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 ...

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 - ...