7 - Vulcan
Issue 7 - Avro Vulcan: Contents
26 November 2010
Delta delight!.. Vulcan – the Roman god of fire and destruction!.. Delta Design... Delta Aerodynamics... Virtues of the Avro Vulcan... The ‘Baby Vulcans’... The True Delta Ladies... Fifty years of ’558... Vulcan display... Skybolt... From wood and fabric to the V-bomber... RAF Scampton – The Vulcan Years... Delta over the Ocean... Inside the Vulcan... XM594 delivery diary...
Issue 7 - Avro Vulcan: Editors Introduction
25 November 2010.
When the prototype Vulcan VX770 first appeared at Farnborough in 1952, it rightly stole the show! A four-engined Delta-winged jet bomber, it represented a massive leap in technology over its famous Lancaster predecessor which had been a war-winning aircraft only seven years earlier – the Vulcan could fly more than twice as fast, more than twice as high and more than twice as far.
Issue 7 - Avro Vulcan: Delta Design
24 November 2010.
A special preview feature from Aviation Classics - Contemporary background notes on the reasoning behind the design of the Vulcan written by SD Davies of Avro during the type’s development.
Issue 7 - Avro Vulcan: Vulcan display
23 November 2010.
A special preview feature from Aviation Classics - A representative description of an air display routine by XH558.
Current Issue: Lockheed P-38 Lightning
On January 27, 1939, Lockheed test pilot Ben Kelsey took the prototype XP-38 Lightning into the air for the first time. The big, twin-engined, twin-boomed fighter was to become one of the most easily identifiable fighters of the Second World War, and was to be the only US fighter aircraft to remain in production throughout the conflict. Its unusual design had a number of advantages. The guns, being grouped close together in the nose, gave the P-38 a tremendous concentration of firepower. The tricycle undercarriage made ground handling simple when compared with the tailwheel designs common to the period. The P-38 was used across the world, undertaking long range fighter escort, fighter-bomber and reconnaissance missions in Europe as well as across the Pacific and Far East.
This issue of Aviation Classics tells the whole story of this ground breaking aircraft, as well as the people behind the development and operational success of this beautiful machine.
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