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The Handley Page Victor was a British jet-powered strategic bomber, developed and produced by the Handley Page Aircraft Company and served during the Cold War. It was the third and final of the V-bombers operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF); the other two V-bombers being the Avro Vulcan and the Vickers Valiant. The Victor had been developed to perform as part of the United Kingdom's.
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HU 81577. Victor XH648 was originally built as a B1 model. Its first flight was on 27 November 1959 and it was delivered to No.57 Squadron at RAF Honington on 21 December that year. In October 1960, it returned to Handley Page at Radlett, Hertfordshire for conversion to a B1A status. This involved equipping it with new electronic countermeasure.
Handley Page Victor
Born during the Cold War as a nuclear deterrent, the Handley Page Victor was a British-built strategic bomber.It was the third V-bomber built after the Avro Vulcan and Vickers Valiant. The origin of the Victor and the other V-bombers can be traced back to the end of the Second World War as a British deterrent to the Soviet Union.The United Kingdoms's atomic weapons program began officially in.
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The third and final bomber of the Royal Air Force's V-force, the Handley Page Victor may not be as iconic as its delta-winged brethren the Vulcan. Neither did it have the Valiant's dubious distinction of dropping nuclear weapons, but during the height of the Cold War it was at the forefront of Britain's strategic nuclear strike force.
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The Handley Page Victor was designed and in service as a strategic nuclear bomber, some were converted to in-flight refueling tankers and remained in service.
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XL164 Handley Page Victor K2 (cn HP 80/67) was built by Handley Page as a Victor B2, flown from Radlett in May 1961 and displayed at the Farnborough Air Show in September. It was retained by Handley Page for autopilot trials, also spending time at A&AEE Boscombe Down 1963/64. Although modified to carry a Blue Steel nuclear bomb, XL164 never.
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The Handley Page Victor is a British jet-powered strategic bomber developed and produced by Handley Page during the Cold War. It was the third and final V bomber to be operated by the Royal Air Force , the other two being the Vickers Valiant and the Avro Vulcan. Entering service in 1958, the Victor was initially developed as part of the United Kingdom's airborne nuclear deterrent, but it was.
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February 20, 2020. The Handley Page Victor, the last of the British V-Bombers, entered the Cold War fray during the '50s and served with the RAF years beyond the lifetime of the manufacturer itself. One of them, XL191 RAF, faithfully flew with the 55 Squadron as an aerial fuel tanker. Read more about this dramatic, fantastic looking plane.
Last Handley Page Victor aircraft on display Royal Air Force
This comprised of three aircraft, the Vickers Valiant, the Avro Vulcan, and the Handley Page Victor. The Vulcan is the most notable of the trio, with its delta wing, unique sound, and extreme agility. The Valiant had a short service life thanks to fatigue, but the Victor was arguably the most innovative of the three aircraft.
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The Handley Page Victor B.1A XH648 is the only one of its kind in the world. This historic jet-powered strategic bomber has undergone a meticulous five-year restoration project, which is now on display at the Imperial War Museum Duxford's Conservation Hall in Airspace, for its final six weeks of conversation works..
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Handley Page Victor: A complete history. The Victor ably served the RAF for 35 years. Doug Gordon examines the design, development and service of the futuristic-looking V-bomber. In early 1947 the Ministry of Supply (MoS) issued Operational Requirement B35/46 which was for a bomber capable of carrying a 10,000lb (4,536kg) bomb load at a speed.
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The Handley Page Victor was one of the three British aircraft types that was known as V bombers (the other two being Avro Vulcan and Vickers Valiant). The Vi.
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[1] VICTOR ORIGINS * The Handley Page Victor was the last of the three British V-bombers to enter service. It was submitted in response to the same 1946 British Air Ministry requirement for a nuclear strike platform that gave rise to the Avro Vulcan, B.35/46, though Handley Page had already been considering concepts for some time and the basic design, designated "HP.80", was in hand when the.
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Handley Page Victor - History. Handley Page, after the success of their wartime Halifax bomber, soon looked at new designs for better bombers and a tail-less swept wing aircraft was one of their pet projects. Attracting the interest of the Air Ministry, by the start of 1947 an official specification (B.35/46) was issued to cover the development.
RAF Handley Page Victor B.1 crew scrambles into action at RAF
The prototype of the Handley Page HP.80 Victor (WB771) made its first flight on 24 December 1952 but the program suffered a setback when, on 14 July 1954, during a low-level run at Cranfield in Bedfordshire the 'structural rigidity of the tail was slightly reduced by a minor fatigue failure' causing the tailplane to become displaced and the.