Anyone into planes

[Sancho]

No idea what the fuss is all about myself, but I know some of you like this sort of thing:

http://www.tvoc.co.uk/default.asp

[si tate]

No idea what the fuss is all about myself, but I know some of you like this sort of thing:

http://www.tvoc.co.uk/default.asp

It would be nice to see it flying again but i won't go so far as making a donation.

No doubt some rich yank will step in at the last minute to fund it.

[joker??]

passengers ???

[Growler]

passengers ???

About 20,000Lbs of them in the bomb bay

[Predictable Bob]

No doubt some rich yank will step in at the last minute to fund it.

I can't see any Yank funding a Vulcan restoration - after all it's not American !

I'd love to see (and hear) her flying but they'll have a hell of a job raising that sort of dosh in the current climate

[That Ruddy Squirrel]

I can't see any Yank funding a Vulcan restoration - after all it's not American !

I'd love to see (and hear) her flying but they'll have a hell of a job raising that sort of dosh in the current climate

It's easy to raise a fair chunk of it, I can think of a certain passenger who, if left in the bomb bay will happily donate his pension (£650K) & a bit more - get my drift ?

[GRASSMAN]

These things are awesome flying machines used to fly over
our house in the mid 70s after take off from Church Fenton
and they could rattle the windows and roof tiles.
I think they were hunting submarines in the North Sea,

[da SLUG man]

the "I want £1m to play with my toys" fund??

maybe a museum is the best place for it... i remember them well, flying from RAF greenham common in the 80's... but can't say i've got any urge to see one flying again???

even if it is one of the few planes i could recognise!

[Apache]

I remember them doing circuits at Llanbedr a few years before I worked there. Stunning thing to see in the air. They've got one at Cosford air museum, and you can sit in the cockpit.

Not sure they were ever used for sub hunting though. They were designed as nuclear bombers, though used as conventional bombers in anger in the Falklands.

[John h]

Eyup Si are you sure they could get into fenton? runway was a bit short ? Andre has his Victor K2 at Elvington, i never actualy posted at Church Fenton, but had to go and pick up a Nimrod crew from there after a SSAFA show, Vulcans were a plenty over here at Finningley Scampton and Waddington. We have a cockpit section from a vulcan at Aeroventure, I'm afraid XH558 has a lot of unhappy baggage, a lot of money has never made it to the aircraft there is a huge retail and support infrastructure hiding behind it, plus one doctor plemming who likes to wax lyrical about all he has done for this magnificent British built aircraft, they've tried to get Branson to step in, I think he liked Concorde more though.
Thanks Sancho for bringing the old girls plight to our attention ! We at project677 salute you

[blackpoolsparks]

It would be nice to see it flying again but i won't go so far as making a donation.

No doubt some rich yank will step in at the last minute to fund it.

Dont think I'll bother on this one

[John h]

Anybody read Vulcan 607 ? by Rowland White it certainly made an impression on Jeremy clarkson oh and Stanley runway (Falkland islands)

[Growler]

Anybody read Vulcan 607 ? by Rowland White it certainly made an impression on Jeremy clarkson oh and Stanley runway (Falkland islands)

Yup, found it to be a very good "behind" the scenes factual telling of the falklands tale.

[si tate]

I can't see any Yank funding a Vulcan restoration - after all it's not American !

I'd love to see (and hear) her flying but they'll have a hell of a job raising that sort of dosh in the current climate

Yanks invented everything mate, but if it all goes wrong they just blame someone else, thats the american way.

[si tate]

These things are awesome flying machines used to fly over
our house in the mid 70s after take off from Church Fenton
and they could rattle the windows and roof tiles.
I think they were hunting submarines in the North Sea,

Oh the memories, used to go every year with my dad.

Happy days.