Summary: 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.<br> <br> The rear crew compartment of the Avro Vulcan<br> <br> <br> <br> Malta<br> <br> <br> <br> Malta<br> <br> <br> <br> The Vulcan<br> <br> <br> <br> The Vulcan air brakes<br> <br> <br> <br> The crash site<br> <br> <br> <br> Avro Vulcan XV770<br> <br> <br> <br> The Vulcan rear crew escape hatch<br> <br> <br> <br> The F3 Skynight<br> <br> <br> <br> Skynight bailout trials<br> <br> <br> <br> 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.
