what sort of life extension would you be looking at? and at what cost? purely out of interest 🙂 it seems to me that lindy is in the best condition when compared to Tina at brunty?

When I was involved with this glorious project, we had a cursory glance at what would have to be done, and it involved the removal of all the spars, X-ray, other NDT and the replacement of most of them anyway with new material. BIG JOB. Not impossible though.

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Did they give any indication to you as to when flight tests might resume?

Is it really as black as the picture they paint?

Yes and no… in that order.

I am in no way connected to TVOC (Just for the record…)

I think the main issue is that they misjudged the race for sponsors at this stage, expecting untold millions to be forthcoming. If you owned a big company, would you risk your reputation on an aircraft which does not yet have a permit to fly?…. neither would I. HOWEVER flight testing is just waiting for the better weather and will be completed before the end of March. Following the issue of the permit, they are confident that the major sponsors will come. The main form of income at the minute is the 558 draw money. Please be patient… and remember that they are having to operate as a single aircraft airline – i.e. expensive even when the aircraft is sat on the ground.

And yes, I agree that the website is rubbish. Still, it is unwise to judge a company by its website…

I have been to visit TVOC today, and all I am going to add to the mix is that they are all VERY busy there. The engineers, storemen, and the rest of the ground trades work hard on the shop floor. Rusty and the ladies upstairs were constantly on the phones talking to media and sponsors, and finally, TVOC are helping several Vulcan owners dispite the fact that they would help their own cause more by flogging parts on e-bay.

I believe Dr Bob works for free… something I’ve heard somewhere, and he is constantly on the road promoting the Vulcan – doing talks, guest appearences, etc. Andrew Edmondson does the same.

There is light at the end of this very long tunnel for the successful return to the airshow scene, and although my contribution has been modest, I wholeheartedly support this project.

As has been said, if you support the project then your donations are warmly recieved and we will have a Vulcan at the shows this year. If you whine about the ‘deplorable sate of the management’, then ignore the whole thing. The negative publicity does not help and you are personally making matters worse.

Keep the faith.

There was a quite in depth discussion on this subject on this forum a few months back….:cool: can’t recall exactly when. I believe it was around christmas time….

I agree with Bruce and DeHavEng. I have been involved as a volunteer with a couple of museums since I was old enough to cycle the 10 miles to my nearest one. That started my interest in classic aviation. I subsequently realised that experience is required and joined the RAF, and eventually left to sit my EASA licences. I am now in the position where I am teaching the subject AND just a couple of exams away from an A licence. Meanwhile, I am running a project with the museum I started with…..

Experience is the buzz-word in this industry, as well as building up contacts. Often it is a case of who you know as much as what you know.