Historical
27th May 2022 - in Articles
If you were driving southbound between Doncaster and Stratford-upon-Avon (A1, A46, M1 and A46) on Tuesday 24 May, you may have spotted the Vulcan to the Sky Trust van moving a Rolls-Royce Avon engine to our stores. The Axial Flow Turbojet Rolls-Royce Avon Mk109 engine was purchased by the Trust, along with…
Journals
27th January 2022 - in Articles
In March 1959 I was posted to Headquarters Bomber Command (HWBC) at High Wycombe. At the time I was a Flight Lieutenant Navigator with a permanent commission and a specials signals qualification. (Having completed a year’s course at RAF Technical College on Radio and Radar). I knew nothing about Bomber…
Journals
29th July 2021 - in Articles
Vulcan to the Sky volunteer Geoff Higley, who lives in Grantham, was in the airforce for 20 years as a navigator. Here in our Q and A he chats about his experience with the XH558 and how he shares his knowledge with those who wish to know more about the Vulcan. How…
Historical
12th October 2020 - in Articles
The success of the Canberra as a research aircraft over the years is a testament to “Teddy” Petter’s original design. It had all the important qualities needed of a test aircraft. It also had an enormous bomb-bay capable of carrying test equipment that could be fitted and removed quickly, and…
Historical, Journals
12th October 2020 - in Articles
I had flown the Canberra B2 for three years before converting to the Photo Reconnaissance version in 1959. The difference from a three man B2 to a two man PR7 meant that the navigator was expected to do some of the activities of the Radar/Bomber-aimer. The PR7 was fitted with…
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