AVweb Podcast: Friday, August 18, 2006

Gemini Sparkle

Key Takeaways:

  • The Avro Vulcan is a large, four-engine, delta-wing bomber designed as a Cold War nuclear deterrent.
  • It saw combat in the Falkland Islands conflict and gained popularity as an air show performer due to its grace, size, sound, and agility.
  • A group is currently seeking public assistance to enable the Avro Vulcan to fly again.
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Travel overseas to learn why the Avro Vulcan, a four-engine, 110-foot delta-wing bomber, is seeking public help to fly again – and why one group believes it deserves to. Designed as a cold war deterrent (nuclear bomber), the aircraft was ultimately used in the Falkland Islands conflict. But the grace, size, sound, and agility of the aircraft made it a wildly attractive air show performer. Click and learn … .

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