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Vulcan XH558 to pass over North Derbyshire as part of national tour

This coming weekend the Vulcan XH558 will take-off on two large orbital tours of the country, visiting as many places as possible. The northern tour will take place on Saturday 10th October and the plane will fly over North Derbyshire as it travels from Derby on its return to Doncaster Airport (See map below).

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The flights will take place in the afternoon and flight times are expected to be over three and a half hours each day.

The flight will fly over north Derbyshire between 200 minutes and 210 minutes after take off.  No take off time has been released as of Saturday morning (8.50) but expected to be around 13.00 – If this is correct would fly over North Derbyshire between 16.00 and 16.30.  Full timings of the flight will be announced  on the Vulcan’s website

Vulcan XH558

Image: Vulcan XH558 by Mike Lawrence from Flickr CC BY-SA 2.0

Dom Stevens

Destination Chesterfield Manager

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