As the very real threat of nuclear war between NATO-aligned forces and the Soviet Union kicked off in the 1940s, countries all over the world started scrambling to make a long-range bomber that could ...

The Vickers Swallow was intended to succeed the so-called Wild Goose project and the Vickers Valiant subsonic bomber. To most human observers, the songbirds known as swallows (order Passeriformes, ...

Imagine a heavy nuclear-era bomber suddenly deciding it wants to be a rocket. That’s exactly what happens when the Vickers Valiant B.1 fires up its booster pack. The extra thrust launches the aircraft ...

Watch this legendary Avro Vulcan fly alongside the Handley Page Victor and Vickers Valiant in an aerobatic display that defines Cold War aviation brilliance. These three aircraft — the RAF’s iconic ...