Sad news Crobato , condolences to all the families involved.

Re: what!!!!!!!!!!!!

Originally posted by peter
How can you justify reengining the vulcan for test flight purposes? This is rediculous as once the olypmus engines are restored and running well there should be no need to reconfigure the aircraft for an untried and unproven engine installation.
I heard somewhere that the engines in the Concorde are of a different dash number and is not compatible to an installation to the vulcan.

Accurate info as usual Peter !!!, the Olympus engines fitted to the Vulcan and Concorde are not interchangable .
I think if you contact Castle Air Museum at
[email]cam@elite.net[/email]
– this is an old address so I hope it still works , you will find that the museum have never been contacted regarding using the aircraft as a test bed , and has never been surveyed with a view to flying her. NASA , the USAF , Navy and Army and anybody else in America have all the high speed delta data they need from operating the Shuttle and more recently using the re-engined TU-144 ( is there one of these destined to do a last ferry flight into an American Museum??) .
Considering how long the Vulcan has been out in the open air Jeremy has worked wonders just getting the 115v systems back up and running
I emailed the Museum 2-3 years ago when this rumour first came to light. If I can find the reply I’ll post it ( it’s on my PC at home somewhere ) , it was quite funny if I remember correctly

Maybe the Flypast sponsorship money has been put to use for better things , such as private registration numbers so we can spot the Flypast corporate limo at airshows – making it easier for us minions to spot the Flypast management – anybody suggest a suitable registration number , and guess how long it takes for this thread to get unravelled

If you do manage up here Ashley drop me a mail and I’ll meet you through there . Bar lunch at the Glen Golf Club is on me.

The Museum has been busy on the last two weekend when I’ve been through , the restoration hangar is looking good , hopefully I’ll meet Mr Leyden when I’m through on Saturday – I’ve been trying to get a decent photo of the two Spits together , but my photographic skills are 5hit – this is my last attempt !!!

Yup , nice pic Keltic , makes a change from the flashy 747’s in snow , sunlight , moody photo’s.

Originally posted by Graeme C
It was the fact that they were going bankrupt+ After Mark Hanna sadly died. They sold off most of there aircraft except the Breitling Fighters.

Fury
Casa
Hunters
Zero

Graeme

I think that if you call Matt Potulski or Laura Wetton – the General Manager at OFMC , she will confirm they are not bankrupt and she would be the first to know if they were . Even better ask Damien Burke – if he doesn’t know it then it hasn’t happened . I know this may have been a genuine mistake but try to verify any information before posting it on the Forum. Rumours like this do not help a respected company like the OFMC .