Well originally British Aerospace were quite enthusiatic towards the upkeep of the airframe even letting the guys at Woodford have the use of part of a hanger to help restore her…..

I think that the problem is these dats is the fact that they have to justify everything to shareholders and are unable to spend money on such a project which is a shame.

With todays redundancies at Woodford, the cancellation of the Bae 146/RJ aircraft and the problems with the Nimrod, I wonder how long this site will remain open???

Paul.

I am totally unsurprised by that. It’s about time we took pride in the engineering achievements of Great Britain.

The Vulcan bomber is unique and a milestone in aviation. It annoys me that the company that built the thing can’t show a bit of pride in itself without instead, doffing thie caps to shareholders all the time.

This would never happen in America.

Paul.

….and also: When I lived in Wigan, I used to wite to them all the time asking if I could help to work on the Vulcan on my weekends off…….

Never got a single reply!:confused:

Just thought that I would re-activate this thread! There must be some news!!!!!!

I just hope that TVOC and BAH are keeping quiet because they have something exciting up their sleeve…….

I don’t want to be a doom monger, but I heard that they are now unable to put her back together again, at least without a serious cash injection:( Is this true? I hope not…….

Also, can anyone expand on two Vulcan items that I am certain I read on the internet a year or two ago, but there is nothing on about it now:

1) Is it true that the UK’s servicable vulcans (especially the Wellesbourne Vulcan-short runway and all that!) carry enough fuel to enable them to divert to another airfield if something goes drastically wrong during a fast taxi run? I am sure that I read this in on the XM655 site a while back but now it seems to have been taken off…….

2) Did XM575 (or another vulcan?) originally go to Bruntingthorpe for preservation, flying to another airfield in the Midlands a short time after in the 80’s instead? If so, how was this squared up with BAe/CAA/RAF at the time?

Paul.

RE: MUSEUMS

It’s not really big enough to have themed areas really though is it? I mean the Shackleton dominates the hall and really all the other airframes are shoehorned around it!

It’s not bad though considering that there is little else in the North West aviation wise for people to see.

Paul.

RE: Lancaster B.X KB976

Is’nt the lincoln stored ourside in bits at an airfield down south?

Paul.