Avro
Aerial recce Vulcans and Victors
How did NATO keep tabs on the Soviet Navy in the Cold War? With the radars of the Victor and Vulcan bombers, as Andrew Thomas reveals
RAF Shackleons - Blockading Rhodesia
Upholding the trade embargo imposed against Southern Rhodesia after it declared independence was a largely pointless task for the British armed forces involved — but enjoyable nevertheless, not least for the RAF Shackleton crews that helped support the Royal Navy’s efforts
The Victor's little-known nuclear sampling role
Tony Buttler sheds light on a little-known aspect of the Victor's service life - sampling fallout from nuclear tests
V-Force Reconnaissance
The role of Britain’s V-Force deterrent is well known but less so the reconnaissance versions of the three British bombers. Dr Kevin Wright examines the wide variety of often secret reconnaissance tasks these aircraft performed for the RAF.
RAF Maritime Shackleons - ’Growlers’ on the Prowl
The different variants and operational service of the RAF’s maritime Shackletons are detailed by Dr Kevin Wright.
Vulcan and Victor - their mini delta precursors
Tony Buttler examines the scale test-beds that preceded the Victor and the Vulcan – and V-bombers that might have been