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Northrop wins $55bn contract for next-gen bomber – as America says bye-bye to B-52

Vic

Re: Just remember...

it's not strong enough for the turbulence encountered in sustained low level operations

The Vulcan was pretty good at low-level ops; it was the Victor that couldn't handle the stress. So they were converted into tankers.

There was concern about stress-cracking in the wings, so a modification was developed to patch the wing root after a certain number of flying hours. Only one Vulcan was ever actually patched - XH558, and that just a couple of years ago.

Vulcans were obsolete within 3 years of their introduction

Well, I spent some time with Martin Withers last year, and he doesn't agree with you.

Vic.

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