That said, the plan is to get our vulc under a roof, but that might not happen this year. Once it is indoors, a great deal of skin work will have to be done especially around the fin, so we may yet get a white vulcan. Can’t say for sure though. I need about 40 tonnes of concrete for a hardstanding / hangar base first…..

Buy the ‘Lancaster at Coventry’ DVD from Roger White or Lincs Lanc Association. I’m ‘Geordie’….

Does anyone know who owns the nissen huts on the tech site? as seen in the link on the first post….

Or, if you currently own a pair of nissen huts which you no longer have a use for, plese let me know.

As an update, Avro Vulcan B2 XL319 will not die. Having inspected the internals, she is saveable and will be saved. To those who have seen her recently, she looks alot worse than she actually is. A plan is being formed for her rejuvenation, but we need alot of things:

A mountain of concrete for a new hardstanding

Jet pipe ends
Re-skinning the fin and flying controls
Enough paint to sink a battleship….
All cockpit glass and nav lights (thanks to vandals)
Reseal the canopy
Address the corrosion on the spars (actually the first job)
Main gear leg doors x2

If anyone can help with these parts and jobs, PM me please. Serious offers of help only please.

For the Vulcan owners – we may be willing to exchange sevicable internals (except visible cockpit items) in exchange for servicable external parts.

Anyone got a telephone number or e-mail for the 603 association?

Just had a browse on google earth and before long we are going to lose a lot of the old bases even from the air!

me too… spotted the aforementioned lightning too…. didn’t look too good from above. Is that for sale also?… I didn’t even know it was there…!

How long before the majority of our airfields go the way of RAF Usworth / Sunderland Airport. (Bet you can’t find any trace of that one on Google earth… hint : Its buried under the bloody great big factory)

The site where the photos are, has just proved that these people are breaking into places. Cherry Knowle Hospital, Ryhope, Tyne and Wear is listed (Demolished this year). The whole place was a health risk due to the vast amount of asbestos used throughout. All doors were blocked and the area was fenced off. Lets hope these vandals die horribly from asbestosis. That’d teach them. God knows what damage they’d cause when around live aircraft.

How old are these photos? Is the ground equipment still there? Who owns it all?… Hope that lightning can be saved…

Just a little off topic, but what condition was KB976 in before the hangar roof incident?.. was she still in Canadian colours? I vaguely recollect someone at Strathallen saying they were going to get the engines running… a couple of years later, the collection folded. I know the majority of her resides in rather shabby containers at polk City…