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Avro Vulcan XH558's latest engineering update details electrical system checks, fuel pump replacement, and ongoing ...
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 ...
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The Vulcan Experience at Doncaster Sheffield Airport will give Avro Vulcan XH558 a permanent home, combining Cold War history ...
The Avro Vulcan XH558, a British bomber with a beautiful delta profile and an unmistakable howling sound, has landed for the last time, concluding its “Farewell to Flight” season. The charitable ...
On the 1st of July, 1960 Avro pilot Tony Blackman climbed into the cockpit of a Hawker Siddeley Vulcan delta wing strategic bomber in order to deliver her from the aircraft manufacturer (A.V. Roe and ...
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-2-1 ...
The following image shows Avro Vulcan XH558 (carrying civil registration G-VLCN), the only airworthy bomber of a fleet of 134 Vulcan V bombers operated by the Royal Air Force from 1953 until 1984.
The last Avro Vulcan, one of the coolest warplanes of the Cold War era, takes to the skies again this weekend. The plane, born of the days when the world seemed constantly under threat of nuclear war, ...
Marking the final flying season of the Vulcan XH558, the U.K.’s Royal Air Force Aerobatics Team, the Red Arrows, took its final flight with the mighty Cold War bomber on Saturday, September 19 at the ...
It spent most of its life as a strategic nuclear bomber, but it could have been made for air shows - and now a UK team is working to get an Avro Vulcan back in the sky. The combination of grace and ...
From Mykonos to Ibiza, this year’s Gumball 3000 promises to be an interesting rally for the rich and famous. Starting on June 10th, the grid will include ”the only road-legal Aston Martin Vulcan” in ...
The Aston Martin Vulcan is a carbon fiber monster powered by an 800-plus hp 7.0-liter V12. It was designed for the track. Just 24 will be built. The Avro Vulcan, on the other hand, is an airplane -- ...