Avro Vulcan: The Bomber That Flew 7,600 Miles to War

In 1982 a Cold War bomber nearly twenty years old flew the longest bombing mission in history. Here is the complete story of the Avro Vulcan, from a tailless drawing in Manchester to the last flight of XH558. Hangar File 02 of Hangar Owl: legendary aircraft told as declassified files. 0:00 Ascension Island, 1982 0:54 Specification B.35/46 1:56 The delta gamble 3:21 First flight of VX770 4:26 Into RAF service 5:30 The B.2 and XH558 6:16 Blue Steel and Quick Reaction Alert 7:15 Low-level and Polaris 8:10 Road to the Falklands 9:00 Black Buck 10:31 Retirement 11:17 XH558 flies again 11:53 The legacy 12:24 Next file Sources: Avro Vulcan histories and RAF Museum records; Vulcan to the Sky Trust archive; Black Buck mission accounts.