Avro Vulcan - Survivor XL361

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B.2 XL361 - Happy Valley - Goose Bay, Canada

Vulcan B.2 XL361 at Happy Valley - Goose Bay, 19th March 2011; Earle Hickey

Now, the one and only Vulcan preserved in Canada! XL361 ended up there after a serious in-flight malfunction. It would have cost too much to repair her so instead of scrapping her, it was decided to turn the airframe into a gate guard for the RAF Support Unit based at Goose Bay. Soon after it was gifted to the local community of Happy Valley as a mark of the bond between the RAF and the local inhabitants.

The airframe overall looks somewhat in good shape as seen in the photo above.

Information on this page current as of 06/06/2021, last updated by Jake

Find other photos of XL361 on the following sites:

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Terry Luckhurst MBE from Grantham	Posted at 9:46pm on Wednesday, August 26th, 2020
I was OC Aircraft Repair Control Flight (ARCF) of Repair & Salvage Sqn (RSS) RAF Abingdon at the time of XL361's in-flight fire incident. In response to a "Request for Aircraft Assessment", ie damage categorisation we sent a small party to Goose Bay who undertook a series of hardness tests of primary structure within and surrounding the source of the fire to assess structural integrity from heat damage. If I recall, the source was a fuel leak from the Rover APU and the fire spread into No 3 en... read more »read more »
Douglas Ogle from Toronto	Posted at 4:26pm on Saturday, December 18th, 2010
I am happy that you support this site with a photo of the Vulcan gate guardian. I have read before that a Vulcan was preserved in Canada, now I know where and how. Cheers, Douglas Ogle

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