The legendary Avro Vulcan XL426 awakens once again at Southend Airport as its four Rolls Royce Olympus engines roar to life filling the air with thunder and nostalgia. This is the sound of Cold War ...

In April 1946, Bristol began studies of a turbojet to power long-range, high altitude bombers at 960 km/hr (600 mph). The B.01 1 Olympus, the first British dual-shaft turbine engine, first ran in May ...