The Most Intimidating Aircraft Ever Made?
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- čas přidán 31. 05. 2023
- The Avro Vulcan bomber remains a testament to the advancements in aviation technology and the power of strategic deterrence. Its remarkable design, long-range capabilities, and historic contributions make it a truly powerful aircraft. From its role in the Cold War to its unexpected appearance in the Falklands War, the Vulcan has left an indelible mark on military history..
Meanwhile, the B-52 continues to fly until probably the 2050's.
With significant upgrades*
Not dissing the platform, the B-52 is one of my favorite birds.
@@ghost.patrols An understatement! But the ability of the basic design to take those upgrades is impressive.
But, can the b52 barrel roll 😂
@@IGotToGetFunkedUp why need to barrel roll a strategic bomber lol, that’s what the f22 is for
@oliverthorne6057 yes, but only one time. 😁
They were station not far from me and I remember as a child watching these huge white triangles fly over heading for home.
I would have loved to have been able to witness that 😔
When you was able to experience it in person did it have the feeling that you was seeing something as amazingly cool as what it was, or wAs it still
Quite run of the mill? I loved our RAF I just wish I could see all that cool stuff ❤️🇬🇧
@@cornellkirk8946 I used to work for British Aerospace at what had been an old WW2. One day we had e a Vulcan doing circuit and bumps, the airfield would have been used if war had broken out.
Everyone stopped to watch and though we were some distance from the aircraft you could feel your whole body vibrating from the power of the engines when she opened up the throttles.
I saw one at an airshow as a kid (& a Canberra l think)...
Dirty great paper dart!!
Was A.V.Roe Canadian or a Brit?
They've got Kingsford Smiths old GEA-OU (God elp all of us!) WW1 bomber.. the Southern Cross at Adelaide Airport.
@@baabaabaa2293 British but A.V.Roe Canada was theirs. Avro went from the Lancaster to the Vulcan.
When I was with British Aerospace we did have a Canberra visit which was doubly interesting. Firstly it was great to see the Canberra and secondly where we worked was an old WW2 bomber base which was used by an Australian squadron. I sometimes used to think of the airmen who flow from there and never came back. There was a memorial to the squadron at the gate to the base.
@@bigblue6917 Thanks for the reply mate, the old man worked for Weapons Research (Edinburgh & Woomera).
The airshow l watched as a kid was in SA in the 70s, they still had RAAF livery, biggest things ld ever seen....til l lived in Darwin & saw B52s take off.
The engines at max thrust are the most terrifying sounds you will ever hear.
I've been blasted in the face by vulcans several times, and it was so loud that it sounds quiet... Until you realise you can't hear yourself speak 😅
Nah, a train is more intimidating, infact the SU-57 is eben more intimadating, especially the Swan bomber that looks way more beautiful than this flying DORITO!!!
Thw Vulcan is a shit bomber, I had shits from a bag of doritos that looked more stunning that this fucking piece of shit bomber!!!
That flying Dorito has penetrated us radar twice and run simulatad nuke drops twice unnoticed
The British have this incredible ability to make machines works of art. Spitfire, Vulcan, Jaguar, Aston Martin, list goes on and on.
Rolls Royce, Bentley, Range Rover.. there's tons.
British engineering, great stuff. 👍
Sea harrier too…
And then there is the TOG...
funny enough, aston martin made a limited model CALLED the Vulcan.
Yet he doesn’t mention the howl. It’s an eerie intimidating sound.
@Sparky... oh yes, the Vulcan Howl.... just so fabulous
Tu-160's whistle like engine sounds gives bone chills.
It's not eerie and definitely not intimidating
@@acayette I mean... okay...
@@acayette That 'howl' would of been the last thing you heard..
He missed one key part about the aircraft it’s wolf howling engine’s
I was waiting for a clip of that happening
It's the air intake that makes the howl noise, not the engine.
@@anglonig1 That's right.
Yes i was also waiting for the same...
I called it "the Dinosaur" as a child because of that
Sexiest looking bomber ever. Appeared in the fourth James Bond film, "Thunderball."
