Goodonya, chaps - Vulcan saved!
 

From today's Telegraph. This appeal was something that was posted here a few months back and got a substantial response - unfortunately with the 'search' facility down I can't link to the original posting.

THE last of Britain's Vulcan nuclear bombers has been saved from sale to
American buyers, thanks largely to support from Daily Telegraph readers.

More than 3,000 gave money following an
article warning that the project to restore
the aircraft was in danger of foundering
because of lack of money. They sent
£30,000 - an average of £10 each - to the
Vulcan Restoration Trust Appeal, based at
Bruntingthorpe airfield near Leicester.

David Walton, who bought the aircraft
from the RAF in 1995, said: "We're still a
long way short of our target but the money
we have received from the public since the Telegraph article appeared means
that the Vulcan will definitely stay in Britain. Public interest has been
phenomenal. When we get the aircraft flying next year there is absolutely no
doubt in my mind that it will be a stunner at air shows and events across the
country."

The project's members decided to appeal to the public for the £1.5 million
needed to save the aircraft following a lack of interest from commercial
sponsors. A minimum donation of £1 enrolled donors as Friends of the
Vulcan, providing them with information about its progress. The donors will
also have entry to a ballot for a personalised fly-past next year.

About £700,000 has already been spent on getting the aircraft to the state
where major engineering work has official approval to proceed. About £1
million still needs to be raised.

Cheques payable to the Vulcan Restoration Trust Appeal can be sent to
Vulcan to the Sky, PO Box 3240, BH21 4YP.

Come on Guv,

With £1 million still to find, I think "saved" is perhaps a little premature! Hope everyone is doing their bit.

Guess £50 from each registered PPRuNer would do nicely! - Only joking.

I think I'd prefer it to go to the US and fly if keeping it here means it's likely to stay grounded.

How much is the Campaign Against Aviation doing to help (or hinder) this very worthy cause?

Only ever saw the Vulcan in flight a couple of times... the first time was at my Prep school on the East coast of Scotland - one came in from the North Sea at a rate of knots seemingly at deck level - and pulled up right over our heads. Very, very impressive stuff - especially to a 12 year old!

Hoorah, "Search" is back.....
Try Aircrew Notices
http://www.pprune.org/ubb/NonCGI/For...ML/001295.html

Used to live near Waddington. Couldn't sleep when the Vulcans left - far too quiet. Hopefully it'll fly again in the UK, however it would be better to fly it in the States than not at all.

I think someone just needs to divert one of those handy 2 million quid subs that the Millbank morons have been getting lately.

I'd rather it was turned into hot air with the tang of kerosene than the more usual sort :-)


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Feathers

I hope they get her into the air.

Worked on the venerable Vulcan for 10 years man and boy. She is the most graceful bird ever to fly. However I lost no end of skin and blood working in the area of the hydraulic panel in the nwb.

I thought the fatigue index of this particular aircraft was almost up and support from the major manufactures i.e. Bae/RR/Dunlop was not that forthcoming.

Please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.

Leave it on the ground before it goes and kills either a few or a lot of people on the ground.

waco - that's the spirit that built the British Empire (not).

Used to have our family holidays on the Kent coast and the Vulcans doing bumps and circuits from Manston were always great entertainment. Last saw the old girl at one of the last British Grand Prix at Brands Hatch (before it settled at that horrible place in Northamptonshire)... a real crowd pleaser and I for one would love to see her strutting her stuff again.

Ahhhhhhhh British Empire
You mean the bit where we went around killing people and stealing everything !

There is a centre page spread in todays Mail On Sunday on the Vulcan written by Norman Tebbit.
For my money he is spot on about Tony Blair.

I don't get the paper in question, but one assumes from Lord Tebbit's known political affiliations he wasn't polite.

Does said peer frequent this forum at all? He is an ex airline driver after all.

G

He was also a fighter pilot in the RAF during the fifties on Vampires and Meteors, I think.
As regards his Tony Blair statement:
May explain the lack of Government funding. Still, lets shell out a few more quid on that big thing down by the river though, hey!

Regards, VFE.

The first time i saw and heard the vulcan flying the noise was of ear bleeding proportions.Can we justify in this time and age the return of this aircraft to the skies? When so much is done by others to restrict flying and beat the aviation industry with the stick of noise abatement,can we justify the vulcan providing entertainment at airshows are we shooting ourselves in the foot?