Vulcan Boys: From the Cold War to the Falklands: True Tales of the Iconic Delta V Bomber

352 Pages·2014·32.26 MB·English

by  Tony Blackman

Published by
Grub Street
4 Rainham Close
London
SW11 6SS
Copyright © Grub Street 2014
Copyright text © Tony Blackman 2014
Reprinted 2015
A CIP record for this title is available from the British Library ISBN-13: 978-1-909808-08-9
EPUB ISBN: 978-1-910690-88-8
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Cover design by Sarah Driver Printed and bound by Finidr, Czech Republic
AUTHOR’S NOTE
The reader will note that there are two styles to the
text layout in the book. Indented and full out.
All indented text is my commentary. TB.
CONTENTS
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Preface
Chapter One
Test Flying the Vulcans
Chapter Two
Navigating the Test Pilots
Chapter Three
Engine Test Bed
Chapter Four
Piloting the Vulcan
Chapter Five
Nav Radar and H2S
Chapter Six
‘Down Under’ Navigator
Chapter Seven
An AEO’s Story
Chapter Eight
Blue Steel
Chapter Nine
Taceval – on Being Combat Ready
Chapter Ten
Vulcan Crew Training in North America
Chapter Eleven
North American Support
Chapter Twelve
Operation Corporate
Chapter Thirteen
Wideawake and Port Stanley
Chapter Fourteen
Shriking, Rio and Return
Chapter Fifteen
The Vulcan K2 Tanker
Chapter Sixteen
Those that are left
Epilogue
Appendix 1
Acronyms and Explanations
Appendix 2
Black Buck Raids of Falkland Islands by Vulcans 1982
DEDICATION
To the many Vulcan aircrews and ground crews, some sadly no longer
with us, who operated the aircraft for over thirty years helping to
guard the United Kingdom through many troubled times.
FOREWORD