Agreed, very cool looking aircraft!
Naaa I’ve seen sexier…you like big girls??
How's a flying dorito sexiest thing??? Looks pathetic!!!
The aircraft you described looks fucking shit m8!!!
The Victor ( later a tanker) was also a scary number
That howl is iconic. First time I heard it was Abby in 1986. It’s a sound you never forget. You sure as hell didn’t want to be on the receiving end of it’s Yellow Sun payload.
Real Menace, Impressive
When I first heard the vulcan at an airshow, I was 10, and I'll never forget its horrific sounding howl nothing like it!
its*
WAAAAAAAAAAAH
You negated the biggest reason it was soo intimidating: the sound…
better not be seen
stealthness is the key feature these days
Ĺ😂🎉
@@gino3286 it was "stealth" in the 1950s
@@PotatoSalad614 Yes Mine was a silly joke
A picture of something invisible does not make sense
It means that is actually visible
Maybe invisible under some conditions
I feel so privileged to have been able to see one of these at an air show, and even more privileged to have been able to hear it
That howl as it went into a vertical climb right above you was the most epic sound I ever heard in addition to the jetwash shower, sadly that was it's last year doing the UK Airshow Circuit. It was costing £1M a year to run and funding became scarce as the Airshow announcer very sadly announced. I saluted the Vulcan as did many others knowing it would never fly our way again.
I've been blasted in the face about 80ft away vulcans several times, and it is so loud it sounds quiet, until you realise you can't hear yourself think 😅
The deacon from our church was a pilot of a Vulcan during the sixties sometime. He said all the air crew loved the bomber.
Ive had the honor to witness this stunning Aviation legend flying during RIAT 2009.
Impressive falls way too short when watching it on the ground but when it takes to the sky is absolutely a magical sight to behold.
And don't forget that engine howl.
F-35 Howl: nice sound gives chills
SU-57: Howl: you have 10 seconds to hide
Vulcan Howl: *R U N*
Yea😂
How can you hide from an aircraft that can't even be built xD
@LS-jv9hp Well it was built so...
@LS-jv9hp Well, it was built and used, so... that's more than I can say for the su-57 right now lol.
More like Vulcan Howl to late to hide, time to kiss the world good bye.
The Vulcan and Victor are just about the best looking aircrafts ever. Used to see them fly very low just above my school. Sooooo cool when you're a kid!
I watched this fly at the Mildenhall Airshow in the early nineties.
I've never heard an aircraft as loud. Car alarms were going off when it engaged full throttle to climb.
Definitely one of my favourite planes.
Probably one of the most beautiful aircraft ever created.
Visit specsavers
Matey, saying "Beautiful Aircraft" for a flying Dorito just shows how bland people's tastes are, need to get your eyes checked out since the Vulcan looks hideous and I am glad it got retired, Russians have nicer looking bombers than this triangle mess 🤦♀️🤦
@@capastianluna8896 many people have different tastes some others will like some wont, its best to live and let live
@@capastianluna8896What's a 'beautiful aircraft' by your standards then mr special snowflake?
@bewlaybrother4460 typhoon
The aircraft that was Jack Kennedy's ace up his sleeve during the Cuban crisis. Kruschev would later record in his biography written by his son that it wasn't B-52s that worried him it was the Vulcans as he knew he couldn't 'see' them on radar as they could come in so low or bring them down at their full height.
Macmillan made sure the Vulcan Squadrons stayed at their usual bases to avoid mistakes but were ordered to be parked on the end of runways fuelled, tooled and crewed to be gone within 2 minutes. The average time achieved was 1 minute 34 seconds. Crews knew that if they were going for real there would likely be no UK left to come back to. Including their families.
Great men who learned from and flew with 'The Few' from WWII.
The B-52 could low fly, there’s plenty of pictures and documents that show B-52s flying under the carrier deck of aircraft carriers during joint Airforce-Navy flight ops
@@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606 Oh jeez not more Yank BS. Did you get all twitchy because the I suggested us Brits were rather good at what we did at a crucial time?
