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Description
| Manufacturer: | Avro | |
| Base model: | Vulcan B | |
| Designation: | Vulcan B | |
| Version: | Mk 2 | |
| Basic role: | Bomber (UK) | |
| Crew: | 5 | |
Specifications
| Length: | 99' 11" | 30.4 m | |
| Height: | 27' 2" | 8.2 m | |
| Wingspan: | 111' | 33.8 m | |
| Max Weight: | 204,000 lb | 92,517 kg | |
Propulsion
| No. of Engines: | 4 | ||
| Powerplant: | Rools Royce Olympus 301 | ||
| Thrust (each): | 20,000 lb | 9,070 kg | |
Performance
| Range: | 2,300 miles | 3,703 km | |
| Max Speed: | 645 mph | 1,038 km/h | 561 kt |
Examples of this type may be found at
| Museum | City | State |
| Castle Air Museum | Atwater | California |
| Eighth Air Force Museum | Barksdale AFB | Louisiana |
Vulcan BMk 2 on display
Castle Air Museum | Eighth Air Force Museum |
Recent comments by our visitors
| John Robinson Lincoln Lincolnshire, OTH | XH558 has taken to the skies again over Bruntingthorpe England. These first test sorties went very well. What a fantastic sight to see this awsome bird back in the air. I don\'t think there was a dry eye watching. What an achievment to those involved and a big thank you to all those who have donated. 02/07/2008 @ 14:07 [ref: 19596] |
| Lee Le Clercq York (the Old one) UK, WY | Without a doubt, the Avro Vulcan has to be the most beautiful warbird ever built. Her incredible design combined with unbelievable power and manoeverability made for a truly awesome aeroplane. Hopefully XH558, which is currently undergoing restoration for flight in the UK, will grace out skies once more.
Not from Wyoming. The site doesn't seem to want to accept entries from non-North America! OTHER doesn't work... 03/13/2007 @ 05:04 [ref: 15876] |
| Tony Blackman Madeira Beach, FL | Just seen your web site. I was Chief Test Pilot of Avros when the Vulcan Mk2 was being developed. I did all the Skybolt work, autmatic landings, max weight 204,000lb. etc etc. Ih fact I flew XH535 to Edwards in 1961 for radio Skybolt measurements. Picture in my book \'Flight Testing to Win\' (excuse the plug!) www.blackmanbooks.co.uk, amazon or lulu. Flew 105 of the 136 Vulcans built
Am currently in Madeira Beach, Florida until 2nd November. I give historical talks and can be contacted here by email on tony@blackman.eclipse.co.uk 10/07/2006 @ 08:36 [ref: 14396] |
| enginger yannick toulouse, OTH | hello,
My name is Enginger. i'm a student in Aeronautical engineering at ENSICA- Toulouse. I need dimensions of the main landing gear of vulcan aicraft. The purpose of this requirement is to modelise it and vizualise the kinematic. Please I need this information about this landing gear or pictures which can show the main dimensions. Thanks a lot for any help in advance 03/30/2006 @ 03:17 [ref: 12975] |
| enginger yannick toulouse, OTH | hello,
My name is Enginger. i'm a student in Aeronautical engineering at ENSICA- Toulouse. I need dimensions of the main landing gear of vulcan aicraft. The purpose of this requirement is to modelise it and vizualise the kinematic. Please I need this information about this landing gear or pictures which can show the main dimensions. Thanks a lot for any help in advance 03/30/2006 @ 03:00 [ref: 12974] |
| Al Salmi Toulouse, BC | hello,
My name is Al Salmi. i'm in master in Aeronautical maintenance. I need dimensions of the main landing gear of vulcan aicraft. The purpose of this requirement is to modelise it and vizualise the kinematic. Please I need this information about this landing gear or pictures which can show the main dimensions. Thanks a lot for any help in advance 11/20/2005 @ 08:02 [ref: 11744] |
| Jamie Southampton (UK), OTH | If you have ever seen a Vulcan fly you will know what a real aircraft should sound and look like, about 11 years ago I saw one in the air at the Boscome Down air show and I was with my grandad who has sadly passed away who was a member of a vulcan aircrew from 1969-73, and I remember how he was telling me how it was most likely the only bomber of its day that could out manouvre many of the fighters of the time, you always felt safe in it.
I am no aviation enthusiast but the Vulcan bomber is a awe inspiring aircraft. 02/16/2005 @ 12:53 [ref: 9456] |
| DESBRUYERES toulouse, LA | hello,
My name is Julien DESBRUYERES. i'm in master in mechanical engineering. I need dimensions of the nose landing gear vulcan aicraft. The purpose of this is to modelise this one and vizualise the kinematic. Please send me information about this landing gear or pictures with man to be able to have the mean dimensions. Thanks in advance Julien DESBRUYERES 12/20/2004 @ 11:57 [ref: 8914] |
| Dave Richards Las Pinas, Greater Manila, OTH | The Avro Vulcan was one of the three V bombers produced for the Royal Air Force in the fifties and early sixties, the other two being the Vickers Valiant and the Handley Page Victor. The Valiants were withdrawn from service at an early stage with fatigue problems and the Victors migrated into a flight refueling role. The development program for the Vulcan included the manufacture of three small scale single seat aircraft designated the Avro 707A B and C that were distinctive by different engine intake design. The first flight of the Vulcan was from the Avro facility at Woodford in Cheshire and accompanied by some drama when it was feared that some damage had occured to the main landing gear during take off. One of the 707 aircraft plus a Vampire from RAF Ringway carried out a visual inspection before the Vulcan landed (safely) back at Woodford. I attended school in the area and was witness to the three aircraft flying around before the landing. An interesting design concept of the Vulcan was that the design commenced with the arches of the bomb bay and the aircraft was then built around the weapons bay; Hitherto it had more often been the practice to design an aircraft and later accomodate a weapons bay into the airframe as best possible. After joining the RAF I worked on the B1 and B1A varients with 617 squadron and saw the introduction of the B2 varient before being posted away and on to other types. The Vulcan was of sturdy design and served for many years, long outliving its other two V bomber brothers. 11/23/2002 @ 10:04 [ref: 6134] |
| Kevin Cameron , OTH | The Vulcan was able to out manouevre an F-15 at 50,000ft if it was well flown by the 2 pilots with the aid of the Air Electronics Officer providing evasive instructions. In its later life as a low level bomber it was painted with wrap around camoflage (previously the underside was white or grey), this was because it could turn tightly down valleys and needed to be constantly concealed to aircraft from above. 02/06/2002 @ 14:23 [ref: 4266] |
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