Imagine a heavy nuclear-era bomber suddenly deciding it wants to be a rocket. That’s exactly what happens when the Vickers ...

In a corner of Hurn Airport, near Britain’s south coast, stand six black-painted hangars belonging to Vickers Ltd. Inside are planes abuilding that pose the biggest threat to U.S. domination of the ...

The new delta-wing Avro Vulcan was a revelation. Movietone newsreel footage of the 1955 Farnborough Airshow reveals test pilot Roland “Roly” Falk blasting into the damp September sky at the controls ...

Britons were flocking last week, as eager as race fans, to the R.A.F. experimental station at Farnborough, 33 miles southwest of London. The twelfth annual show of the Society of British Aircraft ...

Once upon a time, bailing out of a plane involved popping open the roof or door, and hopping out with your parachute, hoping that you’d maintained enough altitude to slow down before you hit the ...

Do any readers remember the crash of Vickers Valiant B1, serial number WP202, which came down near Southwick Railway Station on May 11, 1956? I have collected a few photographs of the crash scene and ...