Key Points and Summary – The Avro Vulcan was a British high-altitude, long-range strategic bomber, renowned for its distinctive, massive delta-wing design. -Developed in the late 1940s and ...

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 ...

Because Avro Vulcan lacked flight experience with a delta-wing, it decided to build two experimental aircraft to test the principle – both scaled-down versions of the 698.