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There are up to 5 solar eclipses every year and a total solar eclipse about every 18 months. One of those total solar...

Sometime ago, while casually looking in my flying log book for entries involving XH558, a very similar Vulcan tail nu...

Well-known and highly respected air show commentator Seán Maffett became synonymous with Vulcan displays and indeed w...

Valiant Bomber 249 Squadron. Ejection Seat chain of events. I completed Boy Entrant training as an armourer...

Following the transfer of the strategic deterrent role to the Royal Navy’s Polaris fleet, on 30th June 1969, the RAF ...

A complete change in the role of the V- Bomber came about during 1963, when it became clear that in the absence of a ...

Eric ‘Winkle’ Brown is credited with over 2,400 carrier landings (no one else has come close) as well as be...

Research into delta-wing aircraft had also been conducted by the Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE) at Farnborough, a...

With the dawning of the atomic age in August 1945, it was obvious to military strategists that any future bomber to d...

On 4 February 1955, the first production Vulcan B.1, XA889, made its maiden flight, flying with the original Vulcan w...