The B-52s never worried Kruschev.
Flying past a carrier in a planned demonstration is one thing (and very very easy) but flying in low across Europe through valleys and past mountains in wartime is a very different game. And the B-52 just cannot cut it when it comes down to that because it just does not have the speed of maneuvering. It is a high level blanket bomber. Period.
Plus, as we proved in the early '60s the Vulcan also had advanced electronic warfare systems that confused radars and other sensors especially fighter radars. In operation Skyshield 1 8 x Vulcans flew in to 'attack' the USA while NORAD put up hundreds of fighters. The US fighters caught the attacking B-47s easy, then the B-52s but the Vulcans came in 2 x 4 ship formations. One from Scotland and one from Bahamas. In each one the fighters got one but the the other three put up a wall of electronic mess. One from each formation got to their targets and could have nuked the Eastern Seaboard.
And when the USAF asked them back again the next year to prove it was a fluke they did it all over again. 8 Vulcans, 6 defeated the US defence systems and 2 'bombed' Eastern USA. The first the USAF knew about it was when one landed at a USAF air base!
The B-52 is a scary impressive bomber. But please don't insult us by making out it can do what a Vulcan can do. I never suggested a Vulcan could deliver the bombload of a B-52 because it was designed to deliver stand of nuclear missiles.
FunFact: The B-52 is being re-engined with British Rolls Royce engines ...
@@1chish “Yank BS” so if we are talking about aircraft that scared the Russians and had superior electronic warfare countermeasures I need not say anything more than the SR-71 and it’s testing during development of carrying a nuclear payload. Also back to my statement on the B-52 it wasn’t a planned fly by it was a war game that the US airforce was to use its strategic bombers to hunt down a carrier group and sink it, which the B-52 was able to do and did it multiple times in training and low flying is a standard strategic bomber strategy it’s not necessarily something that made the Vulcan unique on its own certainly it supersonic capabilities are far more impressive then pulling off standard Cold War bomber doctrine
Also it’s being re engined with American made Rolls Royce branded engines
@@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606 Oh you mean the SR-71 that was not introduced until 1966 when the Cuba Crisis I was discussing was in October 1962. Hmmm .. wow time travel is your thing I see..... 😂😂
Now I wonder where that aircraft got some of its electronic warfare suite from .... Hmmmm
A 'war game' is a planned event in every detail to avoid accidents. Just amazing you tried to pull that one ...
And on your last point I knew that would get under your Yank skin and why I put it in there. The engines are British Rolls Royce engines that are manufactured in the USA because everything you buy HAS to be built (even under licence) in USA. Pork Barrel Politics and all that jazz. Its still a British designed, developed and proven engine. Like the B-57 was a British aircraft built by Martin, the AV-8 Harrier was a British aircraft built jointly by BAE and McDonnell Douglas and the T-45 Goshawk is a British aircraft again jointly built by BAE and McDonnell Douglas.
The issue is you Yanks can never just say 'Wow that is real clever'. No you HAVE to find something to 'better' it to feed your oversize egos. Even when its Yank BS.
@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606 There's one video of this 😉
The B52 is the longest flying and robust bomber ever, but it's maneuverability couldn't compete with the Vulcan. The big wings and huge load prevented it from low and quick turns
Except from the speed and maneuverability, the B52 had/has a better flight history and records of course and so probably the best bomber ever. It's not a big discussion 👍🏻
It had only 2 two ejection seats: for the pilot & copilot who were officers The remaining 4 enlisted crew had to go down with the plane like they did in the 1956 crash upon approach to Heathrow (in bad weather). It only put a crater or two in the main runway at Port Stanley in '82. This damage was quickly repaired by Argentine forces there. Another Vulcan either sustained antiaircraft damage or suffered a technical malfuntion & had to make an emergency landing in Rio de Janeiro. The Brazilians detained that plane until the end of the Fallklands war. The Vulcan did successfully bomb the US 2x in the early 60's during a simulation. However, while it's a beautiful design & visually interesting; there's a reason it was retired unlike the B52. Also only one is flying in Britian at airshows & costs several million USD annually to stay airworthy. That's too bad because the Vulcan's rarity makes it that much harder to experience it in person.
