RE: 558 hopes dashed ?
This is interesting. I’ve just been speaking with the project leader on the ‘Bluebird’ mentioned above, who has in turn been talking to the VOC and HLF to find out all that he can, how it affects him etc etc.
He was told by both the VOC and the HLF that it is standard HLF policy NOT to fund any aircraft restorations, and that VOC knew this from the outset-meaning, it was always going to be a BIG shot in the dark attempt from the beginning.
If this is right-that they knew that they only had a tiny chance, if any, of getting Lottery money, why still go down the road of taking ‘558 so apart that now it can’t be ‘easily and cheaply’ put back together again? (Quote from VOC news page)
I don’t like the ‘we wish so-and-so Vulcans well, they continue to fly the flag etc etc’ sentiments expressed on the VOC site-if you ask me, that’s it, she’s done for, a kit of parts for whoever buys her.
A terrible mess all round, and a bad show.
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