When the Vulcan does return to the sky I hope it does its first flypast over Newark, so the guy who gave a very authorative opinion that it would never fly again (when I last visited there), eats his words.
It was not so much what he said, but more the way he said it to me. I told him that you only need the Design Authority, Someone to do the work, The CAA, the Crew and Loads of Money. I knew at that time that the only thing not in the loop was the money, which has taken a lot longer to get than the other needs.
One thing not to be forgotten here is without David Walton and his family, this airframe could have been rotting in a corner of some disused airfield instead of being worked on in a hanger. Well done to everyone concerned.
Paul
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