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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 survive today. None are airworthy, although three (XH558, XL426 and XM655) are in taxiable condition. All but four survivors are located in the United Kingdom.
Avro Vulcan XH558 (military serial XH558, civil aircraft registration G-VLCN) Spirit of Great Britain was the last remaining airworthy example of the 134 Avro Vulcan jet-powered delta winged strategic nuclear bomber aircraft operated by the Royal Air Force during the Cold War. It was the last Vulcan in military service, and the last to fly at ...
Avro's submission in May 1960 was the Phase 6 Vulcan, which would have been the Vulcan B.3. The aircraft was fitted with an enlarged wing of 121 ft (37 m) span with increased fuel capacity; additional fuel tanks in a dorsal spine; a new main undercarriage to carry an all-up-weight of 339,000 lb (154,000 kg); and reheated Olympus 301s of 30,000 ...
It is the youngest surviving example [4] and the only operable Avro Vulcan with the more powerful Bristol Olympus 301 engines. Commissioned at RAF Cottesmore in 1964, XM655 initially flew with Nos. 9, 12 and 35 Squadrons [ 5 ] before moving to the Waddington Wing in 1967 to join Nos. 44, 50 and 101 Squadrons.
XL426 was part of the first batch of 24 Avro Vulcans ordered by the Royal Air Force on 25 February 1956. [3]: 8 It was built at Avro's Chadderton and Woodford plants, like other Vulcans, and was the 44th of 88 Vulcan B2s built. [4] Its first flight was on 23 August 1962, from Woodford Aerodrome, which lasted 1 hour and 35 minutes. [4]
Woodford Aerodrome (ICAO: EGCD) is a former airfield and aircraft factory at Woodford, Greater Manchester, England, 6 NM (11 km; 6.9 mi) north of Macclesfield.It was opened by the Avro company after the First World War and became an important production centre for military aircraft in the Second World War.
Around 2,000 years ago, they were still common in many parts of China. Around 12,000 years ago, they also lived in Borneo. Today, you can only find Javan rhinos in one place on Earth, the Ujung ...
Avro Vulcan B.2 XM647 of No. 44 Squadron at RAF Greenham Common, 1980. Reforming yet again at RAF Waddington on 10 August 1960, as part of RAF Bomber Command 's V bomber force maintaining the UK's strategic nuclear deterrent, the squadron was equipped with the Avro Vulcan B.1 before upgrading to the Vulcan B.1A in January 1961.