The last Vulcan flight was in 2015. They're all permanently grounded in museums now unfortunately.
For the most part, the role the vulcan played can be done now by smaller and faster aircraft with potentially more powerful weapons. Due to increased military integration with forces such as the US, we have been allowed to focus on more manageable assets
For me it's the greatest aircraft ever made, the roar of those engine are like nothing else that has ever flown.
The Vulcans howl is probably one of the greatest sounds in all of aviation
100%.
He missed that, AND the James bond cameo
The Vulcan howl is a sound I will never forget after seeing one of its last flights at an airshow. It was grounded the following the year.
Same here (and same year I think). We anchored at the edge of the show zone in the water, and got to look right up its pipes as it did the climb after passing low. Felt like my body and the whole boat was being shaken apart!
Same at Southend airshow that noise was chilling
Saw it at Southport Airshow that very year, most impressive aircraft I ever saw, the howl as it went into a climb right above the crowd was a sound of beauty and terror at the same time, like Thor had just Emptied his Lungs in Anger.
@@manuelhung7571 Saw it at the very same airshow as you did, was a fantastic. I don't think it'll ever be topped.
Yeah I watched this last flight at the airshow too! Was amazing seeing it flying one last time
Only 7 years between the Lancaster & Vulcan being the UK's front line bomber.....Incredible how quick aviation technology was moving back then!
This thing was stationed at the airport only 300m from my house and all throughout the early 2010’s it made frequent flights over my house. 6 year old me was terrified by its howl every singe night
She's one of the coolest looking jets ever made. If you painted her Galactic grey, she wouldn't look out of place in a Star Wars movie.
Huh 🤔
That's a good point!! Good thinking 😃👍
They also had the VULCAN'S in white..
I once had a close encounter with one of these. I was just below a ridge on a remote Scottish mountain, with a strong wind drowning out any sound. Suddenly a Vulcan appeared from behind the ridge, directly over my head. It can only have been 100' above me - I could see every rivet. The famous howl of the jets was almost literally earsplitting. Not an experience I'll ever forget.
I really don't believe that it has rivets!!!
@@Glenn-em3hv I think it did. To quote from ChatGPT: "Riveting was a common technique used in aircraft manufacturing for decades, including during the 1970s."
@@Glenn-em3hvfeel free to prove me wrong but I would be willing to bet that every aircraft you’ve ever seen has rivets.
The reason:
Planes need to be light to fly efficiently. They also need to be strong.
Light metal: aluminium (or any other equivalent).
Strong metal: steel of some kind.
You can not weld these two metals together. There is therefore generally a steel (or similar strong metal) bracket holding together sheets of aluminium or something else light.
It’s all riveted together.
Fun fact: Each Boeing 747 has over 1 million rivets!
It also makes parts easily removable and replaceable as opposed to welds.
The Vulcan bomber was used to carry a simulated nuke attack on America twice and it got through on both and simulated a nuke on the white house and somewhere else.
The Vulcan was an elite aircraft the reason it got retired is because every flight would break the engine and other parts costing way too much to continue the maintenance funding for other projects was stopped just to pay for the repairs on the Vulcan.
1974 as a United Nations 🇺🇳 trooper ( 🇬🇧 Army) in Famagusta- I watched and listened in awe as four Vulcans flying out of Royal Air Force Akrotiri Cyprus 🇨🇾 flew over my head in Famagusta just hours before my hotel Aspelia was flattened- courtesy 🇹🇷 Air Force
Operation Atilla ‘74
I saw one of these fly in 1991 on its way to RAF Mildenhall, England, for an airshow.
I heard an amazing sound and looked up in the air and saw this plane fly toward me, almost overhead, and begin a turn. It honestly looked like it had stalled, and I thought to myself, "I'm dead".
Instead, it appeared to float like a kite on a string, and slowly soared to a runway less than a mile away.
