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| Vulcan plane returns to the skies | |
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| A Vulcan bomber has flown again after years of restoration work by engineers in Leicestershire. | |
| It last flew 14 years ago after a 33-year career in the RAF, including service in the Falklands War. | It last flew 14 years ago after a 33-year career in the RAF, including service in the Falklands War. |
| Some 20,000 people worldwide helped raise the £6.5m needed to restore the Cold War bomber. | Some 20,000 people worldwide helped raise the £6.5m needed to restore the Cold War bomber. |
| It made first of three test flights from Bruntingthorpe airfield after being cleared by the Civil Aviation Authority on Thursday. | |
| Taff Stone, chief of the Vulcan crew, said: "There's a lot of work gone into the aircraft. | Taff Stone, chief of the Vulcan crew, said: "There's a lot of work gone into the aircraft. |
| "We taken it right down to the basics. We've checked everything, we've cleaned everything, we've finally put it all back together and we've just about achieved the unachievable." | "We taken it right down to the basics. We've checked everything, we've cleaned everything, we've finally put it all back together and we've just about achieved the unachievable." |
| Al McDicken, one of the plane's pilots, added: "She's absolutely magnificent and visually a very attractive aeroplane. | Al McDicken, one of the plane's pilots, added: "She's absolutely magnificent and visually a very attractive aeroplane. |
| "All of us who have flown her have enjoyed her handling qualities but she really flies like a big fighter in some ways. It's a thrill to be involved with it." | "All of us who have flown her have enjoyed her handling qualities but she really flies like a big fighter in some ways. It's a thrill to be involved with it." |