Navigator training in 1953-55
Navigator training was carried out at Air Navigation schools in Hullavington and Bis...
29 September 2023
Well-known and highly respected air show commentator Seán Maffett became synonymous with Vulcan displays and indeed w...
23 August 2023
On 2 April 1982, Argentina invaded and occupied the Falkland Islands. It was the beginning of a ten-week conflict tha...
22 February 2022
Research into delta-wing aircraft had also been conducted by the Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE) at Farnborough, a...
20 December 2021
With the dawning of the atomic age in August 1945, it was obvious to military strategists that any future bomber to d...
25 November 2021
William Penney, the man in charge of Britain’s bomb design, William Cook, his deputy, and the scientists at the Atomi...
29 October 2021
On 4 February 1955, the first production Vulcan B.1, XA889, made its maiden flight, flying with the original Vulcan w...
29 January 2021
Whilst Mr Ewans was hard at work in the design office, a certain David Thirlby was equally hard at it on the factory ...
16 December 2020
From February 1962 onwards two jets in every major RAF base, armed with nuclear weapons, were on standby for Quick Re...
12 October 2020