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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: jemis on 04 March 2008, 23:18:09
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Please sign this e-petition to get one of these stunning machines back in the air where it belongs.
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/VulcanToTheSky/
The website of the project can be found here: www.tvoc.co.uk
(http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj315/jemis123/vulcan.jpg)
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The Vulcan flew in October .. it is the next phase that now requires funding, as economic situation has worsened the donations have dried up and the project to have a Vulcan at air displays this coming year is now in serious financial problems
Avro Vulcan XH558 has run into the headwinds of the current economic conditions.
The return of the aircraft to air displays is at risk of being slowed to a stop because potential sponsors have drawn in their purse strings and are not making available the expected funds. With three month’s work still needed to ready the aircraft and its crew for air displays, the lack of funding to start this last phase is now endangering the return of the Vulcan to the beginning of the airshow season.
“We need to start the rest of the test flight programme with the return of good weather at the beginning of March, but we still have to have £150,000 in our hands before we can do that, plus confidence that we will go on raising at least £50,000 per month after that. Right now we look like we’re going to be starved of funds at this critical moment for the Vulcan. Every week’s delay to the restart from the end of February will push the first display appearance back by another week. What we are asking people for now is a fraction of what we have raised already, but it is needed now!”, says Dr Robert Pleming, Chief Executive of the Vulcan to the Sky Trust.
Having delivered on their promise of August 2006 to put Vulcan XH558 back into the air, on 18th October 2007, Robert Pleming’s loyal team at Bruntingthorpe Airfield, Leicestershire are determined not to fail to meet the public’s expectations of the Vulcan’s return to the air display world this summer.
Over £6million has been spent on returning Vulcan XH558 to flight, of which £2.7million has come from the Heritage Lottery Fund. The rest – the majority – has come from public donations, making XH558 truly the public’s aircraft.
“I’m afraid that if we don’t fly again soon, the door will start to close on the future of the Vulcan in flight. We won’t be able to carry out our role of ‘Honouring the Past, Inspiring the Future’, providing a once-seen, never-forgotten sight to a new generation of youngsters, stimulating interest in design and engineering, and telling people about an important period in our Nations history“, continues Robert Pleming, “With the public’s help, the triumphant return of this much-loved aircraft this summer will become the not-to-be-missed spectacle of the season. But we sincerely hope that companies will also give serious consideration to taking up the sponsorship opportunity of the year.”
Keith Mans, Chairman of the Vulcan to the Sky Trust agrees: “Once again, we are dependent on the goodwill of other people to ensure that XH558, the people’s aircraft, continues to fly. In August 2006, the public responded magnificently to our plea for support, and as the result of the £1.3million donated, XH558 took to the air last October. We are praying that people will rise to the somewhat smaller challenge we now face, and help us by making a donation and/or joining the Club today, to ensure that we are able to keep our promise to give XH558 back to the Nation this summer”
The link in the above post is a petition for Government Funding, but as this is not an immigrant/drugs/social scroungers/or MP's pay issue it will probably get no where.
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The link in the above post is a petition for Government Funding, but as this is not an immigrant/drugs/social scroungers/or MP's pay issue it will probably get no where.
So true..... :(
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The link in the above post is a petition for Government Funding, but as this is not an immigrant/drugs/social scroungers/or MP's pay issue it will probably get no where.
So true..... :(
I know what your saying but there is no harm in trying, I seen these at air shows when I was a kid along with Concorde and the odd Lancaster and Spitfire.
If between them its not enough to make us proud to British we might aswell all move to France.
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The link in the above post is a petition for Government Funding, but as this is not an immigrant/drugs/social scroungers/or MP's pay issue it will probably get no where.
So true..... :(
I know what your saying but there is no harm in trying, I seen these at air shows when I was a kid along with Concorde and the odd Lancaster and Spitfire.
If between them its not enough to make us proud to British we might aswell all move to France.
Teenage Mothers >:(
Signed, worth the support. :)
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The first flight of XH588 after it's rebuild was followed with enthusiasm on here.
I'm begining to lose the ability to be proud to be British but I am proud of what so many people in this country have strived to achieve / build / invent / perfect etc.....
Hoping to get along to see this iconic bomber with my eldest son and I will no doubt make a donation as well.
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The first flight of XH588 after it's rebuild was followed with enthusiasm on here.
I'm begining to lose the ability to be proud to be British but I am proud of what so many people in this country have strived to achieve / build / invent / perfect etc.....
Hoping to get along to see this iconic bomber with my eldest son and I will no doubt make a donation as well.
Please do ... donations can be made here ..
http://www.tvoc.co.uk
little box top left, enter the amount, even £5 helps (cost of a packet of fags ??), then click the e-donate button. You will get full membership as well, and loads of information on the site....
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The country might be tits up now but there is no harm in thinking about things like this every now and then when it was a better place.
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The country might be tits up now but there is no harm in thinking about things like this every now and then when it was a better place.
We have to think like this to make it a beter place, if we don't it will fall apart around us. It may seem like it is, but if we give up then it will.
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Signed, and past on to many others who will sign.
On my wall at home I have a fantastic large photograph of a Vulcan, and nearly everyone who comes into my house comments on it as they have never seen anything like it before. It is an original photo many years old.
Mike
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Saw a Vulcan flying in an air show at RAF St Mawgan Cornwall in the mid 1980's it was the noisiest and one of the most impressive sites i have seen, and Concorde was there that day as well but was a lot quieter than the Vulcan.
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Please sign this e-petition to get one of these stunning machines back in the air where it belongs.
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/VulcanToTheSky/
The website of the project can be found here: www.tvoc.co.uk
(http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj315/jemis123/vulcan.jpg)
They were Cool, 2 or 3 of them used to do low level flying over my School when I was a Kid, You could hear them coming a few miles away, the whole Class use to stop and run to the window to watch.
Seem to remember each one had a couple of fighters attached to each wing.
Tremendous noise, we use to think they where on there way to Russia, but then the Teacher would say 'No there just practicing' with a worried look on Her Face!.
Showing my age now!
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petition signed :y hope they get enough signatures to be able to get a wonderful machine airbourne again.
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Signed. I grew up with the Vulcans in Lincolnshire and am a long time supporter of the 'Vulcan to the skies campaign'. However, the chances of this Government supporting the Vulcan are less than nil, they are currently scrapping RAF squadrons left right and centre and many defence projects are being slipped or scrapped. Brown is old labour where the defence of our country is concerned, and believes a penny spent on defence is a penny wasted. Well, I personally think that he is wasting it much more on some of the things he spends our tax on.
Anyway, rant over, the TVOC site also has an opportunity to enter a monthly draw first prize £558 so another way you may want to support the Vulcan with a chance to get something back.
Pat
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Donation made, and only to pleased to do it. a worthwhile cause and at least my money will be going where i want it to go, not to this bloody gov. :y
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If only everybody could give a pound , I give all my change to this everytime i see them collecting at a show ,.... :y
I think Once you've seen a Vulcan in flight you never forget it.... :o
I so hope they'll have her flying at Farnborough airshow this year....
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DONE ! :y