Save the Vulcan

[will_b]

See link.

http://www.vulcantothesky.org

[Hurricane]

I got to see it make its first public display at Waddo in June but unfortunately it looks increasingly like the only time I will see a Vulcan fly.
I think its been an ambitious project and in better times economically someone may have come forward but the amount of sponsorship needed is going to put off big money investment and there's less small donations either.
Obvoisly it doesn't help public image wise being a 'non-green' nuclear bomber, neither of which are too fashionable. Which is obviously a shame because it stands for a lot more as an exhibit, as an example of British engineering, and of course the Black Buck raids. People also point to the fact that there was little in the way of actual service other than the Falklands but the fact it was never used elsewhere is beacuse it clearly did its job well as a deterrent.

There has been talk of it going to america where it is easy to certify something like that but that would most likely result in them having to hand back the lottery money which was granted on the basis that it would be displayed to the British public. The other funding clause I believe is that it must be maintained in runnable condition at a suitable museum, which would suggest that there will definately be at least one more Vulcan flight, Duxford being a likely destination.

I haven't got any association with TVOC, most of that is just how I see things from the outside.

I am of course hoping I'll be proved wrong and we'll have another 10 years of flying followed by lots of noisy taxi runs whereever she ends up!

[cheezyflier]

http://images.icanhascheezburger.com/completestore/2008/11/7/128705288484233262.jpg

[tigisfat]

I've contributed, because I was lucky enough to see it at farnborough 08. I hope others contribute, and get to experience it as well.

[viking3]

Some good news on XH558. Looks like it will fly for another year.:woot:

http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/news/Vulcan-quest-airborne/article-753072-detail/article.html


I had the pleasure of seeing a Vulcan fly at Abbotsford, B.C. in the late '70s. What made it more unique is I was sheltering from the intense heat with about 500 other people under a second Vulcan. It truly was the 'Aluminum Overcast' that day. I remember being impressed by how agile the Vulcan was for a bird of that size and how freaking loud it was.

Regards, Rob :ernae:

[hewman100]

Yep! The good old British public does it again.

I saw her twice during her last display season. The sound as she goes to 'reheat' is second only to the sound of the four Merlins of her illustrious ancestor IMHO.