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http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-34652152
The XH588 bomber's flight over its base at Doncaster Robin Hood Airport lasted about 20 minutes.
The aircraft will be grounded this week after engineering backers, including Rolls Royce, withdrew support.
Details of the flypast were kept secret to avoid the potential for thousands of spectators turning up at the South Yorkshire airport.
The plane's pilot on its curtain call was Martin Withers.
He led a raid on Argentine positions on the Falklands by Vulcan aircraft in the 1982 war, the only time the aircraft ever dropped bombs in anger in its long RAF service.
After the final flypast, Mr Withers said: "I really enjoyed the flight. It's so sad it has to finish now. It's like a funeral."
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-34652152
The XH588 bomber's flight over its base at Doncaster Robin Hood Airport lasted about 20 minutes.
The aircraft will be grounded this week after engineering backers, including Rolls Royce, withdrew support.
Details of the flypast were kept secret to avoid the potential for thousands of spectators turning up at the South Yorkshire airport.
The plane's pilot on its curtain call was Martin Withers.
He led a raid on Argentine positions on the Falklands by Vulcan aircraft in the 1982 war, the only time the aircraft ever dropped bombs in anger in its long RAF service.
After the final flypast, Mr Withers said: "I really enjoyed the flight. It's so sad it has to finish now. It's like a funeral."
