HARDBACK "UNCOMMON," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus. * Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2006 * Publisher: Sutton Publishing.* Binding and cover condition: Glossy laminated colour photo-illustrated boards showing a Vulcan in flight, white titles to black spine strip and black & white to face. No bumps or rubs, no visible faults. FINE.* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper. (probably as issued). ND.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: Colour & b/w photos and line drawings throughout. * Pages: 119 pp. text. ii pp. various lists & blank pages at rear.* Description: The RAF's mighty delta-wing Vulcan jet bomber is an enduring image of the Cold War era. A cornerstone of Britain's nuclear deterrent, it was later adapted for conventional bombing and saw its only active service in the Falklands War. Newly restored with the help of Heritage Lottery Funding, the last airworthy Vulcan B2 XH558 in many ways fills the gap left by Concorde's retirement.*A FINE copy with no visible faults. No dust jacket, (probably as issued).*.

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Title: The Vulcan Story: Returning Xh558 to the Skies
Publisher: Sutton Pub Ltd, Stroud Gloucs. UK.
Publication Date: 2006
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0750943998
ISBN 13: 9780750943994
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Printing: 1st Printing
Condition: F/ F/ND
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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The RAF's huge delta-wing Vulcan jet nuclear bomber is an enduring image of the Cold War era. One of the cornerstones of Britain's nuclear deterrent, in later years it was adapted for conventional bombing and saw active service in the Falklands War. Avro Vulcan XH558 was the first Vulcan B2 to enter service with the RAF in July 1960, and the last to fly (with the RAF Vulcan Display Flight in 1992). Since then, determined and extensively publicised efforts have been made to return XH558 to the air, recently boosted by financial support from the Heritage Lottery Fund. It is hoped that the Vulcan will return to the sky in early 2006, and commence airshow appearances. In this full-colour tribute to the Avro Vulcan, aviation journalist and author Peter R. March discusses its development and provides a detailed history of XH558 and the efforts to get it airworthy once more. In some ways when the restored Vulcan XH558 takes to the skies again in 2006, it will fill the gap left by the grounding of the last Concorde.

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PETER R. MARCH is an aviation author, photographer and journalist. He is the editor of the RAF and USAF Yearbooks for the RAF Benevolent Fund/Royal International Air Tattoo, a regular contributor to Aircraft Illustrated magazine, editor of Ian Allan's yearly abc Military Aircraft, and author of more than fifty books in his own right on aviation subjects. He lives in Bristol.

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