Wyvernfan
She might taxi on Friday at 1800Hrs for pilot training. If she is flying, then somebody knows something that I don’t:D

Well whoever updates your facebook page seems to think they know something. :highly_amused:

I notice the permit to fly isn’t yet renewed. Can you still test fly without a current one or does that need to be sorted first?

Any more news on this? Surely must be getting fairly close to first flight by now?

At first glance I thought Jaguar, but looking closer it actually appears to be a Soko J-22 Orao.

Keeping things realistic, I’d like to see the Vulcan, Sea Vixen and Canberra flying in 2013; and all three in formation would be a huge bonus. 😎

The Woodford saga relates to how she displayed there this year but somehow only managed that for a select few guests and not the majority who undoubtedly built the item.

It was made clear in one of the newletters around the time as to why they didn’t announce the Woodford flight, which I have reproduced below.

Sadly, we were unable to make any prior announcement of this overflight, because the new owners of Woodford Aerodrome specifically requested us not to, citing concerns about crowds on local roads, and their current sensitivities over planning applications for the site.

So there you have it, although I still expect some will blame VttS for not going against the owners wishes.

Btw, it’s worth signing up for the free newsletters as questions like these often get answered,

http://www.vulcantothesky.org/newsletter-sign-up.html

Just a suggestion rather than an actual happening..

Should Vulcan XH588 be put into live storage like a number of ex military aircraft?. perhaps to fly every 4 years or so?. around the time of World Cup Football or other major public events/anniversary etc.. By doing this it will preserve the airframe life etc so many others can see her fly further down the line of time and also ease up the frantic collection of funds that always seem to happen.

The problem as I see it is you’ve got to have somewhere to store it and also maintain it. That means the costs of hangarage and engineers to look after it while it’s not flying and VttS simply cannot afford that.

This fund raising seems to overshadow and sideline other projects which could do with the influx of money and the exposure of the projects. The majority of joe public who attend airshows obviously enjoy the delight of the sight n sound of big noisy jets and is a great “feet through the gate” generator but is it at the cost of other important heritage?

There’s no evidence to support any theory that the money the Vulcan gets would go to any other projects. It’s likely that some would filter down, but I suspect the majority would just keep their hand in their pockets.

However, imo if other projects want public money then they need to significantly up their game and get their message out to the wider public.

Hurn -they don’t have usable engines to continue flying abroad and I should imagine the operation of any ex military complex aircraft would be looked at very closely. Lastly its our heritage

If I recall correctly the cycle limit imposed by RR for the engines is severely under what was deemed safe use in service life. Apparently RR erred on the side of extreme caution.

If the Vulcan left the country then who’s to say that the false limits it’s forced to fly under in the UK wont be less severe elsewhere? The engines certainly wont suddenly be unsafe once the cycles imposed by RR in the UK are used up.

Saying that, with enough money the engines could be overhauled, it’s certainly not impossible for a rich enough owner, and if there was a buyer from abroad, then you can bet they’d probably have looked into what options they had to fly it in their own country.

As for heritage, well we have numerous authentic Vulcans in museums and a couple of live ones taxiing already.