• Aircraft:

  Avro 698 Vulcan B.2A

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• Airline: United Kingdom - Royal Air Force (RAF)
• Photo Date: Sep 29, 2007
• Uploaded: Nov 16, 2007
• Coventry-Baginton - EGBE, United Kingdom

Strategic nuclear and conventional bomber (retired). The Vulcan first flew in 1952 and operated from 1957 to 1969 as part of the British nuclear deterrent force, later serving as a conventional bomber. Armed with Blue Steel nuclear missiles and powered by 4 Rolls-Royce Olympus engines. Was used as a conventional bomber during the 1982 Falklands War. In the background you can see the Avro Blue Steel nuclear missile.

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This plane is a piece of history: loaded with the UK nuclear bomb during the Cold War

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I learnt while talking to one of the volunteers at the museum that the cockpit was designed for 1 pilot

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