Avro Vulcan (uradno Hawker Siddeley Vulcan"Hawker Siddeley Aviation Ltd." Flight, 29 August 1963, p. 342. je štirimotorni reaktivni strateški bombnik, ki ga je uporablja RAF v letih 1956−1984. Letalo so zasnovali pri podjetju A.V. Roe and Company (Avro), glavna konstruktorja sta bila Roy Chadwick in Stuart Davies. Zgradili so tri V-bombnike: Vickers Valiant, Handley Page Victor in Avro Vulcan. Pri konstruiranju so uporabljali tehnologijo iz Avro 707.

Prva dobava je bila leta 1956, dobave izboljšanih Vulcan B.2 so sledile leta 1960. B.2 je imel močnejše motorje, večje krilo, ECM, izboljšane elektronske sisteme in možnost oborožitve z raketo Blue Steel. Avro Vulcan je bil najpomembnejši britanski jedrski strateški bombnik, je pa nosil tudi konvencionalne bombe, npr. v Vojni na Falklandih.

Vulcan ni imel orožja za samoobrambo, zanašal se je na visokohitrostne lete na visoki višini. Zgradili so tudi verzijo K.2 leteči tanker, za prečrpavanje goriva v zraku. thumb|Silhueta Avro 698 koncepta in preklicanega Avro 710

Tehnične specifikacije (ulcan B.1) right|400px

Primerjava različic

+Primerjava različnih verzijB.1B.1AB.2B.2 (MRR)K.2 Razpon kril Dolžina [ without probe] Višina Površina krilBlackman 2007, p. 213. Maks. vzletna teža Potovalna hitrostMach .86 indicated Maks. hitrostMach ,95 Mach .93 (Mach ,92)Mach .93 ? Višina leta (servisna= to Električni sistemi112V enosmerni tok200V izmenični tok, trifazni 400 HZ Motorji4 × Bristol Olympus 101, 102 or 1044 × Bristol Olympus 1044 × Bristol Siddeley Olympus 200-serije, 3014 × Bristol Siddeley Olympus 200-serije Kapaciteta goriva 9 280 gal (74 240 lb kerozin)9 260 gal (74,080 lb kerozin)None Note

Glej tudi Boeing B-47 Stratojet Handley Page Victor Tupolev Tu-16/Xian H-6 Vickers Valiant

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Zunanje povezave

Avro Vulcan Bomber Tribute Page Vulcan to the Sky Vulcans in Camera Vulcan history Vulcan Restoration Trust Video of Roland Falk rolling a Vulcan at Farnborough in 1955 Vulcan Test Pilot Roly Falk history Building the Vulcan a 1957 Flight article the Vulcan Story Flight article of 1958 The Virtues of the Avro Vulcan a 1954 AVRO advertisement for the Vulcan in Flight magazine A radar signature scale model of the Vulcan used for testing radar echo visibility

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