I have not read this thread in great detail but am dismayed by the negitivity of it. I lived in Lincoln for 34 years and remember when I was young and lived 5 miles from Waddington (Between Waddinton and Scampton) we could hear the Vulcans start up, on many occassions my dad would bundle us all in the car and by the time we arrived we would see 4 or 5 Vulcans all taking off line astern. The ground would be shaking, the sky would be full of ‘rust’ as I used to call it from the exhausts. It was a fantastic sight I will never forget. I loved the Vulcan and the strange screeching noises it would make when it was thrown around the air as if in protest.
I just think that it is money well spent as in the times we live and the amount of money that is wasted by the government and the lottery, even if it flys for 1 or 2 years it will leave a lasting impression on the younger generations like it did with me. Ever since those days that we were bundled in the car to see this great sight I have forever been interested in aircraft. I do not work in the field and so have an interest from the outside but as an engineer fully understand the technical issues that need to be overcome to fly these old magnificent achievements of Great Britain in its engineering prime. Will I get excited about a Tornado or Eurobox, no, the British aircraft are the best and remind us of our once greatness.
I commend anyone who works in the field and spends, donates or donates time to achieve this. Whilst I know Britain is no longer great as we have been pilaged by too many corrupt govenments with personnal greed in there minds. They can take our money but not our memmories or our pride.
The Vulcan team have fort many battles, but I for one hope they do succeed if only to prove good old British buldog spirit still survives.. My only regret is that I will not get to see it fly as I have left the country and now live in Reno…… cannot wait for the air races again….
Where else do you get to see 5 furies flying together…. fantastic…
Mark
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