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Vulcan Squadron, Bygone Films 1995
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Waddington Vulcans, Aviation Video International
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UNPUBLISHED ACCOUNTS
Knight, Air Vice Marshal Sir Michael, ‘A Background to Operation “Black Buck 1”’
Laycock, Group Captain John
Montgomery, Group Captain Alastair
Russell, Flight Lieutenant Dick, AFC
Weightman, Flt Lt G. R., ‘First Contacts!’
Withers, Flight Lieutenant Martin, DFC
INTERVIEWS
Detailed in the acknowledgements
VULCAN TO THE SKY
If you’ve enjoyed Vulcan 607, why not find out more about the campaign to return XH558, the last airworthy Vulcan bomber, to the sky. Supported by a Lottery Heritage Fund grant of £2,734,000 and ‘donor’ support of £1.5m, together with partnership with BAE Systems plc and Marshalls Aerospace, the Vulcan Operating Company – the engineering subsidiary of the Vulcan to the Sky Trust which owns the aircraft for the nation – expects to begin test-flying XH558 in summer 2006. Of the aircrew who took part in the BLACK BUCK Raids, both Martin Withers and Barry Masefield have signed up to fly her.Funds are still needed, and there are a number of different ways in which you can support the project, from donations to buying merchandise to sponsoring individual XH558 components. Read more about Vulcan to the Sky online at: www.vulcantothesky.com or contact them at:
Vulcan to the Sky
PO BOX 3240
Wimborne
Dorset
BH21 4YP
England
Freephone: 0800 083 2022
Tel / Fax: 0044 (0) 1258 841 274
mail: [email protected]
Appendix 1
Vulcan Cutaway
Avro Vulcan B Mk 2
1 Wingtip ILS antenna
2 Starboard navigation light
3 ARI 18075 ‘Blue Diver’ antenna, port and starboard
4 Outboard aileron
5 Inboard aileron
6 Rear spar
7 Outer wing panel rib structure
8 Front spar
9 Cambered leading-edge ribs
10 Cranked leading-edge
11 Leading-edge corrugated inner skin panel
12 Retractable landing/taxiing light
13 Fuel tank fire suppression bottles
14 Outer wing panel attachment rib joint
15 Honeycomb skin panelling
16 Outboard elevator
17 Inboard elevator
18 Elevator hydraulic actuators
19 No. 7 starboard fuel tank, total internal capacity 9,260 Imp gal (42,096 litres)
20 No. 5 starboard tank
21 Diagonal rib
22 Leading-edge de-icing air duct
23 Wing stringers
24 Parallel chord wing skin panels
25 No. 6 starboard fuel tank
26 No. 4 starboard tank
27 No. 3 starboard tank
28 Main undercarriage leg strut and shock absorber
29 Eight-wheel main undercarriage bogie
30 Mainwheel bay door
31 Fire suppression bottles
32 Inboard leading-edge ribs
33 De-icing air supply
34 Fuel collectors and pumps
35 Main undercarriage wheel bay
36 Drag link and retraction actuator
37 Airborne Auxiliary Power Plant (AAPP)
38 Electrical equipment bay
39 Starboard engine bays
40 Rolls-Royce (Bristol) Olympus 301 engines
41 Engine bleed air ducting
42 Engine bay dividing rib
43 Fire suppression bottles
44 Jet pipes
45 Fixed trailing edge structure
46 Exhaust nozzle shrouds
47 Rear equipment bay
48 Oxygen bottles
49 Batteries
50 Rudder power control unit
51 Rear avionics equipment bay
52 ECM equipment packs
53 Avionics cooling air duct
54 ‘Red Steer’ tail warning radar equipment
55 Aft radome
56 Twin brake parachute housing
57 Parachute door
58 Rudder rib structure
59 Rudder mass balances and seals
60 Fin de-icing air vent
61 Fin tip antenna fairing
62 Passive ECM antennae, fore and aft
63 Two-spar fin torsion box structure
64 Fin leading-edge rib structure
65 Corrugated inner skin/de-
icing ducting
66 HF antenna
67 Fin de-icing air supply
68 Bomb bay rear bulkhead
69 Bomb bay roof arch frames
70 De-icing bleed air pre-cooler air intake
71 VHF antenna
72 Port Olympus 301 engines
73 Engine bay shroud ribs
74 Port jet pipe fairing
75 Electrical equipment bay
76 Chaff/flare launchers
77 ‘Green Satin’ doppler navigational equipment bay
78 Elevator mass balances and seals
79 Elevator hydraulic actuators
80 Port inboard elevator
81 Port outboard elevator
82 Port inboard aileron
83 Aileron mass balance and seal
84 Control rods
85 Aileron power control units
86 Ventral actuator fairings
87 Port outboard aileron
88 Wingtip localizer antenna
89 Port navigation light
90 Cranked and cambered leading-edge panel
91 Fuel tank fire suppression bottles
92 Outer wing panel joint rib
93 No. 7 port fuel tank
94 No. 5 port tank
95 Leading-edge de-icing air duct
96 No. 6 port fuel tank
97 No. 4 port tank
98 No. 3 port tank
99 Port main undercarriage bay
100 Skin support stringers
101 Port airbrajce panels
102 Airbrake drive mechanism
103 Intake ducts
104 Wing spar attachment joints
105 Centre-section front spar transverse main frame
106 DF loop antenna
107 Anti-collision light
108 Bomb bay longerons
109 Bomb bay front bulkhead
110 Starboard airbrake housings
111 Boundary layer bleed-air duct
112 Starboard intake duct structure
113 No. 2 fuselage fuel tanks, divided port and starboard
114 UHF antenna
115 Port engine intake
116 No. 1 fuselage fuel tanks, divided port and starboard
117 Fuselage frame and stringer structure
118 Intake lip structure
119 De-icing air duct corrugated inner skin
120 Intake divider
121 Starboard air intake
122 Boundary layer splitter plate
123 Forward fuselage section joint frame
124 Rear pressure bulkhead
125 Nosewheel doors
126 Nose undercarriage shock absorber leg strut
127 Hydraulic steering jack
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