Britain’s Royal Air Force (RAF) had its own Vulcan, namely... When the Avro Vulcan first flew in August of 1952, the distinctive bomber was notably advanced and clearly a child of the Cold War ...

Avro continued working on his visions, and the Avro Vulcan bomber later became the most advanced bomber aircraft of the Royal Air Force from 1956 to 1984. Primarily, Vulcan was intended as a high ...

The Avro Vulcan XH558 Spirit of Great Britain, which was built in about 1960, was the last of the iconic bombers in military service and, after 1986, was the last to fly at all. The aircraft has ...