Announced at the 2016 Christmas Meeting.
A Ride-to-Eat with a difference. A guided tour of a working Vulcan Bomber, followed by a Pub lunch
Bomber XM655 is located in the North West corner of Wellesbourne Airfield which is approximately 5 miles due East of Stratford-upon-Avon. The nearest post code is CV35 9EU. Here's the co-ordinates:
N52° 11.795' W1° 37.089'
Meet at 10.00 - 10.15, ready for the group photo in front of the bomber at 10.30. A cash donation of £10 is required per person, which helps the charity to maintain the aircraft. XM655 does a fast taxi every year when it blasts up the runway, but unfortunately not on this date though
You'll be able to watch the bomb doors open, sit in the cockpit and learn all about the nukes and conventional bombs they used to carry from ex V-force personnel and even a pilot or two if we're lucky.
The tour lasts a couple of hours then we'll head off for a pub lunch at the nearby Wellesbourne King's Head Pub. Here's links to the Bomber charity and pub. Alternatively just come along to the pub for lunch and a natter at 1 p.m.
http://www.xm655.com/
http://www.vintageinn.co.uk/restaurants/midlands/thekingsheadwellesbourne
A maximum of 24 can do the tour so if you're interested put your names down and I'll start a list.
Edit - 25/03. The pub requires a heads-up for what everybody wants to eat. I'll put the menu up a couple of weeks before the event so everyone can let me know what they fancy
A Ride-to-Eat with a difference. A guided tour of a working Vulcan Bomber, followed by a Pub lunch
Bomber XM655 is located in the North West corner of Wellesbourne Airfield which is approximately 5 miles due East of Stratford-upon-Avon. The nearest post code is CV35 9EU. Here's the co-ordinates:
N52° 11.795' W1° 37.089'
Meet at 10.00 - 10.15, ready for the group photo in front of the bomber at 10.30. A cash donation of £10 is required per person, which helps the charity to maintain the aircraft. XM655 does a fast taxi every year when it blasts up the runway, but unfortunately not on this date though
You'll be able to watch the bomb doors open, sit in the cockpit and learn all about the nukes and conventional bombs they used to carry from ex V-force personnel and even a pilot or two if we're lucky.
The tour lasts a couple of hours then we'll head off for a pub lunch at the nearby Wellesbourne King's Head Pub. Here's links to the Bomber charity and pub. Alternatively just come along to the pub for lunch and a natter at 1 p.m.
http://www.xm655.com/
http://www.vintageinn.co.uk/restaurants/midlands/thekingsheadwellesbourne
A maximum of 24 can do the tour so if you're interested put your names down and I'll start a list.
Edit - 25/03. The pub requires a heads-up for what everybody wants to eat. I'll put the menu up a couple of weeks before the event so everyone can let me know what they fancy
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