Avro Vulcan
Taken on 11 October 2015 and uploaded 28 November 2024.
The Avro Vulcan was one of 3 "V-Bombers" operated by the Royal Airforce until 1984, but built as part of the UK's "nuclear deterrent" in the 1950s.
The company, Avro, was part of a group of companies, Hawker Siddeley; Hawker was the name of a company founded by Tommy Sopwith, who was bankrupted following WW1 due to anti-profiteering taxes: Sopwith was the company that built the Sopwith Camel fighter...
The various companies mentioned so far - Sopwith, Avro, Hawker - designed and built aircraft like the Camel, the Hurricane, the Lancaster and the Vulcan (and many others, including the Harrier...).
The Vulcan here was the last flying example and was making a series of final flights before being 'retired'.
I saw Vulcans a number of times and heard the famous "howl" of its engines. I have (very poor) photos of a Vulcan at an air show, getting ready to take off and, with its engines powered up, throwing debris from the ground behind it into the air. The "howl" was popular whenever the aeroplane flew in public and was terrifying. It was a fabulous thing to see and hear. Graceful and quite sinister.
For better or worse, the Vulcan is a part of UK history along with its predecessors.
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Avro Vulcan
Taken on 11 October 2015 and uploaded 28 November 2024.
The Avro Vulcan was one of 3 "V-Bombers" operated by the Royal Airforce until 1984, but built as part of the UK's "nuclear deterrent" in the 1950s.
The company, Avro, was part of a group of companies, Hawker Siddeley; Hawker was the name of a company founded by Tommy Sopwith, who was bankrupted following WW1 due to anti-profiteering taxes: Sopwith was the company that built the Sopwith Camel fighter...
The various companies mentioned so far - Sopwith, Avro, Hawker - designed and built aircraft like the Camel, the Hurricane, the Lancaster and the Vulcan (and many others, including the Harrier...).
The Vulcan here was the last flying example and was making a series of final flights before being 'retired'.
I saw Vulcans a number of times and heard the famous "howl" of its engines. I have (very poor) photos of a Vulcan at an air show, getting ready to take off and, with its engines powered up, throwing debris from the ground behind it into the air. The "howl" was popular whenever the aeroplane flew in public and was terrifying. It was a fabulous thing to see and hear. Graceful and quite sinister.
For better or worse, the Vulcan is a part of UK history along with its predecessors.
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