Vulcan to the Skies

[Sternjaeger II]

Originally Posted by robtek

As you aren't paying for it, what is your interest here, beside trying to ruin other peoples fun?

1) I'm tired of people begging for it (or making profit off it for the matter). Every given airshow I have attended this year there were the vulcan to the sky trust folks begging for pennies. You can't secure a good sponsor after 4 years of operations? Give up.

2) With so many planes that need care and attention out there, the Vulcan was the last thing to be worried about and keep airborne. It doesn't represent anything important, or better, it represents a questionable time in history.

Someone somewhere really wanted to fly this plane, and they set up all this charity malarkey to bring the plane back to the sky, but alas, the guy behind this thing had little or no understanding of the ginormous costs behind such a venture..

[BPickles]

Originally Posted by Sternjaeger II

No, it's not, not when it runs as such prohibitive costs. Unfortunately there's nothing glorious about the Vulcan, obviously it strikes the British aviation enthusiasts imaginary collective, but as Swiss said I'd rather have a Concorde than a nuclear bomber that only dropped some bombs on the Falklands..

Really that narrow minded ? It is living history if we let it go people forget, just because its cold war or nuclear we shouldn't bother. Frankly that attitude sucks mate, do you feel the same about WW2 aircraft? And if its the death factor associated with nukes that's putting you off I assure you concord killed more people in its history than the Vulcan did.
Plus this, ever heard its howl? unique...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqA6bgFPGWI

[Sternjaeger II]

Originally Posted by BPickles

Really that narrow minded ? It is living history if we let it go people forget, just because its cold war or nuclear we shouldn't bother. Frankly that attitude sucks mate, do you feel the same about WW2 aircraft? And if its the death factor associated with nukes that's putting you off I assure you concord killed more people in its history than the Vulcan did.
Plus this, ever heard its howl? unique...

oh believe me, I did hear that a lot of times. I was based in Brunters for long time, working with some friends on other restorations, so I know ALL the story, even the more obscure aspects of it probably, the murky ones that don't make it to the public.

I regularly fly with WW2 planes, and I can tell you that there's a HUGE difference between flying a B-17 and a Vulcan. Putting aside the "moral aspects" (although I'd still like any of you to explain me what's the point of that thing opening the London Olympics), the prohibitive costs should be enough to make you want to have a more responsible managing or a different project altogether.

[ATAG_Dutch]

Originally Posted by BPickles

Really that narrow minded ? It is living history if we let it go people forget, just because its cold war or nuclear we shouldn't bother. Frankly that attitude sucks mate, do you feel the same about WW2 aircraft? And if its the death factor associated with nukes that's putting you off I assure you concord killed more people in its history than the Vulcan did.
Plus this, ever heard its howl? unique...

Precisely mate. On all counts.

The noise makes me think of a Tyrannosaurus Rex with the horn watching a pretty Tyrannosaurus Regina strutting her stuff. He gets so excited, his trousers start to get uncomfortable, so he lets out this primeval bellow that makes the whole Cretacious epoch shake.

Beats the pathetic human wolf whistle anyday.

[Hood]

Originally Posted by Sternjaeger II

I frankly do not understand why so much effort and millions of pounds(!!!) were put into bringing back to the sky that thing.. I mean,what's so evocative about it? The Cold War? The nuclear threat?
To me it really feels like someone who wanted a very expensive hobby and is pursuing it thanks to people's generosity..

lol

I saw it flying at Farnborough Air Show this year. Several things amazed me. It seems really small close up, but compared to a Lancaster it was big. Then you realise that the Vulcan's wingspan is the same (almost) as the wingspan of the tailplane of the Airbus A380.

Taking off the thing looks weird, probably because it's a delta wing.

[Sternjaeger II]

Originally Posted by Hood

lol

I saw it flying at Farnborough Air Show this year. Several things amazed me. It seems really small close up, but compared to a Lancaster it was big. Then you realise that the Vulcan's wingspan is the same (almost) as the wingspan of the tailplane of the Airbus A380.

Taking off the thing looks weird, probably because it's a delta wing.

it's a helluva beast, seeing it taking off is surely impressive, although I have to say it was way more impressive when the Victor "accidentally" took off in Brunters in 2009