Engineering Britain's Superweapons [Ep1 5/5]: "V-Bombers"

The threat of a nuclear war in the late 1940s and 50s prompted a leap in the capability of aircraft and defence systems.
This, together with developments in jet propulsion and the technical lessons learned from the Second World War, led to the development of a trio of extraordinary and beautiful aircraft: the V-bombers.
With swept, delta and crescent wings and names beginning with 'V' they captured the public imagination, and have remained objects of fascination ever since.

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• Engineering
• Britains
• Superweapons
• Ep2
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• Bombers

[samosammo123]

@malakiblunt

engineering, well you sir obviously do not understand the complexity of such marvels of aviation.

Engineering means designing, building, constructing, testing, that sir is engineering and that is what the video is about now please go away before i say something else.

[Twirlyhead]

Everyone always comments on the revolutionary, futuristic design of the Vulcan but, to me, it's the Victor that looks like something from Star Wars.

[malakiblunt]

were was the 'engineering' ? should of been titled pilots and politics

thanks for posting anyway it was worth it for the Vulcan going 'near' verticle

[TSR1989FF]

So this is where i heard that phrase from (the Russian Compliment of the Vulcan), it stuck in my mind (& i've recited it many times) but i couldn't remember where precisely i'd encountered it first.

[TheEsotericDesi]

Interesting show... very informative... thanks for sharing...