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Commander Wallace · 11-10-15, 08:10 AM

I don't know much about the Avro or Hawker Siddeley Vulcan but always thought the design was way ahead of it's time coming into service in 1956 although I have no idea what it's flight characteristics were. I'm sure it was on the drawing boards before that. I always wondered if the design was influenced by the capture of the Horton brothers flying wing or blueprints of the same.

Either way, it's a distinctive aircraft and I wish I could have seen one fly in Farnborough in 1955 like Eichhörnchen said but it was way before my time.

Thanks for posting the photos.

11-10-15, 08:10 AM	#9
Commander Wallace Navy Seal Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Under the sea in an Octupus garden in the shade Posts: 5,333 Downloads: 366 Uploads: 0	I don't know much about the Avro or Hawker Siddeley Vulcan but always thought the design was way ahead of it's time coming into service in 1956 although I have no idea what it's flight characteristics were. I'm sure it was on the drawing boards before that. I always wondered if the design was influenced by the capture of the Horton brothers flying wing or blueprints of the same. Either way, it's a distinctive aircraft and I wish I could have seen one fly in Farnborough in 1955 like Eichhörnchen said but it was way before my time. Thanks for posting the photos.