FlyPast 02.2018

February 2018 FLYPAST 35

IN VEGAS

Top, left to right

The crew of XH500

convene before

departure from

Scampton. Left to right,

crew chief technician

J M Kevan, navigator

plotter Flt Lt G Jukes,

navigator Flt Lt R G

Taylor, pilot Sqn Ldr R

J Davenport, AVM G A

Walker, air electronics

offi cer R J Haslam.

The two-star marking

on the nose denotes

that the aircraft was

being used by an Air

Vice Marshal. ALL KEY

COLLECTION

Vulcan B.1 XH498 at

Goose Bay, Labrador,

after its transatlantic

fl ight from Scampton.

The crews of 617

Squadron trying to

keep warm in the chilly

temperatures of Goose

Bay before leaving for

the sunnier climate of

Las Vegas.

Left

Artwork depicting a

trio of 617 Squadron

Vulcans over the Grand

Canyon. ANTONIS KARIDIS