I've been to a lot of air museums, from the aircraft graveyards of Arizona to the Mediterranean island of Malta. I've covered many big museums, like the RAF Cosford and IWM Duxford, and while they are ...

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 ...

Britain’s three V-bombers were created as part of Britain’s nuclear deterrent in the Cold War. Of these, the Vulcan is the best known. Despite the grim primary reason for the Avro Vulcan bomber - ...

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 ...

The end of the end is near for the famed Avro Vulcan Bomber "XH558." The aircraft has been flying in private hands and with private funding since 2007, an amazing feat to say the least. Now, after ...

Fifty-five years after it first wowed the crowds at the Farnborough, the Avro Vulcan is on the verge of an air show comeback - if restorers can raise more cash More than five decades ago, the huge ...

From an original article by Dr. Steve Liddle CEng FRAeS, Vulcan to the Sky Trustee and Principal Aerodynamicist at Visa Cash App RB F1 Team Aerodynamics at the Edge: How Innovation Shaped the Avro ...

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, ...

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 ...

The Avro Vulcan, registered G-VLCN (XH558), has been granted its permit to fly and will make an appearance at the Waddington International Airshow on 5 and 6 July. The aircraft, which is based at ...

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 ...

Once upon a time, bailing out of a plane involved popping open the roof or door, and hopping out with your parachute, hoping that you’d maintained enough altitude to slow down before you hit the ...