expensive for what they are.

Do you really think that?

The pilot too is a factor. For example Kevin Rumens seems to be a tad more aggressive than Martin Withers when displaying the Vulcan, as the Sat/Sun displays at Fairford show.

Hurn, it was only Kevins take off that was more ‘aggressive’ at Fairford. The rest of the display was the usual Vulcan display… Slow and rather uninspiring. More like a large glider than a heavy bomber. What stuck me on both days at Fairford is just how quiet the display is. The vulcan is all about Power and noise… You only hear the aircraft a couple of times during the show… As for power… Well, it’s just not there any more. I remember when you used to ‘feel’ the Vulcan during her display. Now you can barely heir her, let along feel her! It’s just not the same. Oh well, at the least the take off is worth watching!

John, Sir, I have thought long and hard about what to write here, as your sudden departure from this earth has saddened me deeply. Although we never met, I feel deeply upset by the news of your loss, and write this message the a tear in my eye. I had the great privilege of looking after your aircraft on Sunday. I say looking after her… I took the covers off and wrapped her up again on Sunday evening… It’s not really much, but I felt privileged to be given the job. What a beautiful aircraft.

You’ll have reached your destination by now, where the beer is cold, the avgas is free and the sun always shines… Fly with the eagles sir, and rest in piece.

Yours truly.
Mark

and to those who say she doesn’t look right well it’s fine to criticise, maybe you should try putting in all the hard work and time spent lovingly preparing and then the nights when even our fourteen year old son and ourselves didn’t get to bed till gone midnight, on one of your own!

Yep… do that on a regular basis… Now can I comment on the finish?

We did what we thought was right for the Aircraft and we worked damn hard to be able to show her to the many genuine Lightning enthusiasts at the airshow and we think she looks fantastic. As for being shiny well yes she is but she is a display aircraft not an operational aircraft any longer. When you go out on a special occasion you don’t leave your working clothes on do you?

Oh I see… Special occasion. You should ave put her in a little pink number then…

I’m sorry for the sarcasm Lesley, but why are you so defensive about 770? The guy who asked about how you come to own 770… It’s a perfectly sensible question…

NO ONE on here is trying to take away from you what’s been achieved with 770… Personally, I’m just saying that I dont like the finish. That doesn’t mean that I dont congratulate you for the achievement… I just dont like the gloss… So what. Some people dont like my aircraft. Get over it!

Well done to the LPG!

ie, with no respect whatsoever:D

You’re very presumptuous aren’t you?!
Actually, it was said with respect – I was simply making you aware of a few facts that you clearly weren’t aware of!

Whilst individuals may have expressed their private point of view to you personally, all the official statements from VTST that I heard on Saturday either over the Waddington PA or Airshow/local radio, and the statements on their website have been very careful not to sling mud.
I wasn’t there on Sunday, so can’t comment on what Rlangham heard.

Individuals, working for TVOC, have to express the view of TVOC as they are the public face. If they blame Marshals (which they did), then as far as the public are concerned, it’s Marshals fault. When ground crew stand under the wing of 558, and tell Mr and Mrs Smith, that it’s the CAA’s fault (again, which they did), then it’s the CAA’s fault…

What TVOC should have done was get all it’s representatives together, and brief them on what the party line was going to be, instead of having a bunch of Mavericks going off blaming every Tom, Dick and Harry apart from themselves. This is one of the reasons I believe Dr Plemming should stand down. Not only because of the on going errors that surround 558, but the constant failure to manage the team.

It appears to me that there is probably fault on all sides in this.

Perhaps you’d like to enlighten us on this. If we assume that all parties means TVOC, CAA and Marshals, then maybe you can tell us who you think has done what wrong? – Maybe then we can all learn from the mistakes.