I absolutely fell in love.
I saw one at Mildenhall. My uncle used to take us there so the adults could have a bit of peace. Loved going to see the planes.
Wow I love the design , especially the air inlets and exhaust, plus the delta wing design
A very confusing mess of aerodynamic ideas all mashed up into one aircraft that never flew supersonic... very odd indeed.
Always loved it. Fabulous takeoff performance capability.
My dad was part of the air cadets and worked on this plane. Because he was the smallest person in the group, he had the job of cleaning the jet fan blades. It a shame it isn't flight worthy anymore . If I remember correctly, there's only 1 flight worthy vulcan in the world left. It's such a beautiful plane, and I'm honoured to be able yo get up close to it and even have a sneek peak inside of it
The last one was finally grounded a few years ago - I had the good fortune to see one of its final displays.
Damn that thing looks like a modern day bomber! Very advanced design
If I remember correctly, in training exercises Avro Vulcans successfully carried out mock nuclear bombing runs against US cities, twice. All without US interceptors getting anywhere close to them
Also during the Falklands war, the RAF had to drag an old retired Vulcan out of service, and actually asked IWM Duxford for their Vulcan displayed in the museum (the museum refused and ultimately the aircraft was used for parts to prepare another Vulcan)
Small bomber A4 Skyhawk more efficient there.
It successfully bombing brit ship to get sunk.
@@ondybandung6096 -ummmm… who won?-
Edit: I’ve changed the focus of the comment as I feel my first point was not of the best standard and feel I can make a better point that can be helpful to anyone who reads this thread later.
Comparing the Avro Vulcan to the A4 skyhawk is not a very relevant comparison, as they served two VERY different roles during the conflict and were very different aircraft (it would be akin to comparing the A-10 to the B-2). The Avro Vulcan raid on Port Stanley, while it’s military effectiveness is debated, was a powerful psychological weapon for the UK. As far as the Argentine soldiers were aware, they weren’t save even if they were miles from the front line - a Vulcan could bomb them at any moment. Additionally, in the minds of the Argentinians at home, they weren’t safe either - the Falkland Islands are not that far away from Argentina and as far as they were concerned: if the RAF could bomb the Falklands, it could bomb them too
The Skyhawks, while fairly capable against the British on the ground were against RAF sea harriers (that’s the better comparison to make) and ultimately it was the sinking of the General Belgrano (I think) that pushed Argentine air cover off the island
@@TakenWithout
And then vulcan retired
@@TakenWithout
Btw...as i know....indonesia won against brit colonialism.
@@ondybandung6096 I’m… talking about a totally different continent
Also why couldn’t you just accept my trivia without going “um ackshually!”
I remember watching it at an airshow, EVERY single car, anywhere near the area, had their car alarms set off when it flew overhead super low because of the roar from the engines haha, amazing.
The RAF would visit Edwards AFB for the annual air show. It was always a treat to see the Vulan and heard the pilot's commentary over the PA.
holds the world record for the longest bombing mission ever during the Falklands war
And it made a good James Bond movie prop!
I think the fact that so many comments are comparing this, a plane built in the 50s to planes built in the 80s, like the B2, shows how aheas of its time this beast actually was. People just aren't realising how old it is.
“Laughs in Stuka”
Used to live in Lincoln City, and the noise these things make is unreal.
Fun fact. After designing the Lancaster bomber 10 yrs later he designed the Vulcan
10 years after the Vulcan, Avro ceased to exist... died out like the rest of the British aircraft industry.
@@WilhelmKarsten BAE might disagree there
@@snowfie4836 BAE no longer makes any modern jet aircraft.
@@BB-xx3dv Germany is the largest manufacturer of jet aircraft in Europe.
@@WilhelmKarsten Taranis isn't modern? They do make several, and most of the avionics in US fighter jets.
Also.... It had an impressive scary "howl"
Best and most beautiful British Bomber Ever Built! 🇬🇧✌
Why Isn't this still flying and upgraded and still made?
This reminds me of James Bond's Thunderball.
