Vulcan Restoration Trust Classic Jets Day - With BBMF Lancaster! 18th August 2024

On 18th August 2024 the Vulcan Restoration Trust held their "Classic Jets Day" event at their Southend Airport base. Alongside the regular star of the show, Vulcan XL426, some visiting glitz in the form of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flights Lancaster B Mk.I PA474 made the event even more special!

During the event Jet Provost T.5 XW324 arrived after displaying at an airshow, with XL426 demonstrationg the action of the flying surfaces, bomb bay doors and airbrakes. About half past one the Lancaster took off and made a circuit of Southend Airport, flying over the VRT display area.

Amongst the good selection of private light aircraft operating in an out of Southend that day, half of 2Excel Aviations' "Oil Spill Response" Boeing 727-200F Advanced fleet - G-OSRA - was seen outside the hangar. This particular aircraft was the last Boeing 727 delivered with its first flight on 28th August 1984. At the time of writing 2Excel are the only commercial operator of the Boeing 727 outside of the Americas.

The arrival of an EasyJet flight 4662 from Paris Charles de Gaulle with OE-IVC was recorded.



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00:00 Hunting Percival/BAC Jet Provost T.5 XW324
02:01 Piper PA28-180 G-ATAS
02:42 Avro/BAC Vulcan B.2 XL426
07:36 Avro Lancaster B Mk.I PA474
11:34 Cessna 152 G-BZHF
11:34 Boeing 727-2S2F (Advanced) G-OSRA
11:57 Socata SB-20 Trinidad G-TIBS
12:10 Piper PA28-151 G-BOTF
12:31 Airbus A320-214 OE-IVC

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