Nicolas Trudgian range of Vulcan Bomber aircraft aviation
signed art prints. This site is dedicated to the artwork of Aviation
artist Nicolas Trudgian. Including the full range of Aviation prints
published by the Military Gallery which Cranston Fine Arts have purchased the
last remaining prints. Which include many rare items. many of Nicolas
Trudgian prints have been signed by Many of the Top Fighter and Bomber Pilots
of World war two over the past Decade. and many of these great Pilots are no
longer with us. This could be the last chance to own a piece of history which
will soon be no longer available except on the more expensive secondary
market.
The Avro Vulcan high Altitude Bomber
with a crew of five. Top Speed 650 mph with a ceiling of 60,000 feet.
maximum range of 5750 miles (with in flight refuelling). with a
conventional bomb load of 21 x 1000 lb bombs,
The
Avro Vulcan was the worlds first delta winged heavy bomber. the first
prototype flew on the 30th August 1952 and the first production Vulcan flew in February 1955. The first Avro
Vulcan's arrived for service
with the Royal Air Force with 230 operational Conversion Unit (OCU) at RAF
Finningley in May 1956. with the first squadron to receive the Vulcan in
July 1957 was 83 squadron. In April 1968 Bomber Command merged into
the Newly created Strike Command with eight Squadrons being equipped with Vulcan's. A terrain Hugging variant was introduced (the Vulcan SR2)
in 1973, to all squadrons except no. 27 squadron (Flying Elephants) which
was a Maritime reconnaissance Sqd. The Last Major role
for the Avro Bomber was the bombing of Argentinean Airfields in the
Falkland Islands During The Falklands Conflict
