The guys involved in the restoration work of 558 came to the museum to look at our Vulcan and I asked a similar question and the reply was that the force of display was going to be less greater than before but would still look mightily impressive.

They did say that the usual howling growl at full throttle up on the runway would probably not happen to preserve the length of use of the engines. Because of the amount of weight loss gained from removing non essensial equipment they would not require full power to climb out.

A small loss compared to the events of finally seeing her fly;)

How old????

Happy birthday Ben.

Hope you’ve had a good day old friend.

Rob

ps.. Thanks for all your support mate 😉

I’m fortunate to live in Lutterworth which is about 2 miles from Brunty and literally 5 minutes away in the car but whats good is from where I live, you can hear her engines being tested and it’s an awesome sound to hear.

It’s not loud, but a thundering rumble in the distance and when you hear it, it sends shivers down my spine because I know what it is.

I can’t wait until the day she takes off, because where I am, I will see her, she’ll be overflying Lutterworth quite a lot and I’m well excited!

Hats off to the boys and girls of VTTS for a stonking job. Hopefully in a few days time, their hard work will be well rewarded by seeing her lift off for the first time in years!!

Bravo 😀 😀

Didn’t want to mention that Robb as it’s not happened yet.

Why Les, that sounds like a ‘don’t think it’s gonna happen’ quote!!

Did they not tell you that the date has been set for her move and transport is booked?;)

She may look thin on the ground now, but once we’ve blown her up she’ll be much better:D