Based largely on the design of the Lancaster, the Avro York served as both a military and civilian transport. Pre-production prototype ‘Ascalon’ was Churchill’s personal VIP transport. #ww2 #coldwar #avro #york #warbirds | Daniel J Wheatcroft

Avro Vulcan B.2A XL360 'City of Coventry' at Midland Air Museum; museum volunteer and expert Ivor and I are discussing the relatively cramped conditions in the cockpit! Unusually for a heavy bomber, the Vulcan employed a 'fighter-style' control column, and what's even more remarkable - Sir Roy Chadwick and his team produced thos design only eleven years after the flight of that other great Avro machine, the Lancaster! XL360 herself served on that most famous of former Lancaster squadrons - 617.