B-52 flypast followed by very impressive Avro Vulcan XH558 take off 19.07.2009 RIAT RAF Fairford

[@RichardJoganah]

Nice video ,the lovely Avro vulcan is my favourite plane off all time and it the greatest plane ever built 😊

[@shane011471]

The Vulcan, Spitfire, Lancaster... You brits sure did make some beautiful aircraft!!!

[@valeriebrown8462]

Thanks for the compliment Shane.

[@YARROWS9]

Yeah mate.We used to make lots of good stuff.Now look at us.F**ked.

[@skalickplays6721]

Cheers bro its such a shame tho that they have just been chucked to the back of the toy box now (museum)

[@andrewmedd7320]

Thanks. These days, our best industry is taxing the population.

[@SamanthaGuttesen]

And mosquito, vulcan too

[@jamesburnett7085]

Who doesn't love the Vulcan? Great flyer and great howler. Thanks for reminding us that Britain once had a wonderful aviation industry. Hat's off to Avro! Rest in peace.

[@ToonandBBfan]

Large bombers usually have half a steering wheel as a control column. NOT the Vulcan, she has a joystick (just like a fighter). Beautiful aircraft that is sorely missed.

[@jeffgraham436]

Watching a Vulcan always reminds me of a prehistoric bird of prey. Her sound-apocalypse “and then I saw death”. Beautiful and chilling simultaneously.

[@AnikaJarlsdottr]

Aluminium Overcast. because when she flew over, the sky went dark.

[@marcjboy1]

Gotta say, love the power of the 52, but also the Vulcan's howl and bat shape as well as rolling like a fighter is impressive.

[@brianhapeman9262]

B-52: I’m so loud! Vulcan: Hold my beer . . .

[@gavinhassett479]

And then watch me do aerobatics!

[@JuanIparraguirre]

@@gavinhassett479 Could be possible if Bud Holland did not kill himself in 1994 - he took the BUFF near to its structural limits before his deadly crash in Fairchild...But yes, the Vulcan is an impressive bomber and the sound, what a sound!

[@JuanIparraguirre]

Turbofans (B-52) vs. Turbojets (Vulcan) - it's obvious the Vulcan would sound way louder, and it sounds like those Bristol Olympus had afterburners!

[@Morris2182]

B52 flies past - most impressive........ Vulcan crew: “now lets show ‘em what proper engines sound like” 😎 haha. Respect to both crews and the RAF and USAF 👍

[@dellawrence4323]

TEA, it's "Hold my tea" old boy.

[@jimdevlin2138]

No video can demonstrate the vibration in your chest when a Vulcan takes off and climbs out on full power, .

[@benniboi5164]

I wish she could still fly

[@Philippine_Navyist16]

@@benniboi5164 dont worry ww3 will let her crusade on the skies upon

[@AnikaJarlsdottr]

the engines tearing the air as she skips off down the runway. for such a big girl she was heckin agile. during a response training excercise in america, a low level Vulcan was "incercepted" by american planes who didnt notice the 2 Blackburn Bucaneers hiding in Vulcans shadow

[@buzzabuzza3494]

British engineering at its best,this beast wins hands down along with the TSR2 and Concorde for sheer beauty.👏👏👏

[@dotarsojat7725]

Both nice I agree, but our Avro Canada ARROW, was beautiful, eh.

[@buzzabuzza3494]

@@dotarsojat7725 yes I agree too another incredible plane

[@bktmertajam]

Hearing Vulcan coming gave me a goosebump... Awesome

[@jdavidgarnett1230]

Just the one?

[@Morris2182]

When the video guy goes “woah” I’m like “hell yes that’s exactly how I feel man!” Haha

[@sureshot8399]

It's an overused word these days, but in it's purest sense, the Vulcan really is awesome.

[@Scoobydcs]

that buff was really motoring :) the vulcan makes such an awesome noise and my god does it shift for a bomber!! the lightning pilots used to love training against the vulcan because they used to dogfight lol

[@gjrip]

That B-52 was HUSTLING and the Vulcan is always incredible. Great video.

[@paulm749]

Roaring, fire-breathing dragons were nothing more than mythical beasts until Avro created the Vulcan and they brought a real one into the world. Outstanding.

[@jonnnyren6245]

Two Cold War icons flying together. It's like an old talk up in the skies about them doing routine exercises with Strategic Air Command and V Force back in the 50s wondering if they're ever gonna drop the bomb or not.

[@andrewmorke]

Both amazing machines. The Bucc and the Vulcan are my favorite RAF aircraft.

