Origins of a Cold War Giant The late 1940s marked a critical turning point for the British military, as the post-World W ...

First introduced in 1952, the Avro Vulcan was a visually arresting delta-wing aircraft built to deliver nuclear strikes ...

In 1956, the Avro 698 Vulcan B.1 officially joined the ranks of the Royal Air Force, equipped with what has reportedly been deemed the Phase 2 wing (which bolstered the aircraft's stability when ...

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 ...

The Vulcan was the world's first delta-wing bomber, a long-range aircraft developed in the 1950s to give Britain the ability to drop a nuke or two on Russia should we ever reach DefCon 2. It never ...

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 ...

"Our tour of the aircraft also included a 30-minute detailed inspection and explanation of the cockpit controls. "What a way to spend a day, what an excellent surprise present - a day with XL426." ...

The Avro Vulcan prototype first flew in 1952. Unfortunately, one prototype crashed at an air show in 1958 and killed the pilot, but the second prototype tested well.

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 ...