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Call Numbers on Vulcans at London ONTARIO

Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2019 7:01 pm
by Faust
Hello all!

I went to my first airshow, the London International Air Show (LIAS) in 1981. (This is in London, Ontario, CANADA. Not England.) I was four. It was totally amazing. I had never even seen real planes before, and here was my hometown airport overflowing with all shapes and sizes of them.

One of my dad's and my favourite planes was the Vulcan. It was, and still is, amazing to see it fly. Of course, I can only get to see XH558 fly in modern "full colour", and that's only on YouTube.

However, what I'd like to know is if anyone has any pictures or information about the Vulcans that were at the LIAS in the early '80s. I believe we had our last Vulcan demo in 1983, but it could have been 1982. I would really like to know the call numbers of the last Vulcan demo we ever had.

Why?

I would like to build a model of that aircraft. I can't do that accurately without the right call numbers.

If anyone has any old photos of the Vulcan at London International Airport from those shows, can you post them?

Thanks!

Re: Call Numbers on Vulcans at London ONTARIO

Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2019 10:43 pm
by FlankerPhoto
Vulcan "XL426" (Now preserved at London Southend Airport) flew at the 1982 show. :D

Re: Call Numbers on Vulcans at London ONTARIO

Posted: Sun Jun 02, 2019 2:44 pm
by Faust
Oh man, that's awesome!

You don't have any pics of it, by chance, do you?

Thanks so much for the info! I really appreciate it!

Re: Call Numbers on Vulcans at London ONTARIO

Posted: Sun Jun 02, 2019 4:23 pm
by FlankerPhoto
No pics, apologies!

Glad I was of assistance though. :D

Re: Call Numbers on Vulcans at London ONTARIO

Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2019 10:17 am
by DeanW
XM602 also displayed at the 1981 show if that's of any use too. There are a few pics of it on Airliners.net.