[@ivorbiggun710]

Two Cold War legends and brothers in arms. Deliverers of instant sunshine, courtesy of Avro and Boeing. Thank Christ they did their job so well as deterrents.

[@ushoys]

Having sensible, rational leaders on all sides helped too. Not like now.

[@trespire]

" Scramble scramble scramble " Glad it never came to that, but the nation must have the capability to inflict damage the enemy. A strategic bomber that can outmaneuver Soviet Mig interceptors is a formidable weapon, For a time the Vulcans had Moscow very worried.

[@joechesters7936]

Let alone out manover the migs, it flew too high for the migs!

[@tonyhaynes9080]

You should have seen four of them doing a survival scramble. Awesome just doesn't do the sight and howl justice.

[@TheSirjohn2012]

Both of our nations have a deadly and powerful group of bombers. The british have a nasty one in their arsonal in the vulcan bomber and its a brutal looking jet. The b52 is no slouch either and thank god both of our nations remain close and tight especially in peacetime operations,Kudos to our friends the british who stand firm and tough.

[@valeriebrown8462]

Anglo American Pact.

[@YARROWS9]

God bless all your brave lads and lassies serving too,my friend.

[@packingten]

We do need to remain close!, I'm American Socialism must never be allowed and I think both sides haved moved closer to it!.

[@FatalTaco]

Well that sorta went up more like a fighter not a bomber

[@MarsFKA]

Yeah. Try doing *that* in a B52.

[@timon3211]

The vulcans unusual delta design allows it to turn tight manouvers and its power to weight ratio is so good it could takeoff steeper if it wanted too however due to the landing gear configuration it would strike the rear of the aircraft

[@trespire]

The Vulcan could out turn and evade a Soviet MIG interceptor at high altitude. So yeh, it had air to air combat capability, while carrying a nuclear bomb.

[@danfango1333]

I can't stop watching Vulcan vids.

[@RJ-ku2mh]

Me too!

[@chronosg.azraelle7664]

dosnt look as busy this year in 2017, wish the Vulcan still flew

[@sjdyt]

Goosebumps! Bring back XH558!

[@MaryBradley-s3s]

VULCAN EVERY TIME WONDERFUL 🇬🇧✌🇬🇧✌

[@SmokeyBCN]

52 screeches and Vulcan howls

[@dellawrence4323]

B-52 whines.

[@jimdoyle8757]

To me the most beautiful aircraft ever made , and i love the spitfire and Lancaster

[@Mactalisker..]

i just loe that roar. the god of thunder indeed. cant wait for tomorrow

[@bassplaya1549]

Man, that B-52 was hauling ass

[@xoio]

Shit, that Buff had the pedal to the metal! But of course the Vulcan Owned !!! AND a 120deg wing over!!! Good Vid!

[@user-ih3jm3yj9r]

How the B52 is still flying and Vulcan is down to one aircraft in the air amazes me.

[@lees.4084]

Alex Brown Simple. The Vulcan couldn't adapt to the low level penetration role as well as the B-52 did. After Soviet/Eastern bloc air defenses got good enough to make high altitude attack little more than a suicide mission, low level attack became the only viable option. Despite the Vulcan's impressive takeoff climb and manouvers, the fact is that it had poor top speed and range when pushed hard at low altitude. It couldn't adapt, so it was retired... It was an impressive and beautiful plane, but it just found itself without a role to fill.

[@bulletproofkam7931]

It's because the Polaris nuclear submarine took over as primary nuclear deterant and the Vulcan was secondary and not needed.

[@davidmichaels8934]

@@lees.4084 No I don't agree with you on the Vulcan, it did adapt to low level, never heard of the B52 doing low level though, American pilots think 15,000 feet is low!

[@_en.core.]

For some reason, watching the Vulcan brought me to tears?! (I do know that plane quiet well ^^)

[@quintili1]

Absolutely fantastic.

[@juliannortheast2271]

Great engine sound and b52 flying over it screaming flyby and Vulcan loud howling takeoff

[@ogarcia515]

Vulcan very impressive. Brits must be proud.

[@electrohalo8798]

Damn right we are!

[@chrisjohn4101]

She gave more value in pride than ever was the sum of her parts, she gave us comfort, security and reassurance that this country could be leaders of the world. She was finally shot down by a Government that has no soul.

[@tonyhaynes9080]

Such a beautiful aircraft. Especially when you have four of them doing a survival scramble.

