The Aviation Magazine Volume 6, Issue 8, No#38 October 2015 | Page 34
©2015 Peter Thivessen
©2015 Robert Kysela / CHK6
Avro Vulcan abobe, Kawasaki P‐1 main image
relatively unscathed
ex‐tending accidents
no people were harmed
at all events. In a spectacular crash
of two Russian MiG‐29, both pilots were able
to get out unharmed with the ejection seat at RIAT
1995. In 2002 came to a tricky situation when an Alenia G‐222 of
the Italian Air Force touched down so hard by performing a so‐called
Sarajevo‐landing that the front wheel collapsed and the aircraft thundered along the
runway with sparks, until it came to a halt. Another critical situation, in which a RAF Eurofighter
TYPHOON recovered from a dive just 3 m above ground level, rounded off the series of significant
"incidents" in with the Air Tattoos.
Probably for the last time (at least for visitors to the RIAT in Fairford) the 2015 season saw a flight
demonstration of the Avro Vulcan B.Mk2. This icon of the Cold War has been restored airworthy after years
of restoration by the Vulcan to the Sky Trust (VTTST). The entire project was financed privately (through
donations, lottery funds and private sponsoring). Actually, hardly anyone had really expected that this
prestigious project would ever get off the ground, but somehow the VTTST managed to collect enough Pound
Sterling so that the AVRO 698 VULCAN was able to complete her second maiden flight with the identifier
XH588 on 18 October 2007. Since then, this bomber, looking like an oversized moth enriched
the British air show scene. Much to the chagrin of the British, but also of the many aviation
enthusiasts the