….I most certainly did not pay to watch her fly.
Once a large aircraft such as the Vulcan has finished its squadron service…just leave it in retirement in the interests of safety.
The Vulcan has always fascinated me……it still does. I never needed to see it fly again to maintain my fascination.
Giving the people access to the Vulcan and aircraft like it I consider to be far more important.
Pop a youngster in the left hand seat of the mighty Avro would I’m sure produce as much interest if not more than simply seeing one pass in the distance.
Personally I would have much rather seen the money spent on producing replica’s of those types no longer with us (Stirling, Manchester etc)
along with publishing the histories of aviators, maintainers and planners before they all depart their mortal coil.
Just glad it’s back on the ground before anybody got hurt……
I’m sorry but I disagree.
Seeing this fantastic machine flying again verses seeing it sitting on the ground is amazing. To sit in a Vulcan would be a marvellous thing for any young person but to say that to sit in the cockpit would produce as much interest as seeing it fly is nonsense.
I confess that I did not pay to see the Vulcan fly but I did see it at Goodwood Revival and it was awesome! The noise the elegance, the manoeuvrability. How do you get a sense of that by sitting in it?
There are replicas I would love to see fly – the De Havilland Hornet perhaps or the Westland Whirlwind we all have our own thoughts on that. Would a Stirling or a Manchester fundraising raise any money at all? I have enough difficulty finding anyone at work who has heard of a Spitfire – let alone a Stirling!
Also I am very disappointed by the comment that “Just glad it’s back on the ground before anybody got hurt.” What do you mean by that exactly. Are you suggesting that all vintage aircraft by grounded immediately? Or are you suggesting that the VTTS organisation could not be trusted to fly the Vulcan? Explain to me how flying the Vulcan was dangerous. Please point out exactly why you think that comment is justified.
A lot of nonsense has been placed on this forum regarding the return to the sky of the Vulcan and it seems that all those who wished the project ill and had their hopes dashed when it took to the sky have now returned to snipe once again.
They achieved something that many thought was impossible. VTTS should be held in high regard.
Sign In
