This January marks the 85th anniversary of a milestone in British aviation history: the maiden flight of the Avro Lancaster prototype. On January 9, 1941, the aircraft-then known as the Avro 683-made ...

The Avro Lancaster originated from the unsuccessful twin-engine Avro Manchester bomber, which first flew in 1939. In late 1940, a decision was taken to replace the Manchester's two Rolls-Royce Vulture ...

For the last three years of the Second World War the Avro Lancaster was the major heavy bomber used by Bomber Command to take the war to the heart-land of Nazi Germany. With an impressive performance ...

The following image shows Avro Vulcan XH558 (carrying civil registration G-VLCN), the only airworthy bomber of a fleet of 134 Vulcan V bombers operated by the Royal Air Force from 1953 until 1984.

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After overnight repairs and last-minute runway switch, Canada's last airworthy Avro Lancaster bomber successfully took off from Hamilton this morning to embark on its journey to the U.K. The Second ...

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