Avro Vulcan Cold War Archive
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Avro Vulcan Cold War Archive
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Tony Blackman - Vulcan Test Pilot Tony Blackman was educated at Trinity College Cambridge, where he obtained an honours degree in Physics. After joining the Royal Air Force he learnt to fly, trained as a test pilot and then joined A.V.Roe and Co. Ltd. where he became Chief Test Pilot. During his time working for the company he was assigned the task of testing the Vulcan and demonstrating it to potential purchasers.
Now residing near Southampton, with his wife Margaret, he still has a keen interest in aviation and has published a number of books, both fiction and non-fiction on the subject.
Tony Blackman with Dicky Proudlove on left and Eric Burgess on right.
Tony Blackman & Jim Harrison To view newsreel footage of Tony flying the Vulcan please click the links below. Vulcan B2 clip 2 (low fly past)
To visit Tony's own web pages click here
Tony & Guy (2008)
All images (except Guy & Tony) and video clips on this page have been generously
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