OK, at the risk of getting flamed, I'm going to be Devil's Advocate yet again. What annoys me more than anything else is that many fans are spending hard-earned cash on a project that doesn't seem to be remotely realistic. A quick visit to the XH558 site will show that the aircraft is still in many many pieces all over the hangar floor, and yet supposedly there are going to be airshow appearances all over the UK this year!!
Just someone please please give a sensible answer to the following questions:
1. How much is it going to cost to fly for EACH airshow appearance??
2. The following aircraft have not been given a Permit to Fly in the UK:
EE Lightning
Buccaneer
Shackleton
In what way does the Vulcan qualify when these aircraft don't??
3. Area 51 Aviation is an ex-military jet maintenance operation based at North Weald, so presumably they know a thing or two. Their website states the following:
'The CAA only permit aircraft in the simple and intermediate category of complexity'
In what way is the Vulcan exempted from this policy??
I'd like to see a Vulcan flying again as much as the next man, but what is the actual realistic percentage chance of this happening??