Expensive business aviation is. Someone once said (with a bit of tongue in cheek) operating a Vulcan would require the GDP of a small country…..one thing is for sure you cannot operate a Vulcan on a shoestring or small budget. Flight safety is paramount, aircraft are living, breathing objects that can so easily rack up costs. The no-shows were sad but hey that is aviation and with just one complex asset that is what you get. I’d rather they left her on the ground than fly her with an unacceptable defect, and being the professionals they are, they would not have done that anyaway.
I applaud Bubble’s efforts in raising money. I wish a big sponsor would come forward, even if it meant painting it blue/silver with Red Bull or similar…even MacD’s as a big flying billboard.
The Vulcan evokes many emotions and heart tugs for many of us…..just like the Millenium Dome (as was), the cost could create Educational packages and finance many good static restorations in many museums (the millenium dome money could have put a decent leisure centre in every major town). I was like a little kid at Farnborough when I saw her and the excitement of ‘normal’ people and kids was ‘priceless’.
Put simply, the Vulcan needs big cashflow to keep it flying…..I cannot imagine where it could come from, sadly. It cannot fly on enthusiasts dreams alone, no matter how much we want it too.
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