Avro Vulcan

Here's a look at a Vulcan I saw on display during my visit to England in February 2008. Photos were taken by Steve Heeb, and are intended as reference to assist model builders in creating accurate representations of this fine aircraft. There are several shots from a wide variety of angles. I kept the photos pretty big so that they can be used as references by model builders who do not have access to planes like this. Hope these shots will be of some help.

Some captions and details may be included to the right of the photos. I do not claim to be an expert (by any means) but have pointed out a few items that I found interesting. Please forgive any inaccuracies on my part.

Note: This plane was on display at the Imperial War Museum at Duxford in England, and as part of the restoration for display some details may have been altered from original operational condition. I hope there is enough detail here to be a help.

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As large as the Avro Vulcan is, the british jet bomber hardly made a dent in the floorspace in just one of the massave hangars at the Imperial War Museum at Duxford. It was parked among a Lancaster, Lightning, The big flying boat (Sunderland?) the Concorde and much, much more. And there were seven hangars...
 
The starboard main gear. The gear door is toward the back of the plane.
Looking up into the main gear bay on the starboard wing.
Front gear doors.
Looking back up into the port wing gear bay. Plane fuselage would be to the left side of photo.
Looking forward into the bomb bay.
Looking backward into the back of the bomb bay.
Looking backward into the back of the front gear well..
Looking forward at the interior of the front wheel well.
The twin exhausts at the back of the port wing.

 

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