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The Avro Vulcan is a jet-powered, tailless, delta-wing, high-altitude, strategic bomber used by the RAF from 1956 to 1984. 

 

General characteristics

  • Crew: 5 (pilot, co-pilot, AEO, Navigator Radar, Navigator Plotter)
  • Length: 97 ft 1 in (29.59 m)
  • Wingspan: 99 ft 5 in (30.30 m)
  • Height: 26 ft 6 in (8.08 m)
  • Wing area: 3,554 sq ft (330.2 m2)
  • Airfoil: root: NACA 0010 mod.; tip: NACA 0008 mod.
  • Empty weight: 83,573 lb (37,908 kg) equipped and crewed
  • Max takeoff weight: 170,000 lb (77,111 kg)
  • Fuel capacity: 9,280 imp gal (11,140 US gal; 42,200 l); 74,240 lb (33,675 kg)
  • Powerplant: 4 × Bristol Olympus Mk.101 / Mk.102 / Mk.104 twin-spool turbojet engines, 11,000 lbf (49 kN) thrust each

 

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 561 kn (646 mph, 1,039 km/h) at altitude
  • Maximum speed: Mach 0.96
  • Cruise speed: 493 kn (567 mph, 913 km/h) / M0.86 at 45,000 feet (14,000 m)
  • Range: 2,265 nmi (2,607 mi, 4,195 km)
  • Service ceiling: 55,000 ft (17,000 m)
  • Thrust/weight: 0.31

 

Armament

  • 21 × 1,000 pounds (454 kg) of conventional bombs
  • 1 × Blue Danube nuclear gravity bomb
  • 1 × Violet Club 400 kt nuclear gravity bomb
  • 1 × U.S. Mark 5 nuclear gravity bomb supplied under Project E
  • 1 × Yellow Sun Mk.1 400 kt nuclear gravity bomb
  • 1 × Yellow Sun Mk.2 1.1 Mt thermonuclear gravity bomb
  • 1 × Red Beard nuclear gravity bomb
  • 1 × WE.177B parachute-retarded nuclear gravity bomb

 

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