Just to update
Thanks for the concern everyone. Just to clarify, although there was evidence of what appears to be preparation for theft, no significant items have been taken. We have suffered minor theft in the past. The Vulcan remains open to the public and is the only one in the UK where you can arrive at the museum and guarantee you will get a tour. We close at the end of this month for our winter recess and open again on 25th March 2016. Check the webpage for further details.
To expand a little. The incident that primarily concerned us was the unscrewing/loosening of mounting screws to the periscope on the engineer’s station which was clearly the action of an adult with intent rather than a thoughtless opportunist. Although we would be at pains to not attribute blame too quickly, the incident was reported shortly after a photographer was granted exclusive entry for a photo-shoot. It could be coincidence, maybe we had not noticed before. We have since briefed all our staff that no-one, including the Pope, is allowed into the cockpit without direct supervision.
From a post on Facebook…Apparently some scumbag stole some items from XJ823 recently.. relief tubes and unscrewed and removed part of the aeo’s panel.. please keep an eye out for anything online and let the museum know if anything shows up for sale?
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