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PLEASE NOTE: This model is has is ex-shop stock and hew impefections being:

- 3 Lines/Marks just past the small black piece (see photo 5).
- The Box is ripped on one edge (see photo 4)
- The polystyrene casing is cracked into two pieces (see photo 6 & 7). You can see the craxk at each end.

Other than what is stated above the model is ok condition, nothing is damaged and contains all of the accessories.

AA27201

Avro Vulcan B2 XH558 Return To Flight October 2007

1:72 Scale Diecast

Wingspan: 472mm

Length: 16.75"

Width 18.5"

The Corgi "Aviation Archive" range presents highly-detailed, ready-made diecast models of military and civilian aircraft. The vast Aviation Archive range has become the standard by which all other diecast air plane ranges are judged. Each Corgi model is based on a specific aircraft from an important historical or modern era of flight, and has been authentically detailed from original documents and archival library material. Famous air planes and aviators from both military and commercial airline aviation are all honoured.

After the disbanding of the last Vulcan squadron in 1984 and the subsequent grounding of the Vulcan Display Flight in 1992, the skies over England were deprived of the unique sight and sound of the Avro Vulcan. This was rectified in October 2007 when after years of hard work the ‘Vulcan to the Sky Trust’ succeeded in having a Vulcan grace UK skies once more. Various CAA approvals had to be sought and many observers thought that it would never happen but, thanks to tireless fund raising and countless man hours of hard work by the team, XH558 took to the air once more. This was the same aircraft that had been grounded in 1992, having spent the time in-between performing taxi runs and being meticulously looked after, in preparation for returning to its proper place, in the air.

Designed to meet an Air Ministry specification for a high-speed, high-altitude, long-range nuclear bomber, the Avro Vulcan was first flown on August 30, 1952. Though revolutionary, the Vulcan's original delta wing tailless design was an unknown quantity. The first prototype crashed in the fall of 1949 and the early straight leading edge design was later modified to kink towards the wingtip, giving the service aircraft superior flying characteristics. Carrying Britain's first nuclear weapon (the Blue Danube), the Vulcan's original role was nuclear deterrence, but it was later modified for air-to-air refuelling missions and maritime radar reconnaissance.

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