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Old 3rd Jan 2004, 07:01
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FJJP
 
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HZ et al - Don't muddy the waters by dragging in the question of pilot availability/currency. The CAA have been in on the ground floor and this question will have been addressed. There are sufficient numbers of Vulcan ex-display pilots out there to generate at least the core of a training programme. The ac is not difficult to fly, and has few vices if you follow the rules.

Display flying it is not difficult and there are no unique techniques required to fly the sequence.

The first step is now in place to get this magnificent ac back in the air. Projects like this, once they get positively started, tend to gain a momentum of their own; it won't be long before corporate sponsorship starts to appear. For such a unique ac and a crowd puller at airshows, the bigger companies will be willing to attach their names to the project.

We're not out of the woods yet, and there is some way to go. But it would be good if we could keep the doom and gloom mongering out of the equation and make lots of positive noises - they need our support.
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