Вот тут утверждается, что на Вулкане была установлена первая аналоговая fly-by-wire система.
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This is the simplest and earliest configuration, an analog fly-by-wire flight control systems, first fitted to the Avro Vulcan in the 1940s...
http://www.searchstrategicanalysis.c...ontrol_systems
Кроме того на британском тренировочном самолете Avro 707, тоже была 'fly-by-wire'.
...It was also fitted with a duplicate set of 'fly-by-wire' electrical controls, one of the first aircraft to be so fitted...
http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/avro-707c.htm
В числе пионеров также фигурирует канадский экпериментальный перехватчик Avro CF-105 Arrow.
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An Automatic Flight Control System (AFCS) was developed that could operate in several modes, and in principle could even land the Arrow automatically or compensate for severe damage to the aircraft. Control surfaces were hydraulically operated and electronically controlled; the Arrow was one of the first "fly by wire" aircraft ever built.
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http://www.vectorsite.net/avarrow.html