Aircraft XL231 Photo

XL231, 1962 Handley Page Victor K.2, C/N: HP80/76
Handley Page Victor K2 at the Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington
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Photographer
Ingo Warnecke Contact
Shot Date 2024-08-12
Upload Date 2025-10-16
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EXIF Data
Camera Make FUJIFILM
Camera Model FinePix HS20EXR
Shutter Speed 1/950 sec
Aperture f/4
ISO 200
Focal Length 14.9 mm
Exposure Bias 0 EV
Metering Mode Pattern
White Balance Auto
Date Taken 2024-08-12 10:11:15
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XL231 @ X4EV - 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 - by Chris Hall
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XL231 @ EGVI - At the 1979 International Air Tattoo Greenham Common, copied from slide - by kenvidkid
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XL231 @ X4EV - Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington - by Chris Hall
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XL231 @ EGYK - Handley Page Victor K2 (HP-80). 'Lusty Lindy' in 2010, preserved at the Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington. - by Malcolm Clarke
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XL231 @ EGCN - Handley-Page Victor K.2 [HP80/76] (Royal Air Force) RAF Finningley 30/07/1977. From a slide. - by Ray Barber
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