Blast from the past....59 years ago today B2 Avro Vulcan XH558 went into service with the RAF

John Anthony Wood‏ @Bombbayjohn More

59 years ago today B2 Avro Vulcan XH558 went into service with the RAF at RAF Waddington. She joined 230 OCU and went on to serve for 33 years with the RAF before retiring in April 1993 to Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome. 14 Years later she flew again in 2007 and retired in 2015.

Give the Brits credit, and consider it a loss for us all since they're no longer in the plane building business, but God knows they built some beautiful bombers.