Vulcan VIP Visits are your exclusive opportunity to experience XL426 away from the crowds and are ideal for enthusiasts and photographers.

Vulcan VIP Visits are your opportunity to experience Vulcan XL426 in her hangar at London Southend Airport away from the crowds and are ideal for enthusiasts and photographers.

VIP Visitors are given a guided tour of XL426 by an experienced guide before climbing the crew ladder to go into the Vulcan’s cockpit and the opportunity to sit in either the pilot's or co-pilot's seat and one of the rear crew seats.

Outside the cockpit, VIP Visitors will be able to meet the Trust’s engineering team and learn more about their work maintaining and restoring XL426.

On the day of your visit, XL426 will be in the middle of its winter servicing programme, which will give you an in-depth view of the work involved maintaining this British and Cold War aviation icon.

The hangar tour includes a look behind the scenes to see the Trust's workshops and engineering activities not normally seen by the public.

Arrival is from 9.00 am for a prompt start at 9.30 am. Each Vulcan VIP Visit lasts approximately four hours and must be booked in advance. All VIP Visitors must be aged 12 or over (under-16 visitors must be accompanied by a paying adult visitor).

The maximum number of visitors on each Vulcan VIP Visit is limited to just 10.

Each visit costs £70.00 per person and includes a welcome presentation with complimentary tea, coffee and biscuits.For the dates of all out Vulcan VIP Visits in 2026, please go to Vulcan VIP Visits 2026.

VIP Visitors are welcome to take photographs during their visit (with the exception of the presentation at the beginning) but please be aware that any images taken are for personal use only and must not be used in any published articles, commercial or otherwise, without the VRT's permission. Also, no filming or audio recording must be made during Vulcan VIP Visits.

This is a fundraising event organised to benefit the Vulcan Restoration Trust.

Important Note: we will provide refunds up to seven days prior to the event but we will not provide refunds for any reason after that time, with the exception of the cancellation of the event.

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