Vulcan - Not Dead Yet!
Although we have a thread on this subject elsewhere, I thought it important that I highlight this matter more clearly because of the impending threat of disaster!
The TVOC project has been going well, and the aircraft is still due to be rolled-out (albeit with components missing) at the end of this month. It is scheduled to fly again early next year and yet... unless another 200-250k is found within the next three weeks, the project will have to be terminated, and although the Trust could continue, the odds on ever starting-up the project again are virtually zero.
Having got this far, it seems ludicrous that the project might now have to be chopped. There's much that can be done, and most importantly, somebody ought to be putting pressure on the Lottery people to cough-up this cash, otherwise their hefty investment (2.7 million) is going to go straight down the proverbial pan.
Publicity and lots of it - that's what is needed at this critical stage so that the project can proceed to the flight stage, and then (finally!) some sponsors can finally see what they would be getting for their money. But the project needs some people with clout who can make the right people sit-up and take notice. Surely, there must be people out there in the RAF/MoD who can bring this matter to the attention of the right people? What a waste if all this effort and money amounts to nothing.