ICT Key Skills Project

1. BY Wayne Simcock The Avro Vulcan

3. History Campaign to return Vulcan to the sky September 1999 Last RAF Vulcan flight to deliver XH558 to Bruntingthorpe Airfield 23 March 1993 Operation Black Buck flown in the Falklands War 30 April – May 1982 B.1 to B.1A upgrade programme begins Oct 1960 – Mar 1963 First B2 delivered to RAF Bomber command (230 OCU) 1 July 1960 Flight test with second prototype phase 2 kinked wing 5 February 1955 Prototypes maiden flight made by Roly Falk chief test pilot 3 September 1953 Type 698 officially named Vulcan by the Air Council October 1952 First B MK1 production order July 1952 Two prototypes ordered June 1948 Requirement specification B.35/46 formally issued 7 January 1947

4. XV770 Prototype flown by chief test pilot Roly Falk which he barrel rolled at the 1955 Farnborough Air show Vulcan B.1 of 617 Squadron (Dam Busters) in New Zealand 1960 Vulcan B MK 2 with ECMs fitted in extended tail cone Vulcan B.MK 2 K 2 operating in the tanker role whilst VC10s were being upgraded Variants

7. 1968 B.1As retired 1981 B2s retired Dec 1982 Last B2 squadron disbanded March 1982 B2 (MRR) retired March 1984 K2 Vulcan's retired March 1993 XH558 makes last every Vulcan flight to Bruntingthorpe Airfield Retirement

9. General Specifications 4 x Bristol Olympus 301 with thrust turbo jet, 20,000lbf (9072kg) Powerplant 204,000lb (92,727kg) Max Take off weight 83,573lb (including crew) (37,144kg) Empty Weight 3964.0 ft² (368.27m ²) Wing Area 27ft 2in (8.28m) Height 111ft 0in (33.83m) Wingspan 105ft 11in (32. 15m) Length 5 pilot, co-pilot, AEO, Navigator radar, navigator plotter Crew

10. Vulcan Test Pilot by Tony Blackburn 2007 Encyclopaedia of Modern Military Jets by Robert Jackson 2003 WWW.VULCANTOTHESKY.COM WWW.SAVETHEVULCAN.COM Images used under Creative Commons Licence, details on Diigo Bibliography