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[Hannah Judes Dad]

It was confirmed today that the Vulcan bomber will be appearing at this years Waddington airshow 
I was working there last year and it got the most interest when it flew

[Bent valve]

Watching the Vulcan nowadays is as interesting as watching somone fly a kite.
If they threw it around a bit more at shows Im sure people would be more inclined to contribute to the ongoing running costs than they are now.

[tigers_gonads]

Watching the Vulcan nowadays is as interesting as watching somone fly a kite.
If they threw it around a bit more at shows Im sure people would be more inclined to contribute to the ongoing running costs than they are now.

Airshow displays as a whole are joke nowdays 

Blame the C.a.a and  rather health and saftey 

Still, i'l be there with the camara 

Last time i went, it was rather grounded due to paperwork 

[Kevin Wood]

.. plus the fact that when the Vulcan's airframe fatigue life is up, or the engines are life-expired, it's grounded for good, hence the gentler display regime today than when displayed by RAF pilots for whom the bottomless public purse kept their aircraft serviceable.

Kevin

[M]

As we all know from past experience, it is impossible to confirm it will be there until its actually in the skies over Waddo on the day of the show....

Been booked on many occasions at many different shows in the past and never turned up....

Happy to give them my £15 a month, but they need a major backer and soon

:-/ :-/

[Nick W]

Watching the Vulcan nowadays is as interesting as watching somone fly a kite.
If they threw it around a bit more at shows Im sure people would be more inclined to contribute to the ongoing running costs than they are now.

You clearly didn't see at Goodwood  then; down the finish straight at about 200 feet, turn hard left and stand it on it's tail. Made the ground shake about 2 miles away. Seriously impressive display.
But as some one else said, it's time is limited due to fatigue life.
Unlike the Vimy replica which Brooklands grounded due to a complete lack of bottle when it's engines were just nicely run in.

[tigers_gonads]

Watching the Vulcan nowadays is as interesting as watching somone fly a kite.
If they threw it around a bit more at shows Im sure people would be more inclined to contribute to the ongoing running costs than they are now.

You clearly didn't see at Goodwood  then; down the finish straight at about 200 feet, turn hard left and stand it on it's tail. Made the ground shake about 2 miles away. Seriously impressive display.
But as some one else said, it's time is limited due to fatigue life.
Unlike the Vimy replica which Brooklands grounded due to a complete lack of bottle when it's engines were just nicely run in.

When I was a kid, I used to be in the "space cadets" 

Six of us stood on the QRA pan at Scampton as 4 vulcans crash started all there engines at once in a pratice scramble 
16  turbojets cranking over at the same time. We was about 100 yards away at the time.
The noise and vibrations made you feel sick but omg was it worth it