The first flight of the prototype Avro Vulcan bomber, VX770, was in 1952. In the same year, the Handley Page Victor performed its inaugural flight. As two out of the eventual three V-Bombers, the Vulcan and Victor marked the second (Vulcan) and last (Victor) to enter service as part of the nuclear deterrent programme of the Cold War. One sported the innovative delta wing while the other benefited from a highly swept T-tail. But how do the two compare performance wise?
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