An overview of the Vulcan Bomber
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Honestly prefer the Victor
Very ugly
Hey Johnny. I know this seems out of your reach, but I love to see you talk about the dc-3 or the Lockheed Electra.
how do pilots use the restroom
From what I can gather, the main benefit of the Blackbuck raids was not the damage they did to Stanley airport so much as the fact that they showed they could reach Argentina, which resulted in the Argentine air force pretty much being withdrawn to the mainland.
Have you done a video on the B 52
I once watched one of these doing circuit and bumps at a British Aerospace airfield. I was some distance away but I could be my whole body vibrating from the power of the engines.
There is video of the Vulcan and the B-52 taking off from the same airfield. In the distance the B-52 took to lift off the Vulcan would be up and clear of the airfield. The wing gave so much lift that the Vulcan crews joked that given a gun they could dogfight any Soviet fighter jets sent to intercept them. Actually at 60,000 feet the lift from the wing meant that they could outturn Soviet jets. At the time they were built they and the Victor had the most advanced wings in the world. Not bad considering they were designed the old fashioned way with pen, paper and slide rules.
Many were based not far from where I live and I remember as a child watching these white triangle flying overhead. Many a night I could hear them flying high above me when I laid in bed. Interestingly, considering what they were carrying, I always felt safer knowing they were up there.
My goodness, Johnny hits the Jetstream….,privileged as a youngster to hear..before I saw it above me in Norfolk in 1978…totally amazing..and climbing aboard one at RAF Cosford…Awesome…I believe is the best transatlantic word…nice one ,Johnny…peace and love from Clabby Towers…currently confined to camp..had a fall…surgery now physio…it's the one you don't see coming that gets ya…still misbehaven…but Mrs C,s keeping me in line..sometimes…
I remember seeing one of these at a airshow 80s… I was very young but remember the screaming sound and volume that was shockingly loud.
Avro Vulcans also nuked the USA twice in mock war games that both nations kept hush for over 4 decades as it showed the USA was vastly unprepared for nuclear defence in the 1960's & early 1970's if the USSR hypothetically attacked at the time.
Why the USA rushed out design in the 1970's & onwards at great US tax expense.
if interested look it up called (operation sky shield 1& 2) both an embarrassment for the USA Armed forces.
After WW2 the British Aerospace industry was way ahead of the US for a time.
Your ride will be shaken, not stirred.
YEAH BABY! THIS IS WHAT I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR!
Usually when I hear the Avro name I think of the Avro Arrow, cancelled by Diefenbaker for F-101 Voodoo aircraft & Bomarc missiles. Its a crying shame this happened
Not a Vulcan @1.31 that is a Fairy Delta 2
When I was at Lakenheath the RAF were still flying some of them. Without doubt the most beautiful Bomber ever built. A little side note to the Blackbuck mission, I was party to the signals, Reagan had the Victor tankers shadowed by KC-135's in case if needed they could re-fuel the Vulcans. We were in that raid all the way…quietly. I agreed with nothing else Ms Thatcher did but she did what needed to be done in the Falklands Conflict. If she had let Argentina keep the islands it would have been the end of Britain as a major power.
The engine howl is almost flying dinosaur like.
Mark Felton on one of his YouTube channels did a post about the Vulcan landing in S. American after the raid on the Falkland Islands. It caused a scandal at the time and in itself is a real 'boys own' adventure story.
Thanks Johnny for the overview on this fantastic aircraft. 👌
beautiful airplane!
oh hi there! if you read this you must know of my journey to get johnny to make the m16 has been answered right?
Wish my boy Arado would have still been here , although in either czech or east german roundels.
An impressive aircraft indeed! I've seen the one they have at the Castle Air Museum in California. A very beautiful aircraft! Another great vid Johnny!👍
I was hoping you would mention the Britian vs America war games, mark Felton made a video on it which is where I saw it, and oh boy, were the Americans not happy!
1:31 ? Actually I think this is an Avro 707. Contemporary of Vulcan and very rare. Also seen in formation flights at Farnborough 1953. Edit: oops I posted before I finished the video. I don’t feel smug anymore.
