The Doomsday Clock, a symbol created during the early years of the Cold War, serves as a metaphorical representa...
26 January 2024
Sometime ago, while casually looking in my flying log book for entries involving XH558, a very similar Vulcan tail nu...
29 September 2023
Back in the summer of 1991 I had the good fortune to be invited by the then British Army of the Rhine (BAOR) to be th...
24 August 2023
In mid-1956 I returned to England from a two year working holiday in New Zealand and Australia, and urgently needed t...
28 July 2023
Ian Hamilton
I was posted to 44 Squadron (Rhodesia Squadron) from RAF Waddington in early 1964 as a 20 year old Ai...
28 July 2023
Feature article on part of XH558’s 2013 Winter Service – by Sam Evans, airframe technician.
It’s wh...
1 June 2023
Following the transfer of the strategic deterrent role to the Royal Navy’s Polaris fleet, on 30th June 1969, the RAF ...
29 April 2022
A complete change in the role of the V- Bomber came about during 1963, when it became clear that in the absence of a ...
25 March 2022
Test beds
Aside from regular duties, several Vulcan airframes were put to use in test and development roles. XA894...
25 February 2022
Recollections from Headquarters 1 Group RAF Bawtry Hall, RAF Finningley and the Bomber Box.
Although I worked for ...
27 January 2022