[@redhed5309]

When our bomber howls , takes off with short runway and climbs/manoeuvres like a fighter

[@21ED7]

How did the gross weights of these two aircraft compare?

[@PiDsPagePrototypes]

B-52 flies on the lift of the wing, Vulcan flies on the power of those jets.

[@dapto234]

Isnt July in the middle of summer in the nth Hemi...looks like a bloody cold winters day there.

[@dellawrence4323]

American B-52 sounds pussified compared to the manly English ROAR of the Vulcan.

[@aderynmawr]

Haven’t seen the B52 at RIAT in years (there was one in the static display last year but what’s the point in that?). I really miss seeing it taking off.

[@hirameberhardt8643]

When ever I see the Vulcan jet I think of the movie "THUNDERBALL".

[@servantprince]

nice to see people out in mid-summer

[@complexblackness]

That B-52 was moving!

[@paul-t-geist4245]

The revirb at 2:08 was awesome.

[@TheReuMusic]

B-52: Screamin’ Eagle Vulcan: Howlin’ Demon

[@nayasis6892]

Ah yes, good ol' 480p...crisp and defined

[@mickeybowmeister1944]

Ah, you've gotta love the mild mid summer weather in Britain. Don't see allot of sunscreen out on those lilly white faces.

[@ranhat2]

At last--that howl captured. First and last of the video could be trimmed off -- but keep that hair-raising core!

[@johnhelliwell2591]

Horse and cart takes off .. followed by elegant Swan .. 😎👍

[@aliray1165]

Question: why couldn’t the Vulcan be turned into a stealth bomber? Upgraded?

[@chitlika]

Vulcan did show a rather shadowy easily missed blip on some radar but there was just too much metal there for it to be "Stealth"

[@TheTolz0]

Could they not have upgraded the Vulcan like the 52?

[@obamatraore2339]

We don’t really need it anymore

[@georgejenc489]

You Brits have the nicest picnic weather.

[@williamjohnson7699]

Going on the tube innit ey

[@Radio478]

1982 Falklands war, vulcans were the best in the world

[@itzbull0k158]

"This is the bomber controller.... Scramble.. Scramble.... Scramble"

[@Kyleinasailing]

Phenomenal.

[@ValiantXD818]

1:54 that guy just jizzed his pants for the vulcan howl

[@russellcrawley2110]

Vulcan....... wasn't that in Thunderball?

[@tonyhaynes9080]

Yep, that's the one.

[@dave13dc]

If you think about it, if you heard these sounds in real life on operational missions you would have had less than 20 minutes to live.

[@sotm6078]

Trained in the air force to crew chief B-52s in 1970-71

[@steveaustin9386]

Even if the description didn't say RIAT Fairford, you'd know it was England by those awful imposing dark grey clouds!

[@chitlika]

Thats England in midsummer "If it aint Pissing down it soon will be"!

[@rafchris]

Quote: "Its going on the tube" lol. Stop talking over engine sounds!!!!

[@SirFloofy001]

In case anyone is interested, the howl comes from the tips of the compressor blades breaking the sound barrier, while the B-52's screech comes from the tips riding right on the edge of the sound barrier.

[@MarsFKA]

In fact, the howl of the Vulcan is from high velocity air being sucked into the engines down the long intakes. The air resonates in the intakes. Any jet engine compressor blades that broke the sound barrier would not make an efficient engine - designers tend to avoid such inefficiencies.

[@aislingmichaelaoneill1028]

ZYes, it has sound...

[@timon3211]

I mean B52 is cool but it has nothing against the looks, sounds, and performance of the Mighty Vulcan

[@PenzancePete]

@Bobby Brady That's because downtown Moscow is circa 1,555 miles from the eastern U.K.where the Vulcans were based. The Vulcan's un-refuelled range with a maximum load was circa 4,000 miles. In 1962 The Vulcan was adapted to carry the Blue Steel stand-off bomb which was the precursor to the cruise missile having a range of 575 miles at a speed of mach 3. This enabled the Vulcans (and the range superior Victors) to launch an attack on Moscow and return - if there was somewhere to return to following the inevitable retalliatory attack(s). The Vulcans and Victors were withdrawn from the nuclear role in 1970 when the Royal Navy's polaris submargerines came into service. The U.K. - unlike the U.S.A. - does and did not need a massively long ranged bomber as the U.K. did and does not consider itself the world police. The U.K. never undertook permanent nuclear patrols like the U.S.A. did. They did however stop the "Chrome Dome" system after the third crash involving nuclear carrying B-52s.

