Leaving Them Behind
Podcast |
Plane Tales
Publisher |
Capt Nick
Media Type |
audio
Podknife tags |
Aviation, 
Comedy, 
History
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Publication Date |
May 16, 2021
Episode Duration |
00:20:38
The Vulcan bomber only had ejector seats for the two pilots... the rear crew made do with an escape slide, a level if inequality that killed many and resulted in questions being asked in Parliament. This is the story of the Vulcan and a look at the USN Skyknight which had a similar escape system. The rear crew compartment of the Avro Vulcan   Malta   Malta   The Vulcan   The Vulcan air brakes   The crash site   Avro Vulcan XV770   The Vulcan rear crew escape hatch   The F3 Skynight   Skynight bailout trials   Images under Creative Commons licence with thanks to Isaac Bee, Anton Zelenov, NASA, DFST, RuthAS, the RAF, Roland Turner, US Navy, Ultra7 and the USAF.
The Vulcan bomber only had ejector seats for the two pilots... the rear crew made do with an escape slide, a level if inequality that killed many and resulted in questions being asked in Parliament. This is the story of the Vulcan and a look at the USN Skyknight which had a similar escape system. The rear crew compartment of the Avro Vulcan   Malta   Malta   The Vulcan   The Vulcan air brakes   The crash site   Avro Vulcan XV770   The Vulcan rear crew escape hatch   The F3 Skynight   Skynight bailout trials   Images under Creative Commons licence with thanks to Isaac Bee, Anton Zelenov, NASA, DFST, RuthAS, the RAF, Roland Turner, US Navy, Ultra7 and the USAF.

The Vulcan bomber only had ejector seats for the two pilots… the rear crew made do with an escape slide, a level if inequality that killed many and resulted in questions being asked in Parliament. This is the story of the Vulcan and a look at the USN Skyknight which had a similar escape system.

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The rear crew compartment of the Avro Vulcan

 

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Malta

 

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Malta

 

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The Vulcan

 

The Vulcan air brakes

 

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The crash site

 

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Avro Vulcan XV770

 

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The Vulcan rear crew escape hatch

 

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The F3 Skynight

 

Skynight bailout trials

 

Images under Creative Commons licence with thanks to Isaac Bee, Anton Zelenov, NASA, DFST, RuthAS, the RAF, Roland Turner, US Navy, Ultra7 and the USAF.

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