Whatever happens now due to the CAA regs etc, XH558 most likely won’t be rolled out again until it is time for flight testing, or the permit to fly is withdrawn. Either way, I’m just going to do my best to help raise as much money as possible for the vulcan scramble next week. It will be a shame to see her leave the skies, but something tells me those olympus engines have not yet taken their last roar.

something is a bit fishy with the 2007 income and expenditure figures. With half a million quid difference between the two figures it looks somewhat fishy. I would say that the missing figure is down to employee pay checks but in most buisnesses/companies that in included in the expenditure. Just to be clear i’m not making any accusations, but i’m sure myself and others would like to know the whereabouts of this £500,000+

As for the plege campaing, it is starting to become irritating, and as much as VTST think it is the way forward, i persoanlly disagree. I stand by my earlier statements that the aircraft should be unveiled more for photoshoot events, APU runs, and even slow and fast taxi runs. Unfortunately i don’t think this miracle will happen. It will sadden me and many others greatly to see her grounded.

I didn’t mean into the cockpit area itself where the pilots sit, I meant the area where the air electronics officers and flight engineers sit. Those seats are non ejector.

The fact that XH558 is shut up in the hangar all the time isn’t helping either. The organisation is clearly making little effort to raise the money needed as the aircraft has not been seen publically for 4-5 months. Vulcan to the sky really need to get her out more (within the next week or so) HINT HINT for the public to be able to see her, and for fundraising purposes. I was at bruntingthorpe last saturday for the lightning twighlight run. There were 250 people there all of which i’m sure would have been happy to pay £1 or £2 to be granted acess to the hangar to take some photographs. They could have also opened the cockpit and given tours for £5 a head or so. That could make around £2000, and all it would have taken is 3 people to set it up. All they needed to do was open the hangar, open the cockpit, one person sat in the cockpit giving the tours, and the other two giving ground tours etc. The pledge campaign is failing, and I still cannot see how the 24hr vulcan scramble project is going to raise £750,000. I have emailed the organisation explaining these points, and i have received an evasive reply from Robert Plemming. After this week unless any real headway is made, XH558 will be grounded. And no offense Vbomberboy but if you are calling an ameteur Youtube video your utmost to save XH558, you need psyciatric attention. As for the 558PressOffice, you are trailing behind with your information and seem to be doing your utmost to aviod facing the harsh truth.

Insurance would most likely be covered as bruntingthorpe already run a HP victor and the areodome used to fast taxi XH558. Feul would be an aditional cost to the running of the aircraft but I’m sure it is feasable. The other money troubles really are solely down to the vulcan to the sky trust. They had good intentions and I am one of the many who would like to see their work continue but I think they would have loads less problems if they had a big commercial sponsor right from the start. I’m sure they sought it. Unfortunately it looks very much like the dream of keeping the vulcan airborne will go unrealised.

Does it look like she’ll be grounded soon with all the funding problems etc?