What is Avro Vulcan?
{|{{Infobox aircraft begin |name= Avro Vulcan |image= File:Avro Vulcan Bomber RAF.JPEG |caption= A Vulcan B.2 of the RAF, 1985 }}{{Infobox aircraft type |type= [[Strategic bomber]] |national origin = [[United Kingdom]] |manufacturer= [[Avro]]<br>[[Hawker Siddeley]] Aviation |designer= |first flight= 30 August 1952 |introduction= September 1956 |retired= March 1984 <small>(Royal Air Force)</small> <br/> October 2015 <small>(XH558)</small> |status= Retired |primary user= [[Royal Air Force]] |more users= |produced= 1956–1965 |number built= 136 (including prototypes) |unit cost= [[Pound sterling|£]]750,000 (1956)<ref>Brookes and Davey 2009, p. 9.</ref> |variants with their own articles=[[Avro Atlantic]] }} |} The '''Avro Vulcan''' (also '''Avro 698 Vulcan''') is a [[delta wing]] [[bomber]] [[aircraft]]. It was part of the RAF [[V bombers]] which were used by the [[Royal Air Force]] as a [[nuclear deterrent]] during the [[Cold War]].<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/B/britains_cold_war_super_weapons/vbombers.html | publisher = Channel 4 | access-date = 2009-08-06 | title = The V-bombers}}</ref> The other aircraft in the V bombers were the [[Avro Vickers|Vickers]] and [[Avro Valiant|Valiant]]. The Vulcan was also used for long-distance bombing runs during the [[Falklands War]]. ==Development== In 1947, the [[United Kingdom]]'s [[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Defence]] said it needed a bomber aircraft that could fly a long way and very high. It also needed to carry a lot of bombs. The [[prototype]] Vulcan flew in 1948. It [[wikt:crash|crash]]ed in 1949, but [[development]] carried on. Over 100 aircraft were built between 1956 and 1965. ==Use== The [[crew]] of the Vulcan was made up of five people – two [[pilot]]s, two [[navigation|navigators]] and one [[electronics]] officer. The Vulcan was originally used as part of the United Kingdom's nuclear deterrent. It carried the United Kingdom's first [[nuclear weapon]], called ''Blue Danube''. T