[@darrenmaybee9639]

im gonna watch that again 😁😆

[@nevrenufhp]

A better comparison would be the Vulcan against a B58. Then, we’ll see which is loudest!

[@PenzancePete]

Nothing was as loud as a B-58.

[@johnmarksmith1120]

Oh not that guy, I thought we got rid of him, is that his son?

[@charlessmith6412]

Does anyone else want to comment on the fact that excess noise demonstrates a loss of energy and hence inefficiency?

[@Morris2182]

My friend, have you ever heard of psychological warfare? Ya hear that thing comin in and you damn well better flee 😉 haha, also if you look at some of the other vids of Vulcan, when it isn’t accelerating or throttling up it is very quiet indeed, hence increasing its efficiency and you could even say its level of “stealth” on a low level run 👍

[@askhowiknow5527]

It sounds like Satan’s vacuum cleaner and I love it

[@MrGeforcerFX]

and the B-2 is up above saying no one can see me:)

[@paulm2467]

Vulcan had a higher ceiling, 55,000 ft as opposed to the 50,000 of the b52 , it could also outmanoeuvre any fighter at that altitude due to its much lower wing loading.

[@Morris2182]

Flying around with its bro AWACS no doubt haha

[@m.uttley8551]

Why don't people at least use a monopod to put the cameras on to keep it steady ? Laziness thats why, can't be bothered to carry one. What is the point of taking video that looks like you were on a trampoline ?

[@seisix6]

B52 was haulin ass but the Vulcan could have caught it and spanked the B52 before they knew what was going on.The only true bomber aircraft that had the spirit of a fighter.I bet a Stealth would have trouble keeping up,and that has 50 years more technology.

[@paulthomson9709]

seisix6 the stealth is shit .

[@airbrush740]

I didn't think VTECH camera had zoom :/ the quality is that bad i thought i was watching minecraft

[@Ben-Hollingbery]

01:43 Oh lawd, he comin'

[@johnmowbray6517]

Didn't notice the B52

[@jonnyc2227]

That digital zoom gave me cancer

[@darrenmaybee9639]

awsome

[@joechesters7936]

That vulcan is a masterpiece, not the bloidy b52

[@BananasananaB]

Apples and bananas. B-1B more alike to Vulcan than B-52. But the B-1B is a superior aircraft. Lovely unique sound out of the Vulcan however.

[@joechesters7936]

@@BananasananaB but the b1b emtered service in 74 ish i think, the vulcan entered in 56, of course the b1b would be more up to date and have more advamced technology

[@BananasananaB]

@@joechesters7936 Yes. The B-1B is a more modern bird in all aspects. But they're both designed for a more similar application. The B-58 and the Vulcan came around the same time, then the B-1B around a decade or so later. The comparison made with the B-52 was just a rather unfair and unfortunate one. It's massive with a far longer range and over twice the payload capability (but a 'masterpiece' in its own right). The Vulcan, B-58, and subsequent (and still flying) B-1B were meant for fast, shorter response with agility and speed in mind.

[@johnwilliamson2276]

Camera guy needs to read the direction again on how to focus the Camera!

[@AnikaJarlsdottr]

you know, for such a big girl she skipped off the tarmac

[@davidjones6616]

B50 WHO

[@barnseyfrommossley]

A bit tame for Mr Rumens.

[@Radio478]

Sitting in there with a coffee, i don't think so 🤔 😕

[@rekkof1]

A bat out of hell

[@ValiantXD818]

great vid though

[@Radio478]

British are the best

[@laclinicadelcorsa]

Pero si no se desparraman no tiene gracia...

[@caferturker4224]

Potato camera

[@ichabodon]

Sonny, you gotta learn how to use a camera

[@rickluemen8996]

Somebody should introduce this gut to wind sock for his mike.

[@HAL900032]

lol its not a plane its a fukin rocket rotfl!..

[@johannmckraken9399]

Love the Vulcan but this is mostly shit camera work and wind noise. Snore....

[@tatersalad9416]

Hence, the dyson vacuum cleaner was born. Lots of noise no performance.

[@morikanteyekeyeke6147]

Really bad footage!

[@robertcooper7157]

Yep, we Brits knew how to make them, we just didn’t know how to retain them in service like the Americans and the B52. There is no doubt that upgrading the Vulcan would have been an asset not only to Europe but also the Yanks. Anyway, if the yanks can make a plane last 100 years in service,there was no reason that the Vulcan could not also have been extended in service.

[@ushoys]

As it got sand? Innit.