And if it does get back into the air, are you really going to look away and say “sorry, not interested”?
Well said and welcome you two new ‘uns
For all the detractors what will your position be ?
If the project fails or heaven forbid a disaster occurs will you be crowing “told you so” ?…..
I agree it is still a very big ‘but’ that it will ever happen BUT……can we also therefore assume that you will all be sticking to your principals and none of you will be attending any show 558 attends ?.
Humble pie is not a pleasant dish at the best of times 😉 and I hope you all enjoy your ten year diet of flyins on farm strips whilst sticking to your principals of never seeing the Vulcan in the air again. :p
Seriously though I think there are two main issues here.
The first is that we all agree that the money could (and quite possibly should) have been better spent elsewhere but, that lottery money wasn’t going to be put towards getting anything else in the air and probably very little of it would have been spent preserving any other airframe close to our hearts however worthy.
The second is that and we all feel a little uneasy about the way thing are being handled by TVOC.
All the no, maybe, never, well it’s now in bit’s so give us the money or it will stay that way, scrapped, no, possibly, yes, the lack of concrete information…. all this uncertanty.
We all feel we ‘know’ how we would like things to be run and we are spoilt by being used to knowing people in the warbird/preservation/operating community who on the whole generously share their time, knowledge and expertise, we all benefit from knowing these folk.
TVOC on the other hand appear to be running their show in an entirely different way to what we are used to….and we simply don’t like it..we feel totally detatched from the whole process.
I am prepared to be shot down but when was the last time (if ever) that anyone from TVOC posted anything on any enthusiasts forum regarding what was actually going on, anything of real substance ?
Whilst I don’t doubt the sincerity of the general fundraiser, the engineering staff involved, the enthusiast who has manned a stall at an airshow or the person like myself who has bunged them a few quid it’s the attitude of ‘the powers that be’, the prime movers, that I find difficult to fathom.
It’s all far too corporate and detatched. Maybe its just me but the perception that I get is that they regard the whole thing as a job rather than the passion that it should be.
I get the impression that if it all comes to pass then great, bask in the glory but should it not happen well………we raised Y million in X years and what a great thing to have on the CV, on to the next project, the next contract of employment. Are TVOC entusiasts like ourselves (all be it better connected), or just professional fundraisers ?
In the best traditions of cold war ‘protect and survive’ I now ‘duck and cover’ :diablo:
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