Final season announced for Vulcan XH558

[Gsxr600]

Surprised to hear that rumour. There is a facebook page someone has set up about bringing her to back to Bruntingthorpe and a comment from Denis Parker (who I used to see a lot back in the 90s at Brunty events), that its a HLF requirement which rules Bruntingthorpe out. Seems all very odd to me, if they have a Victor, VC10, Comet, Nimrod, Lightenings, Bucaneers etc, then a Vulcan seems to fit right in. The open days are already fantastic, an addition of a Vulcan would be even better - and getting a hangar built for all of them would be a great use of funds.


Well maybe if Wellesbourne gets redeveloped 655 could be move to Brunty by road, or even if Doncaster doesn't work out, 558 could be moved at some point in the future. Possible, but expensive:


Vulcans in Camera - bwc Frameset

[RileyDove]

'Anyway, VTTS have already made the decision, it's ending it's flying days at Fininngley.....and I doubt there's anything or anyone that can change that decision.'

I thought it was the 'People's Vulcan' ! Don't the people who have paid the wages all these years have any voice?

[Always a Sapper]

Originally Posted by RileyDove

I thought it was the 'People's Vulcan' ! Don't the people who have paid the wages all these years have any voice?

Did they ever really have a voice?







Sorry, couldnt resist that one....

[Courtney Mil]

Once you donate to any charity you leave it up to them to spend the money. Always worth finding out what a charity does before donating. Donating to RNLI doesn't make you an employer or a shareholder.

[The Oberon]

I don't care about the politics but it looked bl**dy good over Scampton about 10 mins ago.

[Wander00]

Amongst the "what if's" must be "what if it goes u/s other than at RH?" Aah, did I hear an elephant trumpet................

[Preon]

T'others

It is hard to accept is that this is 558's final year and it's displays will be missed, but arguably the most two historically significant Avro Vulcans have been sitting outside for a number of years.
XM597 at East Fortune and XM607 at Waddington both 'Black Buck ' veterans of the The Falklands campaign cannot survive indefinitely exposed to the UK climate.
607 has received some TLC but surely deserves a climatically controlled environment to arrest further corrosion?

[GeeRam]

Originally Posted by Preon

607 has received some TLC but surely deserves a climatically controlled environment to arrest further corrosion?

Have heard whispers that the corrosion on '607 is quite bad already, and it's possibly already past the point of no return.....

Never understood why '607 wasn't the a/c earmarked for RAFM Hendon, although.

[Liffy 1M]

Never understood why '607 wasn't the a/c earmarked for RAFM Hendon, although.

XL318 had already been dismantled and transported to Hendon in Feb/March 1982, which was before the Falklands War. Its full history is here:
http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/document...n-B2-XL318.pdf