Anniversary of iconic Vulcan bomber XM594 entering service to be celebrated at Newark Air Museum

On the weekend of September 16/17 it will be 60 years since Avro Vulcan XM594 entered operational squadron service with the Royal Air Force Vulcan Wing at RAF Scampton.

To mark the anniversary, the Newark Air Museum is hosting an anniversary event.

This will include free access to the famous aircraft’ s cockpit access to the Vulcan to those people on the reserve list for the museum’s 40th anniversary event in February.

Participants for the free cockpit access to XM594 are being notified of their timed ticket arrival time for going on board the aircraft, where they will be hosted by several former Vulcan personnel.

Throughout the weekend various Vulcan-related displays are being hosted around the museum site and in the display hangars.

On the Saturday, the air museum will have an aeroboot/aerojumble aviation sale taking place, where people can search for various aviation items that will be on sale.

In addition, a series of talks by ex-Vulcan aircrew is planned to take place throughout the weekend in the Dambusters Hut; whilst various former Vulcan air and ground crew will be hosting walk-round tours of the XM594.

During the weekend various other museum aircraft and cockpits will be opening for viewing, as per normal, a small additional fee/donation is charged for access to these aircraft.

The event is open to the public and normal museum admission rates will apply.