Ten years of determination and vision were validated on October 18 when Avro Vulcan B.2 XH558 thundered down Runway 24 at Bruntingthorpe for her post-restoration test flight. The flight crew said "she behaved perfectly" during the 32-minute sortie which took the aircraft up to 250 knots (463km/h)rnand 35 miles (56km) to the east of her Leicestershire base.
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