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 ...

Britain’s three V-bombers were created as part of Britain’s nuclear deterrent in the Cold War. Of these, the Vulcan is the best known. Despite the grim primary reason for the Avro Vulcan bomber - ...

From an original article by Dr. Steve Liddle CEng FRAeS, Vulcan to the Sky Trustee and Principal Aerodynamicist at Visa Cash App RB F1 Team Aerodynamics at the Edge: How Innovation Shaped the Avro ...

The final flight of Vulcan XH558 was not a noisy climax but a strangely quiet reckoning, a moment when thousands of people realised they were watching the end of a living link to Britain’s Cold War ...