Originally Posted by
Wader2
The Victor 2 had never been a bomber, only a missile carrier, so it did not have any bomb gear and probably no bombdoors. It did not have the Vulcan Heading Reference System either.
The Vulcan 2 Blue Steel had come with two sets of bombdoors, one for the missile body and one for the free-fall role.
I am sure a Victor crew will be able to confirm this.
I think you'll find that B2's were quite capable of fulfilling the requirement to drop 35,000lbs of conventional weapons from their bomb bay, and get in and out higher and faster than the Vulcan. The Victors failing in the great scheme of things was Sir Frederick Handley Pages' (the owner of the company) refusal to join up with Hawker Siddely or British Aerospace, he lost a fair sized contract over that including another 30? Victors.
Still the government would never interfere with the free market now would it?