Air shows are about, first and foremost, the sheer spectacle. The unique thrill of seeing a particular favorite or rare aircraft in action. Just as an experienced birdwatcher would recognize the ...

Key Points and Summary - The Avro Vulcan was a British high-altitude, long-range strategic bomber, renowned for its distinctive, massive delta-wing design. -Developed in the late 1940s and entering ...

Experience a stunning piece of aviation history with this original footage of the Avro Vulcan performing at the 1956 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. avro vulcan USAF Britain’s three V-bombers were created as part of Britain’s nuclear deterrent in the Cold War. Of these, the ...

Tony Blackman, who has died aged 96, was an RAF fighter pilot who later joined Avro, where he tested over 100 of the delta-wing Vulcan bombers and rose to be chief test pilot. He was invited to join ...

Meet the Avro Vulcan: Located closer to the Soviet Union than the United States, the United Kingdom also had an important dual mission to protect the homeland and take the fight to the USSR if needed ...

In the early Cold War, the Royal Air Force fielded three separate strategic bombers—but relinquished all three amid advances in anti-air technology. The Vulcan’s “Black Buck” missions in the Falklands ...

A CUMBRIAN aviation museum is offering free cockpit tours of an 'iconic' aircraft.

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This programme traces the history of the Avro Vulcan VBomber from conception in the early 1950s as a strategic nuclear bomber through to departure from the Royal Air ...

A member of the last crew to fly the Vulcan bomber is backing proposals for a visitor centre to celebrate the iconic aircraft. The Avro XH558 was the longest-serving Vulcan in RAF service and carried ...

Trustees of a preserved Avro Vulcan are not ruling out a ferry flight to a new location, following a decision not to extend the parking agreement for the bomber at Doncaster Sheffield airport. The ...