Avro Vulcan XJ823 Cockpit and other fun stuff

[KingTiger435]

Last year I went to Solway Aviation Museum in the Lake District.

It has many great aircraft such as a Canberra, Vulcan B.2 XJ823, Lightning and many more. Hope you'll enjoy them friends. @Adam Poultneyhere's your tag.

Jet provost Reg. No. XS209

EE Lightning Reg. No. ZF583

Phantom FGR.2 Reg. No. XV406 in what seemed to be a new paint job

Percival Sea Prince Reg. No. WP314

Gloster Meteor NF.14 Reg. No. WS382

Hawker Hunter F.51 Reg. No. E425 (under restoration right now)

De Havilland Vampire T.11 Reg. No. WZ515

 

And now, for what you've all been waiting for!

 

Avro Vulcan B.2 Reg. No. XJ823

She's a beaut' ain't she.

Now, the cabin.

Here is the cockpit in all it's glory! Unfortunately I couldn't sit in the pilot/copilot seats as sadly there has been a history of idiots stealing and vandalising.

However the navigator/bombardier area was very nice as well, surprisingly comfy

Now, moving onto the Canberra T.4, Reg. No. WE188

I was allowed to get in her cockpit as well, quite interesting and a lot more spacious than I expected, although would be quite uncomfortable with 3 seats in there.

Last picture, but an interesting one. The worlds last original Sikorsky-built S.55 Whirlwind, unfortunately, she's in quite a bad state right now.

Hope you found this interesting.

Edited January 11, 2020 by KingTiger435
Added pictures

[KingTiger435]

If you have any questions or picture requests please feel free to ask

[Adam Poultney]

Great looking museum, the Vulcan appears quite well kept and very neat. Good photos

[KingTiger435]

9 minutes ago, Adam Poultney said:

Great looking museum, the Vulcan appears quite well kept and very neat. Good photos

Thank you! Yeah the people who work there are really nice, you can tell they care about what they do, you can also sign up for volunteer work which I would do if I lived closer to there