AVRO VULCAN
Dec 27, 2018
2 minutes
WORDS STUART HADAWAY
“AT ANY ONE TIME, A SCORE OF VULCANS SAT ON QUICK REACTION ALERT (QRA) READY TO SCRAMBLE AT A FEW MINUTES’ NOTICE, READY TO LAUNCH RETALIATORY ATTACKS ON THE SOVIET UNION”
CHANGING COLOURS
Originally painted all-white as both high-altitude camouflage and to reflect the ‘flash’ of the nuclear payload, in the mid 1960s the colour scheme changed to grey/green low-level camouflage.
CROWDED COCKPIT
The cockpit was cramped considering the Vulcan was designed for such long-range
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