It should do, because they used a model of one.
@@Ben-Hollingbery I believe they even used some shots of real Vulcan's in flight.
Of course the one that lands in the ocean is clearly a model.
Took the words right out of my mouth
Favorite Bond film of all time. One-man flying jet pack, motorcycle with built-in rocket launcher, the sexy-looking Avro Vulcan bomber they land on the sea, three drop dead gorgeous Bond girls, shark tank to get rid of under performing employees, one-man submarines, underwater speargun battle and a yacht that is also a hydrofoil.
@@billolsen4360 I loved that movie
My Dad used to take me to the air shows at SAC in Bellevue, NE in the late 70's and through the 80's. They always seemed to have a Vulcan there and it was a awesome plane. It quickly became one of my favorites.
I understand the aircraft were based at SAC in the late 70’s early 80’s. It was the LOUDEST jet out of anything that flew back then, including the B-52’s and F-4’s that would fly in there on occasion.
There's nothing like a b 52 !!!!!
The Vulcans did a few Nuclear Drills in the US along with the B-52s and actually had a better bomb drop accuracy then the B-52s by a fairly large margin.
when this was operational, it utterly cracked the sky at the Bournemouth Air Show...
What drooped nose? 🤔
Yeah that was strange, it's not drooped.
Exactly
@@skunkjobbThe nose has a slight droop.
nope, I think he is confusing it with Concorde.. There is no droop
@@anzaca1 The Vulcan has no nose droop. It gives an impression it droops a bit when it taxys, but that's nothing to do with the fuselage, it's the length of the nosewheel.
I'd give anything to hear her again! I was fortunate enough to see (and hear!!) her on her last flight 😊🇬🇧👍
That's awesome
The sound of a Vulcan is crap, I'm glad they stopped production and I am glad UK army is pathetic, they deserve it, an embarrassing island, nuff said!
At Farnborough? I was there too.
As an Air Force Cadet as a boy, watching this mighty bomber flying low at air shows made me love aircraft even more. There is no sound like it, even from larger planes.
The biggest part of the Vulcan was it loud screaming how has it passed by that was undeniable
I got to see one of these up close and doing a flight demo at pease Air Force Base in New Hampshire around 1980. It was amazing all the maneuvers This huge plane could do!
Sadly Peace AFB is now closed.
It was a party trick in early air shows. They used to pull a barrel roll. In a bomber...
Pathetic bomber, absolutely embarrassing how a flying green dorito flies and it's no party trick watching planes barrel role, duh, it has wings with air pressure, of freaking course it can go in all directions 🤦🤦♀️
Yeah. I saw one at Goodwood and it was amazingly Manoeuvrable for such a massive aircraft.
Only the pilots had ejection seats.
In fairness the rest of the crew had a hatch on the underside to jump out of, in front of the front wheels if i remember right?
@@mor4y that’s my recollection
@@mor4ywhich would kill the crew if the landing gear was stuck in the down position
I'm proud to say my grandfather helped design and build the Vulcan at AVROs Woodford factory in Manchester. He was in the crew that flew the prototype around the world.
The Vulcan bombers on exercise tested the USAF early warning system for a nuclear strike. Vulcans jamming system allowed one bomber to manage to drop two nuclear bombs on major cities. It was done the following year and managed again. While this exercise was going on all commercial flights in the USA was grounded.
The Vulcan is a beautiful aircraft. To be there as it flew was amazing, when she turned her tail at you, the howl and roar was impressive indeed.
Goto Specsavers mate, a flying green dorito looks disgusting, other planes look better than A F*CKING FLYING TRIANGLE, ABSOLUTELY NO STYLE AND SOUNDS PATHETIC!
It feels weird how I ended up finding an original 1960s photo of the Vulcan XM575 in a charity shop lmao
Such a nice antique which would be shot out of the sky by a missile in secs.
The noise from this aircraft has to be one of the most intimidating sounds to be heard....
All i can see is a giant Dorito
Bro shut up
In guacamole
Stop it... I'm starving.
