Valiant Parts

Vickers Valiant B1 XD826

The following brief history is on the airframe.

Aircraft Type: 758 B(K)1

15/12/56: First flight.

9/1/57: Awaiting Collection

22/1/57: Controller (Aircraft) For Flight Refuelling Probe trials

12/2/57: 7 Sqn RAF Honington where it remained until July 1960 (except for going to Vickers / Marshalls for modifications).

19/7/60: 90 Sqn RAF Honington

16/10/61: 138 Sqn RAF Wittering.

25/4/62: 232 OCU RAF Gaydon.

5/12/62 - 25/2/63: Vickers for Mods.

25/2/63: Returned to 232 OCU

15/10/64: 543 Sqn.

12/64: Withdrawn from use.

4/3/65: SOC and allotted to Feltwell as Ground Instructional Airframe 7872M. Nose section as NBS Trainer.

Flying in the Valiant

We have been granted permission by Flightglobal to reproduce the following article from Flight magazine dated 19th July 1957, when a journalist was given the opportunity of flying in XD826 of 7sqn RAF Honington on a two hour training flight, the actual aircraft we are currently restoring.

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