Oct. 28, 2025 marks the tenth anniversary of the last time an Avro Vulcan took to the skies. Following eight years of renewed ...

Wing Cdr Phil Davies, 73, from Lincolnshire, flew the plane for its final flight 10 years ago and said it was important to ...

-Though nearing retirement, the Vulcan's most famous combat missions were the "Black Buck" raids during the 1982 Falklands War. -In an incredible feat of long-range power projection, a single Vulcan, ...

The last flying Avro Vulcan bomber — the thunderous, delta‑winged XH558 — faces a stark new deadline. Without rapid funding ...

Air shows are about, first and foremost, the sheer spectacle. The unique thrill of seeing a particular favorite or rare aircraft in action. Just as an experienced birdwatcher would recognize the ...

Join the 10th anniversary celebration of XH558's final flight, the last airworthy Avro Vulcan bomber, featuring a special ...

Meet the Avro Vulcan: Located closer to the Soviet Union than the United States, the United Kingdom also had an important dual mission to protect the homeland and take the fight to the USSR if needed ...

Out of the dark, low-hanging clouds over Farnborough this morning came the world's last flying example of the Avro Vulcan bomber for a display validation flight over the airport in preparation for ...

Tony Blackman, who has died aged 96, was an RAF fighter pilot who later joined Avro, where he tested over 100 of the delta-wing Vulcan bombers and rose to be chief test pilot. He was invited to join ...

I've been to a lot of air museums, from the aircraft graveyards of Arizona to the Mediterranean island of Malta. I've covered many big museums, like the RAF Cosford and IWM Duxford, and while they are ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: In any event, the RAF dropped the idea. To defeat the Backfires, the U.S. Navy deployed carrier-based F-14 fighters armed with Phoenixes. In 1976, the British Royal ...

Once upon a time, bailing out of a plane involved popping open the roof or door, and hopping out with your parachute, hoping that you’d maintained enough altitude to slow down before you hit the ...