This Sunday (the 2nd September) the Vulcan Restoration Trust will be opening the cockpit of XL426 to the public at Southend airport. It’s next to Rochford train station, about 50mins from London Liverpool st station.
Come down and talk to the team, get in the mood for 558’s return and help preserve one of the few active V-bombers.
By: Steven Hancock - 5th September 2007 at 10:07
Another advert
I don’t think we can keep up with the updates of NEAM on this forum, but there is already a good VRT update available.
The Vulcan Restoration Trust publishes “Vulcan News” three times a year. There is a very detailed and amusing engineering update in every issue (written by VRT’s own Ian Tovell), as well as fascinating articles relating to Vulcans. The last issue had an interview with Avro designer Bill Stableford.
These are on sale at the VRT stand at airshows and are delivered free to all members (I’m not suree how it works for overseas). I think membership’s worth it just for the magazines.
By: Nashio966 - 3rd September 2007 at 15:54
Definitely antiflash white, no questions asked :D:D
By: Mostlyharmless - 3rd September 2007 at 15:09
anti flash white please 🙂 to replace ‘603.
Really nice photos in the link, the angles really show up the vulcans lines.
By: Peter - 3rd September 2007 at 14:35
Paint
Hello Steve.
It was the paint on the rear fusleage radar cans area. Glad to hear it is only the paint. On our lanc we thought we had serious corrosion showing up below the bombaimers bubble. It turned out it was bubbles trapped in the layers of paint and the metal was like brand new when I stripped the area.
Are there plans to paint her again soon and if so what scheme??
By: Steven Hancock - 3rd September 2007 at 11:25
Thanks to anyone who came down.
Peter, If you’re talking about the seat the silver is bare metal where the paint has been rubbed off through years of use. If it’s the outer surface it’s the top layer of paint peeling off, she does need a repaint.
By: bexWH773 - 2nd September 2007 at 10:36
Kind of hard to visit when I live in canada:rolleyes:
Excuses excuses tut tut :p
Hope all goes well with Ol’ Lady and all the best. The photos look good by the way.
Bex
By: Peter - 2nd September 2007 at 01:26
condition of paint?
Is that corrosion coming through the paint or is it just layers of paint lifting?
By: BigPhil - 1st September 2007 at 23:33
VRT Open Day
I’ve put some pics here of today’s preperations.
http://forums.airshows.co.uk/cgi-bin/ukarboard/ikonboard.cgi?;act=ST;f=36;t=37608
Please come along and support a very worthy cause. 🙂
By: Peter - 31st August 2007 at 23:44
No need to bump?
Kind of hard to visit when I live in canada:rolleyes:
By: Old Fart - 31st August 2007 at 22:59
*BUMP*
By: Old Fart - 30th August 2007 at 14:33
Work is progressing well,
The more people that visit the better, Pay us a visit and you will get to see the work that has already been done in the cockpit with bits removed giving a rare opitunity to see behind the black boxes in the rear of the cockpit.
By: Peter - 30th August 2007 at 13:32
XL426 day
How is the work coming along on the old girl?
By: Steven Hancock - 30th August 2007 at 10:07
Just to keep this on the forum until after the event.
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August 28, 2007 at 12:34 pm