XH558/G-VLCN

Perhaps the most famous certainly the most iconic of the Vulcan survivors is XH558, the Vulcan that flew as part of the Vulcan Display Flight from 1986-1993 and then was returned to flying condition at Bruntingthorpe in Leicestershire, taking to the skies again under the management of Vulcan to the Sky in 2007 and flying until 2015. This Vulcan has provided a whole generation with the opportunity to witness an airworthy Vulcan flying and became an icon of British airshows during its final tenure as a display aircraft. 

Sadly in 2015, XH558's flying life came to an end having essentially ran out of fatigue life among other significant factors. The final flight took place on 28 October, landing at Robin Hood Airport near Doncaster where XH558 remains to this day. For a short time XH558 was housed indoors, but VTTS had to vacate the hangar and now XH558 sits outside, her paintwork fading, but still in full working order. There are regular anti-det runs of the engines and occasionally she will move under her own power. There are future plans to build a new hangar as a permanent home for XH558, but when- or even if- these plans will come to fruition is not clear.