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The Vulcan bomber was one of the most innovative British aircraft of the Cold War period. Decades after it was retired from the RAF, a team managed to bring one back into the air. BBC Future ...
The Avro Vulcan, a jet-powered delta-wing strategic bomber, was a key component of ... end of its operational life with the British Royal Air Force (RAF). Yet in many respects, its final mission ...
Retired RAF captain Cyril Carr, 74, has created a scale model of the legendary Vulcan bomber, once a key part of Britain defence strategy and the first UK aircraft to carry a nuclear bomb.
The bomber is to be an attraction at a pub in Tameside A pub landlord who bought a Vulcan bomber on the internet has until ... bid £15,102.03 for the former RAF bomber on the auction site e-Bay in ...
The last flying Vulcan Bomber, XH558, flew with the Red Arrows one last time at the Southport Air Show. After taking part in air shows for eight years, the last flying Vulcan bomber will perform ...
A DELTA-SHAPED DETERRENT: OUR COLD WAR NUCLEAR BOMBER The Vulcan strategic bomber was used by the RAF between 1956 and 1984, and formed the backbone of Britain's airborne nuclear deterrent ...
Two years later, the RAF retired the Vulcan from active duty. Britain never built another strategic bomber; Polaris plays its nuclear deterrent role to this day. The Vulcan was the last of the breed.
It was the last chance for people in Lincolnshire to see the Vulcan bomber in action on Friday. Crowds gathered at RAF Waddington to watch the Vulcan XH558, which was delivered to the base in 1960 ...
THE charity preserving an historic RAF bomber has reflected on the aircraft’s fascinating past as it marks the famous plane’s 38th year at Southend Airport. The Vulcan XL426 arrived in ...
Visitors to RAF Fairford on July 18-19 will have a rare opportunity to see a display by one of the most iconic war-birds of the Cold War era. The world’s only airworthy Vulcan bomber ...
Then it banks, and the giant, bat-shaped Avro Vulcan bomber sweeps past with a huge roar ... a decade-long quest by a team of volunteers and RAF-trained engineers. Returning one of these four ...