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 ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: In any event, the RAF dropped the idea. To defeat the Backfires, the U.S. Navy deployed carrier-based F-14 fighters armed with Phoenixes. In 1976, the British Royal ...

Roy Chadwick and Avro engineers defied convention, creating the radical delta-wing Vulcan. With a 100,000-pound weight limit ...

Britain’s delta-wing Avro Vulcan could climb to 50,000 feet and reach Mach 0.92, carrying a nuclear payload deep into Soviet ...

As the Government reveals the UK will once again have an airborne nuclear deterrent, a new book recalls the glory days of the Valiants, Victors and Vulcans ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 reason?