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Originally Posted by bongodriver
just a forward section.....
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there's enough material and info to make an airworthy one, especially with that kind of money. With 4 million quid you'd build back a whole Stirling and the maintenance costs would be a tenth (if not less!) of the Vulcan one.
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No....the Vulcan is British built machine.....so it's loud because it's not a glider and has something to do with those british built rolls royce engines, I have met a few ex vulcan pilots in my time who said the aircraft was fantastic to fly,
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still need to meet a pilot who didn't think his ride was the best in the world
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it represents a period in british history that is under represented (hunters are nice but theres loads of them),
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and for a good reason I think, there's nothing glorious about those years.
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you may not like it but it is an impressive machine to see,
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I haven't said I don't like it, I think it's not necessary for it to fly if every season we have the same pathetic plea for money going on..
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financial plans?.....were in the UK mate......nothing like this would happen if generous folks didn't put up their hard earned......and nobody is putting a gun to their heads...or yours for that matter so you have nothing to say on that.
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Taurine manure, you still need to plan for something like this in a sound way, it's not like your garage restoration of a Morris 8. They hired staff to do this job, it became a full time employment for people.
You obviously know little about the whole thing.. the "mysterious" donation of large chunks of money are a good way of avoiding taxes... do I really have to explain this?!
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EASA are working hard to prevent historic machines being used to carry fare paying members of the public.......I believe it's already the case, apparently they don't have inflatable escape slides....blah blah
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I doubt it. I personally flew on the Lufthansa Ju52 in two occasions, they treat it like a plane of their fleet.
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I will ask someone I know in the Lightning preservation if thats the case but I would eat my shorts if it ever did.
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Yeah see what they say.
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Ok sod it....just ban everything appart from tiger moths....what? all WWII British pilots flew them so they represent the whole lot, and are much cheaper.
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That's nonsense, I'm talking about keeping things feasible and not wasting so much money for the revenue and entertainment of a few folks. To them it's not a hobby, it's a business.