Imagine seeing a flying green dorito dropping bomb at your location 💀 I would piss myself and laugh at the same time 💀
The spiciest Dorito to ever exist.
Seen this at an airshow just up the rd 20 yrs ago.
Flew over low at almost stall speed opened up bomb doors below then hit the throttle and shot off shaking us all. Was unforgettable.
Had the privilege of sitting in the cockpit of one of these beauties, the one grounded at the North East Aircraft Museum.
Was an air cadet helping out with an event at the museum years ago and our reward was to get a peek inside, a rare honor.
You can get a tour of the cockpit in the one at Wellesbourne.
And the best part is it sounds like someone been conjuring the dark mark to summon Voldemort when it arrives
Don't forget that it's the only bomber to ever penetrate the US Air defences and "drop" nukes on US cities.... twice....
I miss seeing it at air shows. Got to see it on its final flights at RIAT in formation with the red arrows. Was amazing
Still can’t believe we didn’t go to war with the UK after that! The limey bastards dropped two nukes and killed several million people. And we just let it slide.
Ashame that the tories are ruining the military
When
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@@filbao8113 October 61, Operation Skyshield.
There’s no way the AVRO Vulcan was made by AVRO. That’s a shocking revelation!
My grandfather was one of the engineers that worked on this including the Avro Arrow.
It was also utilised in low level bombing missions as it's manoeuvrability made it a good choice for long distance missions whilst flying under enemy radar
the monent japy the ispanis guuooo
What a beautiful beast!
The howl of this beast is unforgettable. Can only imagine how them Argentine soldiers felt when they heard this monster coming in the dead of night. Terrifying.
I don't think they were deployed in the Falklands, they can't land on carriers
@@palomaelegante oh yes they were my friend they flew the huge distance. Fuelling up on route. They didn’t expect it but they definitely bombed the Argentinians.
@@fauxfox2974 Oh well I didn't know that
@@palomaelegante Look up Operation Black Buck 1. It was (until the second gulf war) the longest bombing run (8000km)
I thought there were only Argentinan conscripts on the Falklands 🤔
Intimidating until you see how it failed each strike it made. Yes, it worked at the limit of it's capabilitys, but actually Canberras unless hit an oiler.
I once piloted a VULCAN in my dream
I used to see this beautiful plane at airshows in Chicago in the 70's
It's a disgusting looking plane, even the Ospray looks nicer than a flying green dorito of embarrassing british designs, anyone who likes a Vulcan either has something up in there head or has a 100% bland taste.
Either one, that's your typical Vulcan lover, I prefer the SU-57, duel jet engines and could easily take out a flying Dorito painted green 😂🤣
The budget for the royal Air Force prohibited them from keeping up with the soviets and Americans after this period. The cost of the B1 and B2 alone was almost as much as the entire RAF budget during that same period of time. So they had to focus their resources on projects they could actually afford. They don’t have the tax base and their government doesn’t prioritize defense spending the same way that the Americans and soviets did during the height of the Cold War.
Britain was never a leader in avation and lagged behind other countries. The British aircraft industry was in a steep decline and has completely collapsed.
During the 70s in airshows the vulcan would fly to an almost vertical stop and then "take off " vertically into the sky and make the ground shake under your feet
I can’t believe they built that in the 1950’s!!! It must have been incredible back then!!!
Beautiful airplane. I saw one in a museum in the UK and it was really impressive up close. All these deep nuclear bombers were rendered obsolete by the ICBM.
SLBMs are cool
All bombers have been made obsolete by the missile. They don't require a human pilot, they cost cheaper, they fly faster, they can fly further, and tend to have a smaller radar cross section. The bomber is a thing of the past.
😊
@@SpareSomeChange8080not yet...
Awesome machine. Most intimidating one I've seen up close in action was a B1B Lancer. I saw an unloaded one do a super tight 180 turn and then accelerate. I though to myself "If we can make something that badass then everyone else is fucked"
We did. You just watched a video about it.
@@metaljewelgamingthai isnt the B1B. This plane is the XM(i believe) Vulcan. Its british, the B1B is american.
