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 ...

Avro made some of Britain's most iconic aircraft, from the Lancaster bomber to the Vulcan.

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.

As the strategic bombing offensive over Europe gathered momentum, the Lancaster bomber made a name for itself as one of the most successful night bombers Here are some inside stories of life aboard ...

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 ...

Unless you're a fan of war gaming or a particularly studious aviation geek, you think of either the Avro Lancaster or the Supermarine Spitfire when WWII British Warbirds come to mind, and not much of ...

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