Sadly guys nothing sinister about the wind turbine damage ! a report I read recently attributed it to metal fatigue on a bolt .

There isn’t very much money in classic aviation – BAe will take you on as an apprentice -they are advertising now . I would suggest getting a license as then you can have a good living and afford to go and look at the classic aircraft for enjoyment!

Sky High – I think the problem is that you can throw any amount of money at a machine to get it flying but you have to have the structure in place to keep it up there and keep people wanting to support it. I think maybe people
thought that once it was flying money would pour it -it didn’t! This can either be attributed to the recession as TVOC often cites or taking possibly a more realistic view that old bomber aircraft don’t really easily fit any demographic
for advertising when a country has been at war for a sustained time.
Couple this with the ultimatums like the now infamous ‘pay up or we scrap her’ and it easy to see why a large number of enthusiasts have lost enthusiasm for her. The current round of debate seems to centre on the wages given to her crew -all of which takes the edge off it even more when lots of people are struggling both here and abroad.

Sky High – As probably one of the ‘anti Vulcan’ lobby you refer to – it’s not a case of being ‘anti’ anything ‘ it’s a matter of taking an objective view of something and seeing if it adds up! In the case of the Vulcan I have long held the view that the figures don’t work and that various aspects of her future are sceptical such as the desire to end her flying life at Duxford with the IWM when they already have a fresh from service example to hand! Without wishing to prejudge it – I would be looking at finding an alternative destination for her final flight with a museum not a million miles from York being the most sensible to me and doing it soon!

Inkworm – the problem is that any sponsor will base his judgement on past performance! If you wanted a positive image of your product you would have to exclude the majority of the crowd at Waddington last year for starters!
The difficulty with the Vulcan is that it has a very narrow appeal -I cannot forsee sponsors throwing money at it in a couple of years time in the same way that they havn’t already!

Make a tv documentary of the recovery and restoration -change numerous parts of her and fly her . Hopefully some attempt might be made to save the B-17G on top of the gas station in the U.S at some stage!

The tyre size is 6.00 -6 if that helps!