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The Avro Vulcan is a British jet-engine strategic bomber operated by the Royal Air Force from 1956 until 1984. Of the 134 production Vulcans built, 19 survive today. None are airworthy, although three (XH558, XL426 and XM655) are in taxiable condition. All but four survivors are located in the United Kingdom.
Avro's submission in May 1960 was the Phase 6 Vulcan, which would have been the Vulcan B.3. The aircraft was fitted with an enlarged wing of 121 ft (37 m) span with increased fuel capacity; additional fuel tanks in a dorsal spine; a new main undercarriage to carry an all-up-weight of 339,000 lb (154,000 kg); and reheated Olympus 301s of 30,000 ...
This is a list of surviving examples of mass-produced aircraft, specifically those that are notable solely or primarily for still existing. To illustrate, the Enola Gay is excluded from this list, but included in List of individual aircraft because it dropped the first atomic bomb .
Avro 707 Avro 707B VX790 in flight, 1951. NACA air intake. General information Type Experimental aircraft Manufacturer Avro Status 3 aircraft survive in museums Primary users Avro Royal Aircraft Establishment Australian Aeronautical Research Council Number built 5 History First flight 4 September 1949 Retired 1967 Developed into Avro Vulcan The Avro 707 (also known as Type 707) is an ...
It is the youngest surviving example [4] and the only operable Avro Vulcan with the more powerful Bristol Olympus 301 engines. Commissioned at RAF Cottesmore in 1964, XM655 initially flew with Nos. 9, 12 and 35 Squadrons [ 5 ] before moving to the Waddington Wing in 1967 to join Nos. 44, 50 and 101 Squadrons.
List of surviving Avro Vulcans; O. Operation Black Buck; R. Red Shrimp; Red Steer; V. Vulcan Display Flight RAF; X. ... Avro Vulcan XL426; Avro Vulcan XM655; Media in ...
In early 1947, the parent Bristol Aeroplane Company submitted a proposal for a medium-range bomber to the same specification B.35/46 which led to the Avro Vulcan and Handley Page Victor. The Bristol design was the Type 172 and was to be powered by four or six Bristol engines of 9,000 lbf (40 kN) thrust [ 7 ] to the Ministry engine specification ...
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