First introduced in 1952, the Avro Vulcan was a visually arresting delta-wing aircraft built to deliver nuclear strikes ...

Origins of a Cold War Giant The late 1940s marked a critical turning point for the British military, as the post-World W ...

The Avro Vulcan made her maiden flight on Aug. 30, 1952 and officially entered into RAF service in September 1956. The Vulcan was a jet-powered delta-wing strategic bomber, ...

In 1956, the Avro 698 Vulcan B.1 officially joined the ranks of the Royal Air Force, equipped with what has reportedly been deemed the Phase 2 wing (which bolstered the aircraft's stability when ...

Avro Vulcan at Goodwood Festival of Speed Oh, and there's an air show. The Avro Vulcan, a Cold War era British nuclear bomber, flew over Goodwood in 2013 and will appear again this year.

The Avro Vulcan prototype first flew in 1952. Unfortunately, one prototype crashed at an air show in 1958 and killed the pilot, but the second prototype tested well.

The Avro Vulcan was designed in the late 1940s and retired from the Royal Air Force in 1984. XH558 returned to the skies again in 2007 and flew 228 flights and 346 hours, ...

Before the last Avro Vulcan is retired from the skies forever, it passed over an airfield for a brief encounter with its modern namesake from Aston Martin. am-vulcan-1-1-jpg Aston Martin am-vulcan ...

avro vulcan 1 Articles . The V-Bomber Ejector Seat Controversy. January 11, 2021 by Lewin Day 58 Comments . Once upon a time, bailing out of a plane involved popping open the roof or door, and ...

Fast meeting fast is always an occasion to take notice – as when the Vulcan, Aston Martin’s supercar race car, got buzzed by a low-flying Vulcan, Avro’s iconic 1950s British V bomber.

The new Avro Vulcan XH558 is a Class 37 diesel-electric locomotive. It was bought in 2015 by freight operating company Direct Rail Services, which has refurbished the locomotive at a depot in Derby.

The Avro B-1 Vulcan is an addition to the Armed Forces collection, in which Bremont is granted the right to use the insignia of all three branches of the British military.