Handley Page Victor K2 - Yorkshire Air Museum

            The Handley Page Victor K2, which started off as part of the UK's nuclear force, has had quite the journey. It got a makeover on January 23, 1972, turning into the very first K.2 Tanker prototype. XL231 saw action in both the Falklands and Gulf Wars before heading off to the Yorkshire Air Museum to kick back and retire.

At Thunder Days at Yorkshire Air Museum, you can hear XL231 and other planes fire up their engines, it makes for a pretty unique experience, being so close aircraft as big as the Victor K2 with engines running l.

They used to do fast taxi runs down the runway, which is the longest runway in the North of England 3,094 m (around 2 miles long) , but that's off the table these days. Ownership issues between the museum and the runway have put a damper on the taxi runs, meaning their Victor K2 hasn't hit the fast lane in a while. Despite this, Andre and his crew continue to keeping her in tip-top shape with regular maintenance runs.

With the Victor at Bruntingthorpe now not doing engine runs again for good, XL231 currently and proudly stands as the only fully operational Handley-Page Victor left in the world.

Taken on: August 22, 2014

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