Its design, also gave it a much smaller radar cross section than most other bombers.
When I was a kid they used to fly directly over my house. All the windows in my house would vibrate the Vulcan was so noisy.
I remember these flying over at the Farnborough Airshow - the ground shook.
*A droop snoot?!*
RAF needed a spare part for a Vulcan for the Falklands war. The closest available part was on a museum bird at Castle AFB in California. Part was retrieved, repair made, mission completed. I've seen that donor Vulcan on display countless times.
When I was a child, I saw the first test flight of the Vulcan. My father (a part time RAF flight instructor) was flying gliders at the time at Woodford. We were ordered to cease operations, a large silver aircraft was towed out of a hanger, it taxied, took off, did a circuit and returned from whence it came. My father said you mustn’t tell anyone about what you saw. As a child I thought it was noisy and was amazed at the jet engines.
I went in a cockpit once. Crazy how you can see nothing out of a Vulcan without standing up. It is flown completely on instrumentation.
The most intimidating dorito
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Dondt forgent my boi the Flying Stealth Dorito (the B2)
@@thedyingmeme6 and don’t forget f16 and rafale
"Oops" *drops all fucking bombs*
Looks 👀 something like a stealth bomber design, futuristic too bad it’s not flying anymore
Most amazing sound in the world is the Vulcan howl.
It also holds the distinction of being the only bomber to "nuke" America twice, during operation skyshield
The Vulcan dropped a "bomb" on the British aircraft industry too...
In terms of being an actual weapon system, no bomber is more intimidating than the B-2 and B-21. They’re not loud or flashy or fast, but if you’re the target you’ll never see it coming.
Agreed, but thats a very out of pocket comment when discussing a trans sonic bomber from the 50s my guy
@@stalinistpotato4329 it’s a british tankie someone get the child psychologist
@@stalinistpotato4329 bro it’s not even out of pocket, the title is literally “most intimidating aircraft ever made” OP’s pick was just bad.
@@HekateMGO my fault i didnt see the title
The only way to know a B-2 is bombing you is that you see an enormous signiture on radar for a few seconds that then disappears.
I once watched a vulcan bomber take off during an air display and the sound from its jet engines wasunbelievably loud.
I was at a RAF base in Scotland in the mid eighties during a open day as a young boy on a death slide as they advertised it for the £ pounds per slide and just as I had reached the top of the scaffolding and as the instructor had given me my safety instructions a Vulcan in the show decided to go vertical full burners on and the my ears popped the scaffolding wobbled and the fear or the slide completely disappeared funnily enough and at that moment glad to be sliding down to safety. It was an unbelievably awesome noise and feeling to behold never to be forgotten.
Love the sound of this bird!
Wow so many salty Americans in chat. The Vulcan is a legend. Anyone lucky enough to see XH558 flying before its retirement will understand. That howl...
Lol you're a salty brit and you know it 😂😂
Its not our fault everybody wants to claim our well-earned status. We're happy to let you feel special, but not if you're gonna be a douche about it
Like British and Europoors in general aren't in every comment section trying to criticize America and act like America experts while using an American platform. Nothing the British military does is better than the American military. Britain is a vassal state of the US.
Hearing one of those behemoths flying over you was incredible. The thundering vibration in your chest was like nothing you’ve ever felt.
It was intimidating and beautiful in equal measure, although the enemy would probably disagree with the latter 😂
I've actually got mine, my dad's and my grandads names on one of the vulcans along with many other names. It is an amazing feeling knowing that you are part of such an amazing aircraft.
Beautiful military jet.
Disgusting green flying Dorito, anyone saying it's beautiful has zero style 🤣😂 what a clown show of an aircraft 🤡🤡🤡
Beauty
Lucky enough to see these magnificent beasts at RAF Church Fenton airshow in 1982. The vibrations run through ones chest as they flew low and overhead. And saw concorde coming in to land at Leeds Bradford Airport. Truly amazing spectacles.
Mach 0.9 in the 50's is impressive for the tech of the time.