Having spent more than 25 years working in the Public Relations Department at what are now the BAE Systems factories at Chadderton and Woodford, I developed a keen interest in the many aircraft designed and built by A.V. Roe Co Ltd. The origins of the Avro 698 Vulcan have always fascinated me, since it marked such a huge change from the company's Lancaster bomber and subsequent equipment that preceded the Vulcan's design.A letter recently donated to the Avro Heritage Centre at Wood-ford has brought these origins to light. Sent to Sir Roy Dobson, managing director of Avro, in 1952, by R.N. "Bob" Lindley, it concerns the proposal for a book on the delta project. Bob's recollections of the project were based entirely on memory, as he had no documentary evidence.
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