If you've never seen or heard one fly, you don't know the sheer joy you've missed
XH558 was retired in 2015, and hasn't flown since. It will be cut up into sections to move it from its homebase airport that closed recently.
The fictional Delta Wing from Forza Horizon 4 was almost certainly meant to be a proper Vulcan. The showcase event where you race against it in an Aston Martin Vulcan would have seen the event called 'Vulcan Vs Vulcan', like the Mustang Vs Mustang event from the original Forza Horizon. Ultimately, it seems the rights to use the design could not be obtained, and a similar fictional craft was used instead.
There is a vulcan on display at the RAF museum in North West London and it is huge. It has a dozen cars and trucks parked underneath the aircraft. It has other aircraft like the B-17 and Avro Lancaster bombers and they were tiny in comparison.
A free entry museum and worth spending the day there.
I was an Armourer in the RAF. I was part of the team that bombed up the Vulcan's on Ascension Island during the Falklands war. The best detachment I ever went on. But the iron bombs you mention in the video are not WW2 bombs. 1000lb bombs used during WW2 were a different shape than the more modern bombs we used. I don't exactly know when the standard 1000lb bomb entered service in the RAF. Late 1950's maybe. The ones used by Vulcan's were Mk11 and 12's. By the time I left the RAF in 2002, we had moved onto Mk20 1000lb bombs with 960 fuses. The overall size and shape of the bomb stayed the same though. XH558, that was the last Vulcan in a flyable state, was grounded in 2015. She is privately owned by a trust, so must have a Civilian Aviation Authority Certificate to fly. This was withdrawn in 2015 because the engineering authorities such as BAE and Marshalls aviation, withdrew their engineering support. The aircraft was unable to get a certificate to continue flying. This is a crying shame, because there is nothing better at an airshow than a display by a Vulcan.
One film not talked about Operations Black Buck Falklands' Most Daring Raid https://youtu.be/jcEhZ2p4s9o
1:37 it sounds like a whale
Wow I'm late but keep up the good content johnny 🙂
Nothing says Cold War like the Vulcan.
Harriers and Vulcans strike at our command
excellent coverage as usual Johnny. This was one I wasn't familiar with.
I almost skipped past it as i thought it was a star trek video from a different channel!
I got to see one of these in the RAF museum. They had a giant flatscreen in the open bomb bay that displayed a video about the plane, and there was still room to spare.
Imagine this was built 71 years ago
Great ending Johnny! BTW how do you actually find all these movies? Is there some index of movies by weapon? I’m at least your vintage and never heard of half the stuff you dig up.
Sehr gutes video
My high school physics teacher crewed one of these during the Falklands War. He would talk about them during the quieter lesson days.
Sadly no Vulcans remain in flying condition today. The last one was retired off the airshow circuit around 2014 due to costs. I was lucking enough to see it fly then at the Duxford Airshow. The distinctive howling sound it makes is truly like none other and really leaves an impression on you.
This inspired me to find some 3D printed miniature Avro Vulcans online. Definitely adding them to our Axis&Allies game for the UK during the Cold War.
DO THE BF-110 PLZ
I viewed one on display near Edinburgh. It’s one of the “Black Buck” aircraft. On the side, under the cockpit window are two painted silhouettes of Shrike anti radar missiles, launched against Argentinian AAA systems, and a Small Brazilian flag. This commemorates it’s internment in Rio after running short of fuel. We gave the Argies the good news several different ways!
One of the great aircraft designs from AVRO. Too bad the CF-105 Arrow did not get into full production. Saw it at an airshow one year. Awesome sound. It look so graceful in the sky, but it was grimly functional. Not a lot of people outside of Britain knew of the aircraft until Thunderball. Thunderball was probably the most important thing for the Vulcan. It showed the world what an aircraft it was. Thanks for posting this bit of history.
Mate, I've subbed your channel recently, around a month or so ago. Have gone back to view older content as well. Just wanted to say thanks for the interesting and well researched content, time and time again!
Big old flying wings. Nice video
1:44 Alright Godzilla learned to fly a damn jet
On the topic of British weapon maybe the sterling smg in films for a future video idea.
Now the Avro Arrow, I understand that you have other things planned, so I will just wait for when you do decide to make a video about the Arrow.
Take care, and all the best.