Avro 698 Vulcan B1, XA903 / PS15, Private
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Registration: XA903
Construction Number: PS15
Model Avro 698 Vulcan B1
Operator: Private
Airport: Wellesbourne Mountford (EGBW), UK - England
Photographer: Kev Slade
Date Taken: 13/09/1999
Date Submitted: 09/01/2009
Now preserved in Stranraer, Scotland. XA903 was the Blue Steel trials aircraft and became the Rolls-Royce test bed for Concorde Olympus and Tornado RB199 engines. She also had an experimental 27mm canon fit. She made the last flight of a B1 at Farnborough and was scrapped in 1980.
Picture ID:1151617