Aircraft XL231 Photo

XL231, 1962 Handley Page Victor K.2, C/N: HP80/76
Elvington Air Show 2003. Concluding another fast taxi demonstration with the brake chute deployed.
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Shot Date 2003-08-24
Upload Date 2009-12-31
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EXIF Data
Camera Make FUJIFILM
Camera Model FinePix6900ZOOM
Aperture f/6.3
ISO 100
Focal Length 46.8 mm
Exposure Bias 0 EV
Metering Mode Pattern
Dimensions 1024 × 769
Date Taken 2003-08-24 11:18:25
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Aircraft XL231, Victor K2. XL231 joined 139 Sqn on 1 February 1962. It was converted to become the prototype K.2 Tanker on 23 January 1972 and saw service in the Falklands War, in support of the 'Operation Black Buck' Vulcan raid on Port Stanley, and later in the Gulf, at X4EV, photo by Chris Hall
Chris Hall
@ X4EV
Aircraft XL231, Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington, at X4EV, photo by Chris Hall
Chris Hall
@ X4EV
Aircraft XL231, Victor K2. XL231 joined 139 Sqn on 1 February 1962. It was converted to become the prototype K.2 Tanker on 23 January 1972 and saw service in the Falklands War, in support of the 'Operation Black Buck' Vulcan raid on Port Stanley, and later in the Gulf, at X4EV, photo by Chris Hall
Chris Hall
@ X4EV
Aircraft XL231, XL231 at Yorkshire Air Museum, at EGYK, photo by Eric.Fishwick
Eric.Fishwick
@ EGYK
Aircraft XL231, Nose Art on Handley Page Victor K.2 displayed at the Yorkshire Air Museum at Elvington, photo by Terry Fletcher
Terry Fletcher