BIG article in the Dail Express today – pages 28 – 29.

Thanks Denis

The VTTS website shows Robert and Rusty under the Trustee link. But then thats the VTTS Web site for you!

I think those of us that have alway’s supported this project, and have indeed invested our “Hard Earned Money” in to it, are feeling somewhat helpless and a little in the dark.
But that would have always been the case, if it were cut and dry we would not be here debating it.

I cant speak for anyone else, but I know for me personally if there are changes to be made in the form of Managers,, Trustee’s in order for this project to stand any hope of reaching it’s objective they will be made..

I’m sure the VTTS are now at the point where, realism and the “clock ticking” is only too apparent to them.

If people now need to stand aside, for it to go to the next level, then I see that there is little choice for them, or room for debate.

Trustees are similar to the scoring of the Eurovision Song Contest, Greece, never votes for Cyprus, Poland always gives high votes to Germany, and vice versa! So to oust trustees you need a majority votes on the board. Personally I don’t think the majority on the VTS board have the guts to do it and would prefer to walk away on September 1st and go back to there day jobs, leaving just one trustee Dr Pleming out of work.
What a way to treat a guy who had a career as a director in Cisco systems, to quit the job for a Vulcan Project!

I am amazed to read the predicted cost of operation year on year , I appreciate that insurance will be significant as would be fuel , but as I understand it the number of flying hours per year is restricted to 100 (wasn’t this reduced from 200, as part of the second lottery bid?) The RAC are saying that if you only use your car a few days a week that will reduce your premium!! but surely with a newly refurbished A/C the maintenance costs for the first year are the lowest, increasing year on year pro rata, as per any other machine; does it have a minimum no. of hours it needs to fly,to comply with the lottery bid? or could they fly it as much as they could afford?

There is only a ‘X’ amount of places to display a Vulcan within the UK. 100 hours hours would cover the summer display and winter currency flights. Costs will remain high though due to operational requirments, one such if memory serves me right is that the engines have to be dropped and checked every 20 flying hours. Thats just one requirment, there are plenty more!

Of course is a sponsor with big bucks wanted the aircraft to appear week in week out, that would be taken into consideration, based on that toward the end of its flying life the displays would be limited – and I assume there will be air shows in 10 – 15 years time!

I can see an airshow in 2020.

13.00 hrs Air display starts.

13.05 Eurofighter

13.12 Red Arrows

13.20 Avro Vulcan

13.30 Airshow ends – thanks for coming !!!!!!

Nah,
How about TSR2DisplayManager!

It can be purchased online at http://www.thevulcancollection.co.uk

Vulcan – are you sure there isn’t room for 903 at Farnborough? The Lightning nose is moving out. As for New Zealand and the Vulcan – care to tell us more about the connection in terms of the operational careeer of the type?

Taken from VTTS! I never mentioned an operational career visit.

Born in New Zealand , Felicity first came into contact with Vulcan when XH498 visited New Zealand to celebrate the opening of Wellington Airport .

903 will go in Flypast / E Bay in the next few months.