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Avro Vulcan B1 XA894 Farnborough

The flying testbed for the Bristol Siddeley Olympus 22R turbojet engine destined for use in TSR2. Aircraft destroyed by fire on 3rd December 1962 during ground engine testing

Picture No
10823030
Media ID
47614094
Size
3000px x 2855px (1.5MB)
Credit
© A Flying History / The Peter Keating Aviation Photograph Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
A Flying History - The Peter Keating Aviation Photograph Collection
Date
1962

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Destined Farnborough Olympus Testbed Tsr2 Turbojet Vulcan Xa894


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