Originally Posted by fly_high
Maybe somebody can clarify this... if certain RAF aircraft are preserved in flying order, such as the Spitfires, Hurricanes and Lancaster of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, why isn't the Vulcan included in some sort of Cold War Memorial Flight?
That way they could have RAF backing (and presumably some RAF funding), and it would be a way of preserving other aircraft of the era under the same project.
As I recall, hopefully correctly, the RAF Vulcan Display Flight operated for close to 10 years after the RAF ceased operational flying of the Vulcans.
In 1993, '558 was needing the major which it's now undergoing and the cost of which, surprise, surprise
the MOD wasn't prepared to stump up for, but cited also as a reason for ending flying was the iminent withdrawl of the Victors from service and thereby the infrastructure to safely support the continued operation of a V-bomber wouldn't be there anymore.