Let me get this right. They do flypasts and stuff but don’t pre-notify them just in case people turn up to see it. That is the most bizarre excuse I’ve ever heard. What on earth is the point then?
Reading one of Barry Masefield’s blogs, it seems that sites are generally asked in advance for permission to flyover, some even request a flyover if the Vulcan is in the area so I don’t think it’s just a case of turn up willy nilly. As mentioned some sites wont want hordes of people descending upon them causing blockages to roads, so in the main it’s kept quiet. Then of course there’s flight routing and no doubt if spotters were at a site waiting for a flypast that didn’t happen due to having to avoid weather then there’d be complaints yet again.
After excellent displays at Fairford and Farnborough, my father and I, both Vulcan sceptics, were tempted to put our hands in our pockets but after this? Nah.
Doesn’t surprise me. There seem to be a hardcore of people who were always just about to donate, but then when something doesn’t go exactly their way find an excuse to keep their hands in their pockets.
Thankfully there still seems to be a hardcore of us who are willing to dip into our pockets regardless to help keep the thing flying so everyone can enjoy (or moan about) it.
I’ll tell you something else, it isn’t just me. There are plenty others that are miffed they didn’t know about this. All it does is taint the perception of the TVOC. Again.
There’s a Jubilee Tour coming up soon where the Vulcan is due to fly around sites over the country. Perhaps Woodford will be one of them, but I imagine it will only be with the sites permission to do so. No doubt more will be announced shortly.
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