with plans in place to create a ... Walter Baxter/Geograph The bomber was airworthy until 2015 when it landed for the final time Vulcan XH558, also known as Spirit of Great Britain, had been ...

Manufacturers A V Roe & Co (Avro) named the aircraft 'Vulcan' after the Roman god of fire. The plane initially carried the UK's first nuclear weapon, the Blue Danube gravity bomb, and was equipped ...

The Avro Vulcan bomber is one of the most iconic aircraft ... In its primary role, the plane was used in the country's nuclear deterrent program with models on standby with just 15 minutes ...

Boeing and Lockheed Martin's joint rocket venture, United Launch Alliance (ULA), plans to upgrade a version of its Vulcan ...

Southend's famous Vulcan bomber recently celebrated it's 28th anniversary at the city's London Southend Airport ...

Plans for a new hangar for the historic aircraft at its Doncaster Sheffield Airport base were scrapped in February when not enough money was raised. The Vulcan to the Sky Trust said it had since ...

In September 1981, there had been some discussion of the sale of a single Vulcan aircraft, which, it was assumed would not materially affect Argentina's strike capability. The FCO judged that a ...