Serial | 00PS06 | |||||||||||||||
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First Flight | 09.1.1957 | |||||||||||||||
Model | Vulcan B.1 | |||||||||||||||
Status | Written-off | |||||||||||||||
Comments | used as a test bed for the RR Olympus 22R engine which was due to power the TSR.2; w/o 03.12.1962 at Filton, Glos, when the engine was being run at full power on maximum reheat; a low-pressure turbine disc failed, puncturing two fuels tanks and causing a fire which spread rapidly, destroying the airframe; | |||||||||||||||
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