The Avro Vulcan (later Hawker Siddeley Vulcan from July 1963) is a jet-powered, tailless, delta-wing, high-altitude, strategic bomber, which was operated...
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Avro Vulcan XH558 (military serial XH558, civil aircraft registration G-VLCN) Spirit of Great Britain was the last remaining airworthy example of the...
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H) Avro 502 Avro 503 (Type H) Avro 504 Avro 508 Avro 510 Avro 511 Avro 514 Avro 519 Avro 521 Avro 523 Pike Avro 527 Avro 528 Avro 529 Avro 530 Avro 531...
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The Avro Vulcan is a British jet-engine strategic bomber operated by the Royal Air Force from 1956 until 1984. Of the 134 production Vulcans built, 19...
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tailless thick delta wing configuration chosen for the Avro 698 jet bomber, later named the Vulcan. In particular, the low-speed characteristics of such...
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The Avro Atlantic (Avro 722) was a proposed civilian airliner version of the British Avro Vulcan strategic bomber. It was a response to a 1952 UK Ministry...
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Avro Vulcan XM655 is one of three remaining taxiable Avro Vulcan strategic bombers, the other two being XH558 and XL426. XM655 is currently owned by Wellesbourne...
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prototype Avro Vulcan bomber crashed. All four crew on board and three people on the ground were killed. VX770 was the first prototype Vulcan. It had first...
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first-run in January 1950. It is best known as the powerplant of the Avro Vulcan and later models in the Concorde SST. The design dates to a November...
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Vickers Valiant, which first flew in 1951 and entered service in 1955; the Avro Vulcan, which first flew in 1952 and entered service in 1956; and the Handley...
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Avro Vulcan XL426 is one of three remaining taxiable Avro Vulcan strategic bombers, the other two being XH558 and XM655. It has been owned and maintained...
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Blue Steel (missile) (section Avro's concept)
000 mm) diameter for the Vickers Valiant and 50 inches (1,300 mm) for Avro Vulcan and Handley Page Victor. The Ministry of Supply (MoS) did not feel that...
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England Vulcan palm (Brighamia insignis), a plant Avro Vulcan, a British delta-winged strategic bomber HMS Vulcan, various ships USS Vulcan, three ships...
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(February 1955 – December 1955) Avro Vulcan B.1 (May 1958 – July 1961) Avro Vulcan B.1A (October 1960 – July 1961) Avro Vulcan B.2 (September 1961 – December...
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RAF Waddington became an Avro Vulcan V-bomber station, with No. 83 Squadron being the first in the RAF to receive the Vulcan in May 1957. It continued...
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London Heathrow Avro Vulcan crash was a military aviation accident that occurred at Heathrow Airport on 1 October 1956 when Avro Vulcan B.1 XA897 crashed...
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Roy Chadwick (category Avro Lancaster)
particular for designing the Avro Lancaster bomber, its follow-up Avro Lincoln and preliminary designs of the Avro Vulcan V-bomber. He also converted the...
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No. 101 Squadron RAF (section Vulcans)
force maintaining the UK's strategic nuclear deterrent, equipped with Avro Vulcan B1s from RAF Finningley, and in 1961 the squadron moved from Finningley...
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used against the Soviet Union or its allies, two V bomber types, the Avro Vulcan and the Handley Page Victor, were used in the Falklands War towards the...
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restaurant. Avro Vulcan B.2 XM603 Avro Type F – Replica Roe I Triplane – Replica Avro Anson XIX G-AGPG Avro Lancaster B.I R5868 "S for Sugar" – replica Avro Vulcan...
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along with the required ground clearance on takeoff limited it to the Avro Vulcan bomber. Several design decisions in the W47 led the RAF to question its...
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being at the controls on the maiden flight of the British V bomber, the Avro Vulcan. Falk typically flew dressed in pin stripe suit and tie. Falk was born...
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the Panavia Tornado Blue Steel - Nuclear armed missile. Carried by the Avro Vulcan and Handley Page Victor V Bombers. In RAF from 1963 to 1970. Harpoon...
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Memorial Flight, including the only two flying Avro Lancaster bombers, and the last airworthy Avro Vulcan bomber, famous for being part of the UK's Nuclear...
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needed][citation needed] Avro Anson Avro Lancaster Avro Lincoln Avro Tudor Avro Shackleton Avro 707 Avro Vulcan Avro Ashton Hawker Siddeley HS 748...
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including the British Aircraft Corporation TSR-2. Paint used on the Avro Vulcan was manufactured by Cellon, and that on the Handley Page Victor by Titanine...
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operated by the Ferranti Flying Unit at Edinburgh Airport Avro Anson C.19 (G-APHV) Avro Vulcan B.2A (XM597) which carried out two of the Operation Black...
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nuclear deterrent, the squadron was equipped with the Avro Vulcan B.1 before upgrading to the Vulcan B.1A in January 1961. Both types were equipped with...
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The 1975 Żabbar Avro Vulcan crash was a military aviation accident that occurred in Malta on 14 October 1975 when an Avro Vulcan B.2 bomber crashed after...
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airfield; see UKGA for details. Wellesbourne Mountford is also home to Avro Vulcan XM655, which is kept in taxiable condition. The airfield was originally...
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