travels between Manchester Airport, Woodford and RAF Cosford.

The Cold War jet is expected to take-off from Doncaster after lunch on Saturday flying up to Dalkeith in Scotland before heading down to our region and passing over Manchester Airport just after 3pm. The Vulcan's Northern Tour will visit 32 locations during the three and a half hour flight which will be followed by a tour over the south of the country on Sunday.

The timings will all be confirmed on Friday, so I will update this article once they are announced. However, the XH558 display is subject to weather and technical conditions on the day and routes may alter, subject to local conditions at the time.

This weekend will not see XH558's final landing as they intend at least two more flights in late October before it retires from flying.

Photo credit: Paul Massey. Route for Saturday's northern tour.

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Fenton Simpson
Thursday 8th October 2015 at 4:08 pm
the best place to see this would Chorley hall lane playing field. The last fly by came over there.

Woodford village was grid locked with ad hoc parking and had to be managed by the police for hours, best avoid it if you can.
Alan Brough
Thursday 8th October 2015 at 8:54 pm
Hi Fenton,

I can safely suggest that the (very) best place to see the Vulcan will be Castle Rock on Alderley Edge which affords a fabulous view of the air over Woodford aerodrome at a not dissimilar height to the altitude of the aircraft that will be making the pass - this from many years experience of watching Woodford Air Show from that vantage point
Lisa Reeves
Saturday 10th October 2015 at 10:39 am
The Vulcan bomber is expected to depart from Doncaster at 1pm today so it should fly over the outskirts of Manchester Airport at approximately 3.15pm and Woodford at 3.20pm. After departing Woodford it should fly over Alderley Edge on route to RAF Cosford.